> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 10/19/05 2:08 PM, "Wimblees@aol.com" <Wimblees@aol.com> wrote: > As most of you know, I play handbells. Last year I was given a shop/offic= e > that is big enough to set up 3 octave set of handbells. For those of you = that > are not familiar with this, my shop is so big, that this requires and are= a of > about 20' by 8', and I still have enough room left over for my desk, work > benches and cabinets, and to set up a grand piano. But never mind about t= hat. > =20 > With the handbells set up all the time, I had the opportunity to practice= a > lot, and so I decided to put on a recital at the music school. On the pro= gram > I played 8 solos, my wife and I played 6 duets, with a friend from church= a > trio, and I had the Crimson Ringers, the student handbell ensemble which = I > direct, play 2 pieces. > =20 > The recital was last Thursday, and it went very well. We had a very > appreciative audience of about 70 people show up. But the audience was ma= de up > of people from my church, the community chorus my wife and I sing in, and > other people from the community. But as far as I know, there were no Scho= ol of > Music faculty in the audience. I had sent out an invitation to all the fa= culty > and staff, and there were posters all around the building announcing the > recital, but not one of them showed up. > =20 > I can understand that handbells are not for everyone, and I know there we= re > some faculty members that were out of town or had other obligations. But = you > would think that out of 40 people, one or two of them would have the time= to > come and hear the recital. On the one hand I am grateful for the people t= hat > did show up, but on the other hand, I am somewhat disappointed with the l= ack > of support from the faculty. > =20 > Have any of you had a similar experience? > =20 > Wim=20 >=20 Hi Wim, Don=B9t take it personally. Yes, I have had similar experiences many times. I perform solo piano recitals on a regular basis. One or two faculty (generally personal friends) may show up. I don=B9t find it surprising. They attend all their student=B9s recitals, most of the student recitals in their area (eg, woodwind, brass, voice), many are in the symphony and performing or rehearsing most nights, yadda, yadda. Bottom line: it=B9s tough to attract an audience to live music performances. Music faculty go to a lot of performances as a matter of necessity, and a lot of them want to =B3Have a life=B2 (an occasional evening at home with family). Looking beyond the university community, the same thing is true: if everyone who said they planned to attend, said they wished they had attended, asked me repeatedly to be sure to tell them about my next concert =AD if all those people showed up, well, I=B9d need a considerably larger hall, and maybe I=B9d change professions ;-). Of course, if everyone hates you maybe you should take it personally <g>. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/7e/db/7f/66/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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