Orchestra Rehearsal

[TonyTuba]

Triangle.

-Matt Good

I can see that

[Chuck Jackson]

As a conductor I'll say this: The money is good, but the loss of the comraderie in the back row is a tough trade-off.

Chuck"who is embarking on a very busy season of brass band concerts and more Messiah than I care to talk about and kinda longs for the day where I showed up with a tuba, did the gig, left and didn't have to do the requisite schmoozing with little old ladies while tending to last minute details"Jackson

[Lee Stofer]

Chuck,
C'mon, you know that you really enjoy schmoozing with little old ladies ;^) Folks, I'm here to tell you that Chuck and I had some great times together in a tuba section, unlike anything that conductors experience.

As for my choices, string bass will be my instrument of choice this next week, playing in a chamber orchestra, then the next week will be tuba for classical and dixieland gigs.

I really enjoy my bass trombone, too, but due to local job circumstances it hasn't seen the light of day for a while. For a couple of years I played a bit of horn, but I don't think I'd ever really want to choose it as my main instrument. I have a teenage daughter that is doing quite well on horn, so I'll just keep it tuned up for her and encourage her instead.

She is a twin, and her twin sister plays trombone. The wise band director just nailed their personality tendencies when he made the recommendations for these instruments. I wonder what that says about my third daughter, the blonde drama queen who plays tenor sax?! By the way, this daughter informed me of what she wanted to play, not waiting for a recommendation from the teacher, so she truly did choose her instrument.

[Lee Stofer]

Oh,
Please God, NOOOOOOOOOO! What did I ever do to deserve that?!

[bort]

I'd say Bass Trombone. It's always been my second-favorite instrument, plus it'd only mean shifting over 1 seat. In general though, if I had to NOT play tuba, it'd be another instrument that there's only ONE of.