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Re: Dealing with unprepared sectionmates

Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2010-06-22 13:17

Jeff,

I have often been the "ringer" that comes in and plays a concert with a community band. Either some key players are on vacation or even just as a section member to strengthen a very weak part of the clarinet section (one director calls me the anchor- I take it as a complement). It's nice to see the youngsters (your daughter) get the same opportunity; please welcome her to the club. Actually, the 3rd clarinet part can be kinda cool with some of the more contemporary band compositions.

But back to the question. Why can't some people, after multiple rehearsals, play their part? Or, more importantly what should the be done by the director and/or section leader?

My initial though is "do these people that are not cutting it" know they are not? If they do, fine as long as they stay out of the way. If these players are blindly stumbling along making obvious mistakes instead, it's time for the director to be heavily engaged in the solution, whatever that will be. Don't saddle the section leader with that task unless that person's authority and responsibility is clearly understood.

Solutions will probably become apparent very quickly.

HRL

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