[Trombone-l] Boos

[Robert Holland]

Funny how everyone interprets booing differently. I've wished for years 
that booing were more commonplace, as poor performance is just as 
commonplace as it's ever been. (Excellent performance is still oddly 
rare, though technically adept performance is widespread.) Booing would 
be a good balance to the automatic standing ovation that, like grade 
inflation, and crept into concert halls and performing venues. Perhaps 
what would be ideal would be honest appraisal, but that seems to be 
unlikely in the current climate, where audience members want a peak 
experience every time out and create an artificial sense of a "special 
event" by overcheering. Or perhaps the audience simply wants to 
validate the performers for showing up. I can't say.

Robert Holland, Publisher
Briar Music Press
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