[MusicTlk] Scrambling to Learn Music for Community Orchestra

[Ella Yu]

I believe NLS doesn't do single orchestral/ensemble parts for pieces, so
that's unfortunately not a great solution for this situation as far as I
know. It also doesn't work if you prefer to learn by ear.

On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 8:23 AM Linda Mentink via MusicTlk <
musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Catherine,
>
> Have you checked the NLS Braille Music Section to see if anything you need
> is already transcribed? Just a thought.
>
> Blessings,
>
> Linda
>
>
> On Sep 9, 2024 7:00 AM, Catherine Getchell via MusicTlk <
> musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MusicTlk <musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Chela Robles
> via MusicTlk
> > Sent: Sunday, September 8, 2024 4:04 PM
> > To: Music Talk Mailing List for Blind Musicians <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com>
> > 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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