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Originally Posted by B15M  Last night was the first night of the show and we never made it through the show in rehearsal. We were playing stuff that we never played before and the kids on stage never heard before. It was amazing how well the orchestra adjusted.....The big problem was when the kids on stage skipped beats and measures. I was surprised how quickly the orchestra adjusted. The conductor just gave us the new measure number and we were on our way again.... |
Not ever making it through the whole show in a rehearsal is not a good thing. Like you said, the orchestra and the folks on stage are charting new territory during the performance! You know you're playing with a pretty good group when something gets fouled up and the group can come back together, all in the same place. You know you're playing with a REALLY good group when nothing gets fouled up in the first place.
The whole thing about cold and heat is not a big deal. Your trumpet is a piece of metal! Sure, 1000 degrees will ruin your horn, but 130 degrees in the trunk in summer, or -10 degrees in winter??? No, the only things these temperatures will hurt are your slide grease and valve oil (and your lip, if you touch a -10 mouthpiece). Cryogenics for trumpets is voodoo.
