Sounds like rough scheduling, but if you've got chops of steel (handy to
have) then it shouldn't make much difference as a practical matter.
A couple of years ago I accidentally got myself signed up for back-to-back
Christmas season brass quintet gigs with 2 different quintets that just
happened to both have the same horn player -- me. The gig that was
supposed to be on Saturday turned out actually to be on Sunday, right ahead
of the gig that was already set for Sunday. So it goes.
Midway through the 2nd quintet gig, with my face starting to feel the
strain, between tunes I said something to my colleagues about the bad
scheduling, adding, "Fortunately, I have chops of steel."
At that, our tuba player (the guy who calls the tunes) said, "OK, Mr. Chops
Of Steel, how about Le Basque as our next number?" I said OK & we lit into
Le Basque.
Later on we added another arrangement of Le Basque to our quintet book,
featuring tuba on the solo line, with horn, bone & trumpets playing
boom-chick. So far, however, the only version we perform is the
horn-feature version.
BTW, whenever our large-ensemble conductor schedules a rehearsal-type event
right before a performance, he's careful to refer to it as a "sound check"
rather than a "rehearsal." But what's in a name anyway?
-- Alan Cole, rank amateur.
McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.
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At 02:11 PM 8/15/2005, you wrote:
Very hot greetings from Florida! I have a question and need some input.
I've played first chair for 8-9 years in a community orchestra. Last year
we got a new conductor who instituted a schedule whereby we are to rehearse
the day of a concert. Concert is at 3, rehearsal from 1-2pm,though it often
runs to 2:30pm.
Very rough on the "lip" even though I try to take it easy and save best
efforts for actual concert. To me this is very unprofessional,as I think
the time to learn what we need to know is at the four regular weekly
rehearsals. Any thoughts?
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