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rehearsal protocol - absent 1st player?

Author: clarjunkie
Date: 2015-04-14 23:39

I play 2nd clarinet in a community orchestra. The 1st was absent (as was half the rest of the woodwind section). The conductor was humming the solo parts for the 1st so I grabbed an extra copy of that part and sight read it for the rehearsal since the 2nd part didn't have much going on and we weren't that far into rehearsals. Of course, I made mistakes but labored through. Only to have the conductor ask if I was playing that part for real (of course not, the missing 1st player is a total ringer!) and telling me to just play the 2nd. OUCH! Handled as nicely as possible on his part but still it was a humiliating experience. Also, since I really was trying to be helpful to the group as a whole given the big gaps from the absent woodwind players, it was hard not feel like I had set myself up for a no good deed goes unpunished experience.

Occurred to me that maybe there is some established protocol for this situation and perhaps I did the wrong thing by taking it upon myself to cover the absent 1st part. I have observed other players in the group do this from time to time so thought it was ok. What should the 2nd player do?

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