Queries
on concert etiquette and other matters.
Let's make the
performance as professional, and as special, as we can. Smart casual dress,
please - not everyday jeans and trainers.
Please
don’t hog the piano during the morning run-through sessions. Once you’ve tried out your piece on the
instrument and with your
accompanist
where appropriate, please allow other people a turn.
Please
remember to bow at the end of your performance. And please don't forget to
thank your accompanist.
Please
remember - you don't have to play, but you do have to listen.
It would be
nice to have some photographs to remember the occasion BUT
·
Please don't photograph people while they are performing or
while they are walking up or preparing to perform. It's horribly distracting.
·
Photographs while bowing are fine.
·
Photographs of the social side are also fine.
Accompanists
I will try
to match people who need accompanists with people who volunteer to accompany. Please make sure you get your music to your
accompanist in good time (i.e. at least 2 weeks beforehand) or you may find
yourself in difficulties.
If you have
a regular accompanist you wish to bring with you to play for you on the day,
please feel free. If they would like to
listen to the concert, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to buy an afternoon
ticket for them.
Allocation
of slots
I want to
try to include as many activities as possible, and will push the length of the
concert out as far as I can to accommodate everyone's wish to participate in
solos and ensembles and with different instruments. This will, of course, be a lot easier if you
keep your choice of work well within the 5 minute time limit.
However, in
the event that I absolutely can't fit everything in, priority will be given as
follows:
And within
each of these categories