Hi, This is also in response to Russ Smiley's questions on Horn Clubs. Visit our Club website. <A HREF="http://80skids.net/hornclub";>http://80skids.net/hornclub</A> Are there recommended venues for periodic assembly (e.g. vacant church hall, community center, local school or college, etc.)?
We were meeting in a local high school band room in the evening. Now we have a room in a community college music room. Do you recommend affiliations (e.g. XYZ Conservatory's Horn Club)? Not necessary. How do you handle leadership? Not a problem. I am the founder, and so I have taken on a small leadership role. How do you handle membership? (It's easy with a quintet: you know exactly how many parts there are and how many musicians you need.) Not a problem. We have trios, quartets, quintets, sextets, septets, and octets in our library. Have you recommendations about the ownership of repertoire? The Club owns the music. We use money from gigs to pay for new music and others have donated music and we have access to a University Library of music. What about the library's storage? We store music in a suitcase with wheels. I wheel the music to the rehearsal from my vehicle. Is there situation where a regular 'conductor' becomes necessary? And who cares to do that job (paid or otherwise)? We will sometimes play a quartet while a fifth member directs. It works well. It is enjoyable to direct a horn ensemble. How do you handle differing abilities and aspirations? We make each rehearsal a learning session. The more advanced players help and often play the solo parts or bass clef parts. What forums for public performance have proven successful? Which were failures? No failures. Musicale groups, graduation parties, church services.There are other venues too. We are getting ready to play a wedding. Finances can always be problematic. Are dues recommended or to be avoided. If the club is paid for public performances, how is disbursement best handled. No dues -- don't want to discourage membership. Money kept for music and some handed out for gas (transportation to the gig). Our gigs have been non-paying thus far, but that is our plan for future paying gigs. Peace, Bill _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
