Klarinet Archive - Posting 001390.txt from 1998/03

From: "Scott Morrow" <sdm@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Studio playing
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 09:10:39 -0500

-----Original Message-----
From: ryan Lowe <Ral@-----.net>
Date: Sunday, March 29, 1998 1:50 AM
Subject: Studio playing

>I have several things that I MUST get off of my mind tonight.
>
>1) I am in a show right now playing reed 1 (Clarinet, Alto Sax, Oboe, Alto
>Flute, and Bassoon). Many of the other players double the part that I have
>or play some sort of counter-melody. There is one player in particular
that
>does not know their part and when I took them aside to tell them what was
>wrong, they said not to worry about it because it was just accompaniment
>anyways. I am of the opinion, however, that because they are accompanying
>ME, the conductor will think that I am responsible for their bad playing.
>As was said in a previous post: "A second player can make or break a
>first"... Am I in the wrong for taking them aside and pressuring them to
>learn their part? I would just like to know some opinions on how other
>professionals deal with this.
>

Ryan,
If the other "musician" does not respond to your "helpful suggestion" (a
euphemism I think sounds so much better than "You don't know what the hell
you're doing!"), I would mention it to the musical director. Again, I would
be polite and discreet: "Some of the musicians seem to be having trouble
playing this section." The musical director will (hopefully!) ask everyone
to play the section and find out for him/herself who the culprit is! If the
MD (nobody really calls them this for short!) knows what he/she is doing,
the problem will either be corrected or the pffending player will be demoted
to turning pages for the timpanist.
If the problem isn't corrected, I would just play my parts as
wonderfully as possible and feelconfident that everyone will recognise that
the OTHER player is messing up!
-Scott

   
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