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Re: Musical Committees - bah humbug!

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Subject: Re: Musical Committees - bah humbug!
From: Philip Anderton <p.anderton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 13:04:14 +1100
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Re: Musical Committees:
    Personally I can think of nothing worse than Musical Direction by
committee. 
    We are fortunate to have a Musical Director who invites comment from
band members and encourages us to write, arrange and conduct. However, such
things aside, when the chips are down (e.g. 2 weeks before a contest), it is
he alone who extracts either a poor, mediocre or excellent performance from
the band.
   We happen to like his dedication to musical expression and
interpretation, but this sometimes draws snide comments from MD's of other,
perhaps more technically proficient, bands. So what? We enjoy ourselves and
so far our adjudication results just keep getting better.
    The only Committee we have is an administrative committee which meets
monthly, reviews itself annually, and appoints a Musical Director as one of
the band officers. The MD then has free reign for that year.
  IMHO an individual MD should have the freedom to interpret the music and
direct performers as they wish, rather than having to tread the insecure
path of compromise and negotiation with sometimes fragile egos in a "Musical
Direction" committee.

Philip Anderton
Warringah Concert Brass
Sydney, Australia.


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