Re: OT:conducting

In article <EfWdnWj_JNjjafXVnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Arny Krueger" <arnyk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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In article <v4Wdnbs8hc4bWvXVnZ2dnUVZ_gGdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Arny Krueger" <arnyk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Jenn" <jennconductsREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There was a request to hear an example of me conducting.
At http://idisk.mac.com/jennconducts-Public

you'll be able to download the best example that I have.
It's me with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Carnegie Hall,
March 2005, Memorial concert for Frederick Fennell
Wagner: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from
Lohengrin

5 min of rehearsal for 7 min of music. A great honor.

I know a little about what music directors do, and 5 min
of rehearsal for 7 min of music isn't even a tiny
fraction of what they do. It appears that the event
recorded here has about as much to do with being a
musical director ("conductor"), as trying to run the
Daytona 500 with a car rented from Hertz has to do with
auto racing.

I know Arny's just trolling,

Apparently a religious belief.

and his post is highly hypocritical

Another one such belief.

in light of his excuse for not posting any
of his recordings because it would just give RAO
something to crap on

Note that Stephen has already forgotten about the copyright issue. Well
that's easy to understand - copyrights are about intellectual property, and
Stephen seems to have no interest in protecting IP. No intellect, no concern
with IP.

, but let me suggest his metaphor is off.

You haven't libeled me enough yet, Stephen? ;-)

The Eastman Wind Ensemble would be a top NASCAR vehicle,

I dunno about that. A world-class orchestra is usually well over on-stage
100 musicians, but according to their pictures, the Eastman Wind Ensemble
are maybe a little less than 1/3 of that. So if an orchestra is like a 3,400
pound NASCAR racing automobile, then the Eastman Wind Ensemble is more like
a motorcycle.

lol First of all, you're displaying total ignorance concerning the size
of ensembles. World class ensembles are made up of the numbers of
players required by the composers of the works that they play. The EWE
performs with as few as 8 and as many as 50 players, based on what the
composer requires to realize the music.


Secondly, the Eastman Wind ensemble is a school orchestra or a teaching
orchestra. Their reason to exist involves students. They could probably
play pretty well with no conductor at all. So, they are not like "Richard
Petty Racing Inc.", they are more like "The Richard Petty Driving
Experience", only moved down to motorcycles, more specifically futuristic
AI motorcycles that pretty much drive themselves.

lol Unbelievable. They are students, but they could play pretty well
by themselves. You are correct on both counts. What you miss is that
while they are students, they are among the best junior, senior, and
grad students in the world. The EWE has released some 40 commercially
available recordings on labels such as Mercury, DGG, Decca, Sony, etc.
And yes, they could play "pretty well" without a conductor, but not as
well as the recording I posted.


Besides, it's an example of conducting, not of music
direction.

Well that's part of the Jenn shtick. She claims that she is a conductor, but
most of the people who read those claims equate her with people who are
actually music directors. She is more like an actor with a walk-on part
than an ensemble player, let alone a creative director.

lol You're a loon, Arny. I invite you to follow me around for a couple
of days.
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  • Re: OT:conducting
    ... It's me with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Carnegie Hall, ... A world-class orchestra is usually well over on-stage ... players required by the composers of the works that they play. ... Their reason to exist involves students. ...
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  • Re: OT:conducting
    ... It's me with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Carnegie Hall, ... A world-class orchestra is usually well over on-stage ... pound NASCAR racing automobile, then the Eastman Wind Ensemble is more like ... AI motorcycles that pretty much drive themselves. ...
    (rec.audio.opinion)