Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Jun 17, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Carl Dershem wrote:
Most shows have long stretches of "I'd be reading the paper now, but
the conductor would get mad", middling stretches of just plain work,
and a few instances of "let's hope I survive this bit tonight", but
they almost always have something associated that's good for stories
that last years.
Oboist Claire Tindall, in her kiss-and-tell memoir _Mozart in the
Jungle_, describes how she memorized her part for _Les Misérables_,
and thereafter read books hidden behind her part during performances.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
Of course. I have read a lot during the _Nutcracker_ ballet over the
years. How much of your brain do you need to play the "Waltz of the
Flowers" a thousand times in your lifetime?
Raymond Horton
Bass Trombonist
Louisville Orchestra
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