Hi Michelle, Ditto lots of these comments. Earplugs do help you focus on the task at hand as well as protect your ears. I use Westone plugs with 9 dB filters. But it is an impossible situation. It is definitely possible to make an improvement, but it is equally possible to make things a bit worse than they were before you walked on the stage (to steal the spotlight, geez Dennis, you must be kidding!!). I only go out if the artist's contract requires it or if I am otherwise asked to. Our orchestra usually schedules the concerto in one half or the other, but not both. I go to lots of performances, by choice, and I have adopted the "what will be, will be" approach. These days I'm less concerned with unisons going out, than the voice. I have the luxury of tuning and voicing these instruments (at school and for the orchestra) often so unisons are normally very solid but the voice does change amazingly fast. Also listen for zings to attend to next time. Alan -- Alan McCoy, RPT Eastern Washington University amccoy at mail.ewu.edu 509-359-4627 > From: Michelle Stranges <stranges at oswego.edu> > Reply-To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 14:24:59 -0400 > To: "College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org> > Subject: [CAUT] Touch ups.. (and I ain't talking about makeup) > > I would like to read some chit-chat on how everyone handles > intermission tuning touchups if you have such an occasion to do so. > How many of you do them? > Only at solo piano recitals? > (Does the stage manager bring a curtain across for privacy/quiet.) > > > Welp? > > :B > A concerned citizen >
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