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Re: dumped the orchestra

Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-11-15 19:32

The worst aspect of playing in some large community or amateur ensembles, bands or orchestras is the politics and especially committees and committee members thinking they're the be all and end all when a lot of the time they're the strongest political players but usually the weakest musicians and speak from the management text book to make up for their shortcomings. Some even think they have the right to criticise far better players but they never at any point take the time to demonstrate anything musical - if a strong player has a bad day and makes a single mistake, then these sort of people will only bang on about that one minor slip-up at any given opportunity instead of praising them for all the other good playing they do. Very often it's just a glorified social club, most are related to each other in some way or other and the actual music aspect just gets in the way of the social side. And if you upset one of them, chances are all the other cronies in their clique and hangers on collectively take offence. Best to leave before things get that bad if you're no longer enjoying playing with that sort of thing going on. I personally don't stand for band politics and the gobshites that think they own the place and they definitely don't like being challenged and can't handle it if you decide to challenge them. So play in a group where the standard is high and everyone's enjoying what they're doing and that's playing music to their best ability and not bogged down with politics.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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