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Author: Rachel
Date: 2004-06-19 06:03
I've been reading the thread on unfollowable conductors (personally I just try to ignore them as much as possible) and I was wondering what are the minimum things people need from a conductor to find them "good enough"
Mine are
1. A decent downbeat
2. The occasional cue if it's a new piece, especially if I have long rests
3. To be told if I've done something wrong
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2004-06-19 07:37
Having two hands is a good start. But around Silicon Valley, say somewhere between San Mateo and San Jose, rumor has it they call a one-armed director a semiconductor.
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Author: bkmorton
Date: 2004-06-19 11:26
In 4- Floor-rt. wall-lft wall-ceiling
In 3-Floor-lft wall-Ceiling
In 2-Floor-Ceiling
:)
Cut off with a circle going out and coming back in
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Author: CPW
Date: 2004-06-19 14:42
A little hat with a brim in front
A hole puncher for tickets
A schedule for connecting trains
A good sense of balance
A loud voice
Ability to pronounce "KuuuKaaaMonnngggaaaah, allllll'booooooaaaaaard"
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Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2004-06-19 15:04
Rachel:
You ask:
"I was wondering what are the minimum things people need from a conductor to find them "good enough."
That's easy:
If they call you for work, that's more than "good enough," it's terrific!
Seriously:
Try to adjust, play your best, have a good attitude, don't criticize.
A conductor is up there trying to do his/her job, just do your job with a good mindset and nonjudgmental.
JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist
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Author: msloss
Date: 2004-06-21 12:46
A good musician who commands respect as an artist and a leader.
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Author: diz
Date: 2004-06-22 01:45
I never ignore a conductor ... it's fraught. If they are shockingly bad the orchestra generally won't ask them back. If they are frighteningly good and have an unfollowable beat (think for example von Karajan) then you just have to be very, very intutitive and follow the concermaster. He/she holds the beat when all else fails - no one else.
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Author: ebasta
Date: 2004-06-23 13:25
I heard about a drummer who got good & drunk, passed out with 2 drumsticks in hand. The next act needed one stick, took it, naturally left with it. Our hero woke up in the morning, noticed he had only one stick, and rejoiced that he'd been promoted to conductor.
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Author: CPW
Date: 2004-06-24 00:03
Thats a good one
There once was a drummer
Of sticks he had only one
Waved it around, to and fro
Now he is called.....maestro
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Author: clarinetwife
Date: 2004-06-24 01:32
I'm with msloss and David S-- a good ear and musical leadership. The former artistic director of the orchestra I am in found a young and promising high school senior to be his student assistant. This young man, as it turned out, knew the scores, knew what he wanted to hear, and knew how to articulate these things to the orchestra. A couple of years later he became associate conductor, and he conducted last season as we looked for a new a.d. Anyway, by the age of 20 he had earned the respect of an orchestra whose members are virtually all older than he is, many of them twice his age or more. We razz him a bit for being a bit wet behind the ears, but we also go with him during rehearsal. Physical conducting technic can be important, but I actually pay more attention to how they run a rehearsal.
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Author: susieray
Date: 2004-06-24 02:51
Okay I got an OLD drummer joke for ya, and if you've heard it before I apologize...
How do you know when the stage is level?
...when the drool comes out both sides of the drummer's mouth
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