The story has all the potential of disaster:
- A "mobster look-alike" conductor who can't speak English
- A translator who knows nothing about music
- An orchestra made up of all freelance players, who don't normally play together
- The panic of wondering if the conductor is in TWO or FOUR.
- All this happening in the orchestra pit, while on stage, there is a ballet trying to happen.
Do read the full post here.
2 comments:
Most, most wonderful!!
Thanks so much for mentioning this post, John! I'm never sure if I'm simply more aware of gig meltdowns since I started blogging or if I'm a curse on any group I perform with, but I seem to find myself in a lot of humorous gig situations.
Great blog, BTW--I just added it to my blogrolls on artsaddict.com and doublebassblog.org.
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