November 2, 2009 by Bruce Hembd
Archived under: Conductors, Random | Wagner, Wagner tuba
Random Monday: MooTube, Dysfunction Junction & Loud is Easy
- Guns for hire
Looking to rent a set of Wagner tuben? Through Erin Vang at wagnertuben.blogspot.com:Our tuben are a matched set of Alexanders picked out by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1952, during the Fritz Reiner era. We have a pair of single B-flat tuben and a pair of single F tuben. They were the CSO’s main set of tuben for several decades. In 1988, the CSO sold the set to the Dallas Symphony, who used them through 1999. That’s when we bought them.
- Lead by dysfunction
Horndog bites his tongue when leadership gurus use the symphony orchestra/conductor model as the ideal for other businesses to emulate. A recent article and discussion at the Washington Post blog of Anne Midgette points out that there is a big difference between lofty, abstract principles and the (sometimes) harsh realities.
- Audition advantage
A new study in the journal Physcological Science notes an advantage in being first or last in an audition. Typically a judge will evaluate the next-in-line to their favorite to date.
- Loud is easy
In a recent article in the New York Times, Bernard Haitink notes:In principle, orchestras, professional as well as student, always play too loud. You never have to ask for forte. It comes by itself. You only have to ask for kinds of forte.
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