Rehearsal Responsibilities and Professionalism
•One of the things we can teach in the HCYO is professionalism and one's responsibilities
to other members of a team. The four points of professionalism I'd like to
emphasize are:
1. Attendance at all rehearsals and concerts.
2. Being warmed-up and tuned with pencil, music, instrument and accessories
all ready for the down-beat at the scheduled start time for every rehearsal.
3. Coming to rehearsal with all parts prepared.
4. Giving full and courteous attention during rehearsals.
•For the coming concert, HCYO seating will be based on these four criteria
with special emphasis on attendance and being ready to start on time. I will
make sure that the chamber ensemble meeting before the HCYO ends its rehearsal
at 5:45 p.m.
•Tuning will begin at 5:50 p.m. and the down-beat will be at 6:00
p.m. Rehearsal will end promptly at 8:00 p.m. Students arriving late (after
the first down-beat) will be asked to sit at the back of the section up through
the next concert so that their tardiness is a minimum disruption to others.
Students that miss two rehearsals in a concert period will be asked to move
to the back of the section. In extreme cases of absence or tardiness the student
may be asked not to play that concert.
•An orchestra is a team. Think about trying to have a baseball practice without
a pitcher or the left fielder. It would be impossible to develop a winning
team who knows how to play together. Absenses, even understandable ones, waste
precious rehearsal time since points made in rehearsal either must be repeated
or when there is no more time the performance itself is compromised. When
we rehearse as an orchestra, every individual has a crucial role as a member
of the team.
•Individual prepareness is the starting point for the ensemble
as they learn to bow together, use the same articulations, set balance between
parts, achieve good intonation within the harmonic structure. Two hours a
week is a minimal amount of time to prepare four concerts a year. Starting
on time and coming back from break on time means the full two hours will be
utilized.
•Giving full attention by listening, keeping silent while others
are asked to play, having a pencil ready to mark the music and being ready
to start and stop with the conductor makes the rehearsal so much more efficient
and productive. It is also just plain courteous to do so.
Your children have many skills already and yet their potential is so much
more! By working with them in a professional kind of environment we can more
readily reach that full potential and also give them life skills that will
help them succeed in any endeavor.
Written by Catherine Learoyd
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