My sort of a take on Rod Serling's "Requiem for a Heavyweight"
I wonder if anyone else has played in a community band that had difficulty in attracting member and sort of is coming /came apart.
Our already small community band started up again in October.
I missed the first rehearsal, and when I showed up, was greeted by one of the band members who told me that the 4 flute players, the Oboe player, and the drummer had decided not to return. We also lost a Tenor and an Alto player as they had moved away
So now we have 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 Clarinet (me), the director, who is now playing flute and conducting, her husband who is making an effort to cover the percussion part, and an Alto player who almost never practices and can barely play the horn.
The band is due to return in February, I have a feeling that the director may not want to continue. All the flute players left and didn't return the music.
There is a large well organized community band nearby that I could join, but I want to give this band a chance, I have decided to stick it out for now.
We did play a Christmas concert at an Assisted Living Home, and another at the Church where we practice. The concerts came off quite well We had one part in one of the pieces where there were four measures with no one playing. The audience was confused, but we started up again after 4 measures, if I had thought of it I would have written in something to play
I'm not sure why this band has a difficult time attracting members. It is located in a town that is off the beaten path. Also I think that those that show up, and never return, are put off by the mostly simple music, and the time spent on the Alto player- who is also the director's student
The good new is I have lots of solos!
I wonder if anyone else has played in a community band that had difficulty in attracting member and sort of is coming /came apart.
Our already small community band started up again in October.
I missed the first rehearsal, and when I showed up, was greeted by one of the band members who told me that the 4 flute players, the Oboe player, and the drummer had decided not to return. We also lost a Tenor and an Alto player as they had moved away
So now we have 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 1 Clarinet (me), the director, who is now playing flute and conducting, her husband who is making an effort to cover the percussion part, and an Alto player who almost never practices and can barely play the horn.
The band is due to return in February, I have a feeling that the director may not want to continue. All the flute players left and didn't return the music.
There is a large well organized community band nearby that I could join, but I want to give this band a chance, I have decided to stick it out for now.
We did play a Christmas concert at an Assisted Living Home, and another at the Church where we practice. The concerts came off quite well We had one part in one of the pieces where there were four measures with no one playing. The audience was confused, but we started up again after 4 measures, if I had thought of it I would have written in something to play
I'm not sure why this band has a difficult time attracting members. It is located in a town that is off the beaten path. Also I think that those that show up, and never return, are put off by the mostly simple music, and the time spent on the Alto player- who is also the director's student
The good new is I have lots of solos!