Klarinet Archive - Posting 001085.txt from 2000/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] A conductor
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 00:08:32 -0400

At 09:43 PM 10/20/2000 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>At 05:48 PM 10/20/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>>What musicians want from a conductor is someone who will interpret the
>>piece in EXACTLY the same way THEY would if they had the baton!
>>Unfortunately, that means your average band or orchestra has about 65 to
>>100 DIFFERENT ideas about what makes a good conductor!
>
>Bill,
>
>I understand your concept here, but I just don't see it being universally
>true. I interpret a Brahms Serenade differently than our conductor, but
>tonight I enjoyed his approach so much that I didn't mind doing what he
>wanted. I may even end up going for his rather than mine.
>
>I really think people want from a conductor - respect, room to personally
>express, good leadership, good technique, and superb musicianship.
>
I was being somewhat facetious, of course, but conductors who have bizarre
notions regarding interpretation, sometimes just so they can make a
performance different and therefore "THEIRS" (ego trip) are very difficult
to live with. Legitimate differences of opinion can certainly coexist,
though, as long as they are based upon sound musicianship.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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