GTCYS has kicked off our 39th season. My favorite memory from the first Symphony rehearsal:
We're sight-reading Wagner's Meistersinger Overture. Violins miss easy entrances. I tell them they must count through rests and nail entrances - no excuses. Violins miss more entrances. I tell the violins I meant what I said before. And that they're capable of doing better. And that they must do better...starting now. Violins look alarmed. We switch to Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Violins, figuring this guy's for real, count rests and nail difficult entrances. I'm happy, and let them know it. Violins look elated! When is a student's smile the warmest? When it's been earned!
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