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Re: 2nd reed, Phantom of the Opera

Author: MartyMagnini
Date: 2015-04-10 19:23

>High schools are trying to use their own students to cover the parts for their own shows - and it sounds like it.
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>Yes, but IMHO high schools *should* use their own student musicians to play for their student actors. Playing in a high school musical is an important part of the learning experience. How is outsourcing the music for school musicals any different from hiring local lawyers to compete in the school debate tournaments? Or hiring pro baseball players for the high school games?

Lelia,

I completely agree. I teach high school, and I sometimes get a little "pressure" from the choir folks to use "ringers" in the pit - the idea being that it will sound better. My answer is always the same "yes, you're right, but it would also sound better if we got ringers on stage to sing the lead parts, too. This is about pushing the students and music education." That being said, I will sometimes use a few pros or former students to sit next to my kids and play the same part - they're not replacing any kids, but modeling for them - the best of both worlds.

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