The importance of preforming
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Musicians/artists/performers, those who live in the world of creative outreach, often live at-the-mercy of the critic’s review.
Concerts are evaluated by the response-of-the-audience; the outcome of the festival adjudication determines the perceived worthiness of the efforts-and-energies dedicated to the presentation.
We have been conditioned to eagerly anticipate the standing ovation, the shouts of “Bravo!” the first place trophy, and other affirming extrinsic responses.
This is not to say those aren’t wonderful byproduct benefits, however if the end-all is simply the “approval of others” rather than the joy derived from the process of music-making, we may have the proverbial cart-before-the-horse.
To reconnect to Mr. Newman’s quotable quote, “If one waits until one could do it so well no one can find fault with it,” we may find ourselves always being hesitant to take-the-stage in fear of being judged as ill prepared, incapable, without discipline, and/or irresponsible in our musical quest.
One can get trapped in the seemingly endless act of preparation and never experience the thrill of performance.
This is certainly not to suggest we sidestep the rigors of developing our rehearsal skills and talents (and those of our students) to the highest level of proficiency.
Quite the contrary; in fact it increases the importance of the self-discipline required to connect the expressive musical language to the listener.
Like any other “learned skill,” we become more proficient with each concert, with each recital, with each performance, and hopefully the PERSONAL JOY of sharing music provides the drive and the motivation to develop the love of the art form.
There is an immeasurable thrill when listening to THE FIRST CONCERT being given by a fifth-grade ensemble.
Perfect intonation? Artistic phrasing? Outstanding articulation? Certainly none of these, but it is all overshadowed by the spirit of the young musicians experiencing the pleasure of offering their best efforts to those who are fortunate enough to witness this once-in-a-lifetime debut.
And if we didn’t schedule the concert and waited until every member of the group played flawlessly, I suspect the silence would be deafening.
let the music begin…
From selina(copy and paste from band fusion)
Concerts are evaluated by the response-of-the-audience; the outcome of the festival adjudication determines the perceived worthiness of the efforts-and-energies dedicated to the presentation.
We have been conditioned to eagerly anticipate the standing ovation, the shouts of “Bravo!” the first place trophy, and other affirming extrinsic responses.
This is not to say those aren’t wonderful byproduct benefits, however if the end-all is simply the “approval of others” rather than the joy derived from the process of music-making, we may have the proverbial cart-before-the-horse.
To reconnect to Mr. Newman’s quotable quote, “If one waits until one could do it so well no one can find fault with it,” we may find ourselves always being hesitant to take-the-stage in fear of being judged as ill prepared, incapable, without discipline, and/or irresponsible in our musical quest.
One can get trapped in the seemingly endless act of preparation and never experience the thrill of performance.
This is certainly not to suggest we sidestep the rigors of developing our rehearsal skills and talents (and those of our students) to the highest level of proficiency.
Quite the contrary; in fact it increases the importance of the self-discipline required to connect the expressive musical language to the listener.
Like any other “learned skill,” we become more proficient with each concert, with each recital, with each performance, and hopefully the PERSONAL JOY of sharing music provides the drive and the motivation to develop the love of the art form.
There is an immeasurable thrill when listening to THE FIRST CONCERT being given by a fifth-grade ensemble.
Perfect intonation? Artistic phrasing? Outstanding articulation? Certainly none of these, but it is all overshadowed by the spirit of the young musicians experiencing the pleasure of offering their best efforts to those who are fortunate enough to witness this once-in-a-lifetime debut.
And if we didn’t schedule the concert and waited until every member of the group played flawlessly, I suspect the silence would be deafening.
let the music begin…
From selina(copy and paste from band fusion)
Biography
This group of music craze consist of
Joey Wong SL'09~10
Selina Ro SL'10~11
Andrea Mensono
Chanel Ng
Cheryl Lim
Julaina Ang
Clara Ong
The Passion of Music Lead Us Through Life
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