January 20, 2005 at 3:56 AM

Lets see...
Last week my high school orch conductor went to a music teachers' conference. (We have to remember not to let him do that again...) So today, he was testing out some of the stuff he learned.

First, when we were about to play one of my favorite pieces, he had all the violinists get up, and trade places/music with the other section. While I understand the reasoning behind this (to make the point that 1sts can play the 2nd part, and 2nds can play the 1st part), it was slightly disorienting to be next to the violas.
Then (with everyone back in their regular chair), he had everyone play a random note, and adjust the pitch until there was some sort of harmony. Apparently, we did it for a moment, but everyone kept adjusting.
The band director also went, and apparently, learned some new way of tuning the band. In orch, we were told that none of the bands finished tuning. That makes me wonder what they were doing.

The college orch starts next week, I am getting really excited...

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