They have the same power as any other conductor. It is up to us, to educate them to cooperate with the existing organism (orchestra) and the administration. Guest conductors usually come for one week or less to prepare a concert program which is done once or twice or even three times.
These guests cannot fire elements of the orchestra, they cannot refuse any member of the orchestra except trouble makers. All this is normal routine. Example: guest conductors cannot force (say) a horn section to sound like xy-orchestra or yz-orchestra, as every orchestra & section has a distinct characteristic. He has to live with these facts, but can ask for some distinct change of colors or shades. Then it is up to the section or the orchestra to follow. The hour of truth comes in the concert, when he cannot change things anymore. And finally, he will be happy with the actual result. Remember: when they conduct the actual concert, most of them are deaf & blind because of the amount of adrenaline in their blood ! ###################################################### Am 27.05.2011 um 18:17 schrieb Bill Gross: > Setting the background. My experience with groups focused on a common > mission has been well outside the music world. Generally, we get a leader > who would serve 2 or three years then he would receive new assignment and > his replacement would come along. During those two to three years the > organization bore the stamp of the guy leading it. There were > institutional/legal limits but as long as he operated within those limits he > could run things as he saw fit. > > I'm watching the Dallas Symphony under its current conductor. It's getting > lots of good press, and the musicians seem to really like working under him. > Looking at next year's schedule I note guest conductors come in during the > year. As noted above, that is a concept I've had no experience with. We > got one guy he ran things till it was to move on, then we'd get a new guy. > > How much leeway does a guest conductor have? > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
