Klarinet Archive - Posting 000647.txt from 1998/11

From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] No We're NOT weak!
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:30:12 -0500

As one who has been a junior high and high school band director for 36 years
and has judged many festivals, I can tell you that, without a doubt, there
are many band directors that don't know who's supposed to be playing what,
much less who actually is playing what!! So sad! ALL PARTS ARE IMPORTANT,
as is every player! Any director who ignores any part in the music,
(including percussion, who are possibly the most ignored), is doing the band
an unforgivable injustice!!

Again, My Opinion,

Carl Schexnayder
>Maybe your band director could just ask for everyone who has the part
>that goes like "la, di, do, dut, dut" and sing it for you . Then she'll
>include everyone AND see if you know what your part should sound like ...
>if she can sing. :-)
>Paulette
>
>On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:10:15 -0800 Lisa Clayton <lisakc@-----.com>
>writes:
>>At 03:45 PM 11.17.98 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Far be it for me to blame the band directors...I'm studying to be
>>one.
>snip
>
>>My band director does this too. She wants a section worked on, she'll
>>call
>>out "Low brass! Bassoons!" Best way to get these anti-low-clarinet
>>conductors to change their habits? Start asking, very loudly, "Do you
>>want
>>BASS CLARINETS too? We have that part." Makes them break their
>>concentration and eventually they'll get the point, if only to avoid
>>having
>>to start their train of thought chugging uphill again.
>>
>>in Bass Clarinet Solidarity,
>>
>>Lisa Clayton
>>lisakc@-----.com
>>
>>
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