Doublereed Archive - Posting 000047.txt from 2003/01

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] recovering from a bad recital
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:43:09 -0500

I would surely excuse the lapse on this basis, but I also insist that the
principle still applies. I am appalled at the level that some students are
required to perform; and I think they might learn more through easier music
that they thoroughly understood.(at their level of comprehension)
I have a student who auditioned for a spot in a high school regional band
and had to play significant section from each of the three movements of a C
maj Vivaldi concerto; another high school freshman who had to play the rondo
from K191. What do these people eat to make them so silly?
Herb

> From: "Christian Eberle" <ceberle@-----.com>
> Reply-To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 07:31:05 -0500
> To: <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] recovering from a bad recital
>
> Lest we forget...the kid is 10 years old!
>
> Christian R. Eberle
> Bassoonist, West Point Band
> ceberle@-----.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "herb fawcett" <herbgosia@-----.net>
> To: <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] recovering from a bad recital
>
>
>> As my old teacher(Schoenbach) told me, "if you don't have it memorized,
> you
>> don't know it". I played my auditions with Stokowski, Szell, Fiedler, and
>> (can't remember his name) the man in New Orleans essentially by memory.
> The
>> one in New Orleans didn't go well because I hadn't mentioned that I was
>> without music, and some thought I was having reading problems. Sol had an
>> incredible memory as well as perfect pitch, but I was never able to get my
>> entire weekly lesson memorized, but I certainly come close to memorization
>> in preparation of any solo performances and extensive orchestral stuff
> that
>> I play now. I do, however, use the music as a crutch and as a way to avoid
>> wasting time on just memorization alone. Rote is useless, but knowing a
> work
>> well enough to play it without the print is a way to confidence.
>>
>> Herb
>>
>
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