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Author: Cindy
Date: 2002-04-16 02:58
I'm sure most, if not everyone on this board has heard the saying "How do you get to Carnegie hall? Practice, practice, practice." Well, this june our youth orchestra is going to Carnegie Hall. This is a huge event, and the fact that we got accepted is amazing, but I don't feel I have put much work into it. I focus on other ensambles, and orchestra tends to almost fall to the side sometimes. I hear so many people say comments like "If your dream is to perform in Carnegie hall..." and "If I never succeed as I musician I just want to make it to Carnegie", and I almost feel like I'm getting a free ride that I don't deserve. Yes, I am very excited that I get to play in the famous Carnegie Hall, and I think it is a great opportunity for our orchestra and we are very good, but shouldn't I have done a little more? I feel that I should have had to pour years of practice and hard work into it, but instead I get to go this early in my music career. If this is always a musician's ultimate dream, what should my ultimate dream be?
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-04-16 03:26
Bear this in mind ... Florence Foster Jenkins performed at Carnegie Hall ... and boy, she had an interesting vocal talent.
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Author: JMcAulay
Date: 2002-04-16 04:11
Cindy:
Never turn down a freebie. If you don't think you earned this trip to Carnegie Hall, then let this be your goal: next time, earn it.
Break a leg.
Regards,
John
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Author: Mitch A
Date: 2002-04-16 04:22
Are you in NJ? My son dropped out of the NJ Youth Symphony the year before they went to CH (on a rotating basis). With enough money and connections, I could play the spoons at CH - in the afternoon, of course.
When you've really earned the right to play at CH, you'll know it. In the mean time, treasure the moment, and list it on your resume' - like all of the rest of us would.
Mitch
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-04-16 04:27
You got there as part of a team effort - it was no one person, but everyone pulling together. Congratulations to you & the team.
Let me know when you have a solo concert there! ;^)
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Author: jez
Date: 2002-04-16 10:59
re Cindy's first sentence, it REALLY happened to me. (an English version anyway) I was wandering round Kensington, London, when a youth carrying a fiddle-case stopped me and asked "Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the Albert Hall?" .............
Too good an opportunity to miss!
jez
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Author: HAT
Date: 2002-04-16 15:04
Anyone who can pay to rent Carnegie Hall can play there. It happens 50+ times a year. I think the idea was how you get invited to solo there and get paid for it, not just to play on the stage itself.
David Hattner, NYC
www.northbranchrecords.com
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2002-04-16 15:28
One of the experiences you may treasure is your sound in the hall. I know my son enjoys playing the Severance concerts with the CIM orchestra just because the hall makes everything sound so good, and Carnegie has the reputation as having some of the finest acoustics anywhere.
And say the name "Isaac Stern" a hundred times under your breath to give thanks to the man who almost single-handedly saved the hall from demolition in 1960.
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Author: James
Date: 2002-04-16 17:39
HEY!!! That is great!! I just went to Carnagie Hall in feburary with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. It's a big deal, you will love playing there, i do have to admit though, to fit a 104 piece symphony orchestra in there is just a little tight.
Have fun!
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