Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2004-05-05 10:57
I mark notes in the part. If it is done with a 3B pencil, it is is easy and quick to erase. If there are cuts, I photocopy so it becomes continuous. This is particularly considerate if somebody has to fill in for you in an emergency, which has never happened for me.
Watch out for wide temperature chages in the pit, which play havoc with tuning.
If you have plug-in lights, make sure there are spare bulbs SOMEWHERE in the pit.
Excellent advise from Lisa. It matches mine, from playing 150+ productions.
After the hectic reheasal week prior to opening night you'll find it a breeze once the show is on the road. A lot less playing on the night than at rehearsals.
Keep practicing the album form beginning to end, leaving out parts as theyh become really well known. Hence get to know the continuity of the music, and the instrument changes. Get to know where you can relax, so you can save your deep concentration for where it is needed most.
Opening night rides on some adrenalin, but beware of the third performance, when the adrenalin kicks out and complacency can bring in the mistakes.
Join in with associated social functions. The cast are sometimes slack about informing the musicians when they are.
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