| Dear ILTT,
At work we typically have the music we're going to play anywhere from two weeks to a month before the show. I don't approach playing or practicing new music any differently from any other type of music. Learn the notes, the rhythms, know what style you are reponsible to play. That's prety much it. I only ask the conductor a question if there's a discrepancy in the part I don't understand. I generally don't ask the conductors a lot of question because after 25 years, I've seen a lot and there isn't a whole lot that's new to me intermas of what's on the page. Perhaps for new solo works there's a bit more to work out but for orchestral stuff not much that I haven't already seen comes across the plate.
ML |