by Murray Bishop | Jun 23, 2021 | Music Director
Another good working rehearsal and further progress being made in all areas. A point made by Harold, of taking your score/part with you and just looking through it , marking bits that stand out or thinking through your part is important. I know both Harold and myself...
by Murray Bishop | Jun 16, 2021 | Music Director
A good working rehearsal, commencing with some sectional practice at 6pm to work on various bits that need it! Remember that the earlier time slot next week is a great opportunity to work with your section or solo on any parts that cause you issues… I am there to help...
by Murray Bishop | Jun 9, 2021 | Music Director
For several weeks I have been becoming more and more frustrated with our lack of progress in the preparation of phantom, the same mistakes keep getting made, the same things have to be stopped and fixed yet again. Last night was the first time we have moved forward...
by Murray Bishop | Jun 2, 2021 | Music Director
Long before I had this ability to share my thoughts with the band in general via this blog, I used to go home from rehearsal and write notes for myself so I kept a diary of our rehearsal progress and effort. Reflecting back on those notes last night I can rarely find...
by Murray Bishop | May 26, 2021 | Music Director
Our rehearsal last night highlighted an issue that keeps raising its head….DYNAMICS we simply keep ignoring the changes and hence lose a lot of rehearsal time going over the same points week after week…. as a conductor it’s frustrating in the extreme and...
