{"id":1244,"date":"2010-01-09T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T13:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2010-01-09T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T13:26:08","slug":"3-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2010\/01\/09\/3-months\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

* When conductors (particularly guest conductors) ask for specific things to be put into the parts, they should have the good manners to do so well in advance of the first rehearsal.\u00a0 And that doesn\u2019t mean two weeks, it means\u00a0THREE MONTHS OR MORE.<\/strong> In most major orchestras, the organization gets in touch with the conductor many months in advance to inquire (usually through a questionnaire) whether they are providing materials, requesting a particular edition, or requiring any cuts, special markings, etc.\u00a0 If the conductor does not answer the questions until a week or two before the rehearsals\/performances, then he\/she cannot expect additional work to be done. By then the parts are out to the players having long-since been bowed and prepared by the library, and we don\u2019t have the time to stop other preparation to un-do and re-do work that we already spent weeks working on.\u00a0 Please don\u2019t put us in that position, or, if you do, please be gracious when you are told that it is too late!<\/p>\n

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Words for every conductor to remember from “From The Orchestra Library,”<\/a> the marvelous blog of Karen Schnackenberg, librarian of the Dallas Symphony<\/p>\n