[TPIN] Adults playing in student productions

[Ellis Workman]

I am familar with schools with *music* departments where
chorale, band, and orchestra teachers are colleagues.
What you have described sounds unhealthy.

-Ellis

> In the schools around here, the Musical Productions like this are put on
> by the High School Choral Departments and I assure everybody that they
> don't use adult ringers for any of the Singing/Dancing parts.  But, the
> Orchestra is another story.  They tend to use all adults.  They might
> have used a few students on occasion.  But, you have to realize that the
> Chorus Department is run/managed pretty separately from the Band
> Department and the Orchestra Department and the Drama Department.  There
> is some cross pollination, but not much.  And they are all very good
> programs, the Band's Wind Ensemble and the Orchestra were among the
> featured groups at the Midwest Clinic this year (whatever that is).  On
> the other hand, the other groups tend not to use the Chorus folks for
> their Gig's either.  -jfe-
>
> Steve Evans wrote:
>> Yes, please save us from elevator music. :)  That's good!
>>
>> I still seem to have the minority opinion here, but that's to be
>> expected when discussing theater on a trumpet list. (Sorry MA but I
>> think this is all good discussion from an education perspective) We've
>> heard so much on this list about the lack of involvement and commitment
>> in the arts, which, BTW, is NOT limited to instrumentalist and certainly
>> not limited to trumpet players, as SOME of you may realize. :)
>>
>>
>>
>> ...Steve
>>
>>
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Ellis Workman, ARS KØELW
Grid EN33sx Olmsted County
Rochester, MN US