[Menvi-discuss] Sight-reading

[SClark6144 at aol.com]

Sometimes you can play with a local group.  Forget the New York  
Philharmonic.
My student is in college now, and he does not play anymore.
 
As for following a conductor, the violins have it easy because they can  
tell what to do by hearing the other violins.  If you played a wind, it  would 
be much harder because they don't run in a pack like the strings.
 
Also, as a harpist, I practice my parts with recordings, so when I'm  
practicing, I'm playing without seeing a conductor.  
 
Some orchestra or band players don't look at the conductor much.  You  can 
tell during rehearsal because when the conductor wants to stop and tell them 
 something, there will be people still playing after he's given the signal 
to  stop, so you know they weren't watching him.
 
Syl
 
 
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