Chuck

And I saw other stuff where there were sometimes numeric notations and other conductors said there were

long bars and things that you would pay attention to.

Back to the email though.

This is another key job of the conductor, which you didn't touch on as much, is they have the entire score.

They often give entrance cues to specific instrumentalists or sections.

Additionally, there are usually rehearsal markers that delineate the beginnings of phrases or larger sections.

This not only makes rehearsing easier, but also gives greater structure and scaffolding to the player.

It's similar to punctuation or paragraph structure in a novel.

Experienced musicians can often almost more or less feel their entrances based on their contextual knowledge of the piece and the music phrasing.

There's an old adage that you spend your time practicing at home to learn your part.

Rehearsal time is spent learning everyone else's.

Pretty good.

The conductor is the facilitator of this process.

You hit the nail on the head, guys.

The interpreter of the score.

That is from Brittany.

Me and Chuck, we did it.

Yeah.

We got, I think, four or five conductors all wrote in and said, like, we did a pretty darn good job on it.

So that feels great.