Klarinet Archive - Posting 000978.txt from 1998/12

From: "Scott Morrow" <scottdmorrow@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Standing ovations
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 12:26:37 -0500

> As a performer I don't understand how you can perform the same exact
concert one night with no response (which indicates a poor performance)
then perform the same concert the following night and have people
clapping along with the songs and not having prepared enough >encores.
There was a total of 1200 total attendance for two nights. I agree with
the idea that you shouldn't feel forced to applaud or stand after a
concert, but as a performer how can you tell if it was really bad or the
entire audience was stoned when they arrived.

The answer: as actors learn it, EVERY AUDIENCE IS DIFFERENT! You never
expect different audiences to laugh, cry, applaud, or boo in the same
places!

We have been discussing how different audiences may practice different
concert "decorum" - yes, this "decorum" is contagious! If most of the
audience does not "join in" when scattered audience members applaud
after a cadenza, it will discourage anyone from doing it after the next
one! Likewise for standing ovations: if most of the audience assumes
that the performance was well worth a tumultuous, heartfelt applause but
NOT a standing ovation, the entire audience will not rise to its feet!
Does this mean the audience didn't like the performance? No! It simply
means this particular audience reserves standing ovations for a much
higher performance level.

If we give an A+ to every student who does his/her job, what do we give
to the student who truly excels?

-Scott

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