Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2013-08-18 23:17
Well, we have4 firsts (one doubles on eefer, 3-4second,and 3-4 thirds,pluss occasional bass (1 or 2). Everyone from the principal third on up is fairly serious about making decent music.
I thinbk I might not exactly have made myself clear. I didn't mean that they spend the night yakkibng away (that is more a problem with trumpets), but rather,that they don't seem to realize that they are there to play decent music. The read-through of music for our October concert looks to be a little challenging.
About the only time I canbelieve that they practice at all is when they warm up prior to our group rehearsals or they silently finger some of the parts they have not been able to master, while the conductor is working with other sections. Since we will be having a series of conductors this year, a different one for each concert, it will be difficult to get consensus here. I know our section leader is unhappy with these guys, too. Whether she will be demanding more from them this year remains tobe seen.
Thaks for all the replies. One other possibility is to move someone from the seconds into the thirds for a bit of time, but that leaves the seconds short. I moved down to principal third a year or so ago, when there were a few exposed solos in the third clarinet part.
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
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