Klarinet Archive - Posting 000078.txt from 2009/07

From: "Mike Vaccaro" <mike@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] doublers - help!
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:35:35 -0400

/Either walk or don 't care how it sounds. The director doesn't.
Mike Vaccaro

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From: "Rich Gordley" <rgordley@-----.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 5:43 AM
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Subject: [kl] doublers - help!

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>>OK gang, I need some opinions on a ridiculous situation.
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>>I'm currently playing a run of "Hello Dolly!" with a community
>>theater. This is a volunteer gig which means the musicians get
>>treated worse than usual. Last night we were told that we can no
>>longer warm up in the pit because the director wants to play 1920s
>>(?!) music over the speakers in the auditorium while the patrons are
>>arriving. Our conductor has received more than his share of grief
>>from the director and says that he has to "choose his battles" and
>>that in the long run he'd lose this one anyway.
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>>I'm sure I don't have to detail the misery this induces. My wife and
>>I play reed 1 and 2 and between us we have 6 instruments. Reed 4 has
>>B.clnt, clnt and Bari sax. Warming up elsewhere (which right now
>>looks like it will be in the hall behind the stage area) creates
>>huge problems.
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>>My questions:
>>1. Does anyone think this is reasonable?
>>2. What would you do?
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>>My own feeling is that we should refuse to play unless we can warm up
>>in the pit. But maybe I'm overreacting. I'm also thinking that some
>>support from this list would be something I could let our conductor
>>pass along to the director in hopes of letting reason prevail.
>>
>>
>>Rich Gordley
>>Des Moines, IA
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