Hello Ralph, we once had R.Strauss duet concertino for clarinet, bassoon & strings. Both solo players were "players-dancers". So I recommended to our orchestra manager to use one of our instrument transport cages placed on stage for the soloists, so not to harm the conductor or the concertmaster & colleague on the first two seats of the first violins. - I recommended that as a joke. But this joke cruised in the orchestra & reached the two fellows, earning me some very bad look from these two fellows, but the problem was solved, as they reduced their "dancing show" to a grad we all could tolerate as excitement movement & "selling the music tool".
################################################################# Am 05.04.2011 um 11:08 schrieb Ralph Hall: > Hi All, > > A contemporary of mine at college failed to obtain a 1st clarinet post > because she needed a choreographer before she could play anything. > > The one thing coming out of this topic is how many bad conductors > there must be on the US amateur scene to allow this to go on. It must > surely be as off-putting for the conductor, but it is his/her job to > sort out potential areas of conflict and lead all players towards > purposeful work. If the 'tempo' of the rehearsal is unremitting and > the work seen to be of value, then there is no time for irritation. > > Ralph > On 3 Apr 2011, at 13:49, Jonathan West wrote: _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
