[MusicTlk] Scrambling to Learn Music for Community Orchestra

[Catherine Getchell]

Hi Chela,
Thanks. The problem isn't getting someone to record the part for me. The problem is getting the music in a timely enough fashion so that I can get it recorded and memorized before the first rehearsal. There are two other trumpeters in the orchestra, but they're busy playing their own parts so they're not generally able to cover mine for a couple rehearsals while I learn the music. Thanks.
Catherine

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From: MusicTlk <musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Chela Robles via MusicTlk
Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2024 4:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [MusicTlk] Scrambling to Learn Music for Community Orchestra

Not sure if you’re the only trumpet player, but if you’re not have the other trumpet player record your part for you and send it to you Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 8, 2024, at 12:55 PM, Catherine Getchell via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'd love your collective wisdom on this. I'm just an amateur musician, 
> but I'm very active in a community band, orchestra, and brass quintet. 
> Lately, the orchestra conductor has been choosing a lot of rental 
> music rather than music we already have in our pretty vast library. 
> Since it's a community orchestra, they don't like to order the music 
> until a few weeks before the first rehearsal, and often it doesn't arrive until a week or two beforehand.
> I'm a one-on-a-part player (trumpet), so I don't have the option of 
> taking my time to learn the music while the rest of the section plays 
> it. It's got to be ready by the first rehearsal.  Music Braille isn't 
> really an option for me in real-time because the trumpet requires both 
> hands. And I'm faster at learning it by ear anyway.
> 
> 
> 
> This is proving more and more challenging as there is more and more 
> rental music. The timeframe also often coincides with new music 
> distributed by the other groups I play with, so my ability to stop 
> everything and focus just on orchestra music for a couple weeks is limited.
> 
> 
> 
> I have asked the librarian to work with the publishers to at least get 
> my part ahead of time, or to order all the parts a little early, but I 
> don't get a response to my emails to him. I've let the conductor know 
> about the situation. The question I have for the group is: What is a 
> reasonable ask in terms of getting music ahead of time? Ideally I'd 
> like to have it all a couple months ahead so that I can "put it in the 
> queue" so-to-speak, instead of having to drop everything and focus on 
> orchestra music. I'm thinking of telling the group that if I don't 
> have all the music a month ahead of time minimum, they should find a 
> sub for me for that show. But I'm afraid that if I do this, they may 
> decide that it's just easier to find a sighted player, even if they're 
> not as strong. Has anyone had success in advocating for getting music 
> ahead of time? Any tips and tricks? And what amount of lead time is reasonable to ask for? Thanks!
> 
> Catherine
> 
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