[Trombone-l] Rules for Rehearsal

[Jason Smith]

Our director often says "music is a individual and
collective expression of qualities"  courage,
intelligence,confidence,self-control, dicipline,
humility ect.  These are all expressed from the podium
as well as from the player/singers.  He also says "You
run the risk of Human displeasure by asking for
peoples best"  It takes an expression of those
qualities to make a good band/choir/orchestra as well
as to build a building,  run a bussiness, teach a
class,  drive a car, build a birdhouse.

Ill be quiet now

j



--- Charles De Paolo <chuck at hickeys.com> wrote:

> I have to agree with Jason.  What's with all this
> la-dee-dah "director" 
> stuff where he/she can't maintain the most basic
> control.  The director 
> needs to have, or grow quickly, a backbone.  As a
> director, you show respect 
> to the musicians, and you demand their respect in
> return.  I have had 
> occasion to be in one of these Tuesday Night Social
> Club bands where the 
> director is disrespected.  I didn't stay.  In those
> where I have stayed, the 
> director simply demands quiet and proper rehearsal
> etiquette. He makes it 
> clear the disruption is not welcome and is
> disrespectful.  By making it 
> clear, I mean he uses actual words addressed to the
> offending player(s) in 
> front of the rest of the band, "Alto saxes, please
> be quiet and stop 
> noodling during stops.  The disruption is not
> welcome and it is 
> disrespectful."  Simple.  He does not lollygag
> around using 
> passive-aggressive psychological wordplay and body
> language to get this 
> point across.  In other cases he has spoken directly
> with the section leader 
> to have them put additional pressure on the player. 
> Sounds easy, and it is. 
> You just have to have the stones to do it.  If
> someone quits as a result, so 
> be it.  The rest of the group will probably be
> better off.
> 
> --Chuck
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Jason Smith
>   To: Jeff Thompson ; bone list
>   Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 3:27 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Rules for Rehearsal
> 
> 
>   I too play with a community group but I can say
> that
>   none of that crap goes on in our rehearsal.  Our
>   director, is an old retired army band master and
> makes
>   it clear that we are there as his guest and that
> we
>   are there to play not socialize and if you dont
> like
>   it go find out somewhere elese to play. I think we
>   have a really good band because of it.  Those that
>   arent serious about playing dont last very long
> but
>   those that work had and we dont sound all that
> bad.
> 
>   Jason
> 
> 
>   --- Jeff Thompson <7cuh-asb6 at spamex.com> wrote:
> 
>   > I used to play in a community concert band for
> five
>   > or six years. The socializing and talking during
>   > rehearsal was rampant. We used to rehearse once
> a
>   > week on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 pm. We took a ten
>   > minute break at 8 pm. That was the designated
> time
>   > to socialize. It didn't help. There was still a
> lot
>   > of yakking during rehearsals.
>   >
>   > There was one set of people who nearly made me
> blow
>   > a gasket! They talked at every stoppage in the
>   > rehearsal. When the director announced which
> measure
>   > number
>   > we would play at next, they never heard him. So,
>   > they invariably asked, again, where are we
> starting?
>   >
>   >
>   > One of these guys also made a near annual plea
> to
>   > the rest of the band to be quiet during
> rehearsal so
>   > we could all hear the director. I could barely
>   > contain my laughter, as he was the primary
> offender!
>   >
>   >
>   > Jeff Thompson
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