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Ellen
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(7/26/01 9:36:41 am)
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Newer students -
addendum WRONG PLACE!
Darn it. This was supposed to be under the Student Ensembles post.
I screwed up.
My first post was so long I didn't have the
heart to add to it.
Many of the newer players don't play
with community orchestras. If they are just venturing out of their
living rooms for the first time, a setting like that can be a tad
intimidating. The cello quartet has a guy who's been playing about a
year I think, another girl who's been at it a few years, me, and the
first cellist was a former conservatory student who abandoned the
cello for a number of years. None of us feels like we are in the
wrong place. We all make mistakes, we love the way the sounds blend,
we learn from each other because we may have a way to get over a
stumbling block (since we did it recently) that is fresher than a
teacher's perspective. Likewise we get great coaching on how to cue,
keep count, things like that.
Getting the beginning cellist
out with an ensemble is one of the most worthwhile causes I can
think of. You need a mix of levels so you don't have the blind
leading the blind. A lot of advanced players truly enjoy helping
others get where they are. A lot of what appears difficult initially
can be worked through measures at a time. Prepare first, then play.
There's a big difference between an amateur that's been
playing for years and years, and someone who's been at it a year or
two who still wants to get out. It's the latter group that is the
toughest to get started and find literature for. But it IS out
there!!!!
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Bobbie
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(7/26/01 10:01:41 am)
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Re: Newer
students - addendum WRONG PLACE!
I'll add mine to your wrong place post since it is most
appropriate.
I started a cello ensemble this summer, though
at the moment everyone is on vacation except me. We chose Tuesday
night since that was community orchestra night and no one had other
commitments, at least not the orchestra players, which turned out to
be two of us. With two near-beginners, finding music was a bit of a
problem, but what I did was take the lowest part and revise it to
leave out anything difficult. As long as someone else also played
that part, or even if not, we didn't lose much of anything.
This group is just for reading, not performing. I would
enjoy finding a regular cello quartet but I don't think that is
going to happen. It was hard enough in the summer to get people
together once a week, when only one of us had regular work (and he
quit coming after a few weeks.) The rest were teachers and students.
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