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 Band Folder Issues and Copying of Music
Author: Hank Lehrer 
Date:   2005-02-02 14:58

Hi Everyone,

I need a little advice on a challenging situation that I have just encountered. For better or worse, I have agreed to be the much needed librarian for my local community band (a good group of about 55 to 60 players on any night). During the past weeks, I have begun to deal with a huge backlog of librarian tasks that do not seem to have been done for many years (BTW, I have been librarian for several musical groups in the past and I have many, many years experience as a HS band and choir director so I know the ropes).

All was going well until I began to pass out music last week. I play clarinet and we have about 12 players evenly distributed between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. All the other sections have about standard distribution so parts are pretty much available. In most cases, two-to-a-stand is about as bad as it gets except there is an unusual situation on the flute section.

It seems that over many years, the flutes have taken it on themselves to have anywhere from 5 to as many as 10 separate folders for the section of about 12 players; there are just 5 hardback band folders embossed the band’s name on them. The other folders seem to be of the hand-made variety and contain copied parts (are you beginning to get the picture).

My position, as the librarian, is that I will to do only two things:
1. Pass out only enough pieces of music for the hardback folders that have the band’s name on them; any extra parts will be kept by me as extra parts (I am willing to bend on this one a little if there are actually extra parts from the publisher).
2. I will never make nor pass out any copy of a piece of music except as specified in copyright law as an "emergency" (am I being overly cautious?).

Boy, have I encountered open hostility from the flute section. Cries of “we have done it this way for 20 years” to “you are a very nasty man” have made for an awkward as well as an unpleasant situation (all other sections have been wonderful BTW). The copy right laws are very clear on “emergency parts” and “no copied parts for a performance.” The director is very clear and supportive on my two points above and has said “let the librarian do his job!”

Any advice from others on how you’ve successfully dealt with any similar situations?

HRL

PS If I get mugged in the parking lot after a rehearsal, it was probably the flutes!



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