[TPIN] DILEMMA - Playing lead parts?

[Richard Mason]

Your job as a member of the group is to follow the conductor, i.e. please the conductor.  If the conductor assigns you to play lead, be grateful and humble about it, but do it.  If the old lead play has a problem with that, it is his problem, not yours, and he should take it up with the conductor.
   
  Over the years I have seen this type of conflict happen quite often, sometimes to the point that people will quit the group.  That is their choice in dealing with the situation and you have no control over that.
   
  On pieces that you play lead, act like a lead player.  Listen to the section, make sure that they follow your phrasing, make sure attacks and cutoffs are together, and try to play the dynamics of the piece.  If the section is a little ragged, make suggestions about how you think it should be played, maybe even have a section rehersal.  But, as lead, you have more responsibility than just playing your part.
   
  Richard Mason
  Denver, CO

William Graham <weg9 at comcast.net> wrote:
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Briddle" 
To: "tpin tpin" 
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 4:49 AM
Subject: [TPIN] DILEMMA - Playing lead parts?


All,

I have quite the dilemma which causes me a little confusion and need some 
advice that I know I will get great responses. A little long but I feel 
there needs to be some clarification.

I just started to play the trumpet Feb of this year after a 25 year break. 
I decided to get a private trumpet teacher who just so happened to recruit 
me for his community band on my first lesson. I started to in the band at 
the end of Feb. He put me in the third trumpet section and I have been 
pretty happy there, we have 6 of us and I am 5th chair basically. . . .
       
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