C'mon. The hurdy gurdy by most people's standards is a novelty. I taught my mother (who hasn't so much as seen or heard of said instrument) a song in less than an hour. And she is certainly no 'specialist', but played it remarkably well for an 88 year old.
James
JULIE BARKER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
To avoid the instrument being brought into disrepute suggest a hire price equivalent to the cost of a player. If musically challenged actors use the instrument in public they will simply re-inforce the age old myth that the hurdy-gurdy is not a serious musical instrument.Sorry to sound like a member of the militant drone tendancy, but I happen to believe that if you want a specialist you hire a specialist. How would you feel if you went to the dentist and found out he was an actor with some "drilling skill".Philip Martin...U.K Musicians Union Folk, Roots and Traditional Music section.
Matthew Szostak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I have already received a couple of replies to this inquiry...
I am not able to check my email on a regular basis, so if you would like to
pursue this matter, please contact Dave directly. His email and phone are
below...
~ Matt
At 12:13 PM 6/5/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Howdy gang!
>
>I have been communicating with David Remedios, who works for a
>Boston-based theater group, who is looking either to buy or to rent a
>hurdy-gurdy for use in a stage production. He did not seem interested in
>hiring a hurdy-gurdy player for the production, but rather actors with
>musical ability.
>
>Since I currently have no instruments available for sale or rent, I
>offered to send his request out to the wider hurdy-gurdy world.
>
>~ Matt
>
>
>
>>The American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA will be
>>presenting a stage adaptation of Oliver Twist next
>>season that requires, among other things, a hurdy gurdy and a
>>serpent as part of its live orchestration. Information about
>>the style or range of the instruments is forthcoming, but we are
>>investigating rental or purchase possibilities for budget
>>planning reasons.
>>
>>The window of time would be 1/9/07 (start of rehearsals) to
>>4/22/07 (end of the Cambridge run). The production will also
>>have a life in NYC at the John Jay Theatre later next year.
>>
>>Please contact David Remedios, ART's Resident Sound Designer, at
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED], 617-496-2000 x8862.
>
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