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Re: Percussion on Dutch Championships

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Subject: Re: Percussion on Dutch Championships
From: Marc Crompton <crompton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 06:12:49 -0800
Organization: St. George's School
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True, the logistics of moving and storage of equipment are a huge pain to say the
least.  My experiences with festival situations are that despite the best
intentions of festival organizers, most of the percussion instruments are borrowed
from the closest school that will give them up.  Typically these are substandard
instruments.

Cheers,

Marc

David Lancaster wrote:

> Mark
>
> > Speaking as a percussionist, despite all the trouble involved in moving my own
> > instruments for a concert, it is always preferable to play ones own
> > instrument.  I would expect that your festivals should make everyone play
> > sponsored instruments if they are making the percussionists do so. :)  Can you
> > imagine any self-respecting cornet player showing up to a concert, being given
> > an instrument that they have never seen before and being told they must play
> > on it?  I don't think so!
> >
> Its a good job that you aren't a concert pianist or organist, then!
>
> In the UK percussionists are generally allowed to provide their own
> beaters and snare, plus anything not provided by the organisers, of
> course.  From my experience of moving it about on stage - one of the
> joys of sitting on a Regional Committee - it's generally of a high
> quality.  Players usually have the opportunity to view and sometimes
> play the gear before the section begins.
>
> I can appreciate the problems for percussionists but the alternatives
> (ie waiting fifteen minutes between performances which themselves
> only last ten minutes, or finding venues where, say 80 timps can be
> stored when not in use) seem to tip the balance in the other
> direction.
>
> David
>
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