By Karen Hagberg
Degree Presence From Head to Toe: A handbook for Musicians is the one source of its type: a realistic, authoritative advisor to approved practices of level presence for appearing musicians. It solutions the elemental questions each musician has a couple of functionality: tips to arrange, how you can costume, easy methods to stroll out on level, how one can bow, how you can glance convinced and placed your viewers relaxed, find out how to engage with different musicians on degree and with behind the curtain team of workers. The ebook discusses the categorical wishes of soloists and small and big ensembles, either instrumental and vocal. contains illustrations, numerous worthwhile checklists and a complete bibliography.
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Extra resources for Stage Presence from Head to Toe: A Manual for Musicians
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The best orchestras look professional and poised down to the last member, from the time they come out onstage until the time they leave. To achieve this high level of discipline and a uniform appearance, every orchestra not only needs a clear dress code and comprehensive onstage guidelines, but also standard procedures and personnel responsible for their enforcement. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT, AND CONDUCTOR Whether actively aware of it or not, the leadership of any orchestra establishes the organization’s standards on its stage presence.
One member is usually designated to conduct the entrances, which are accomplished most successfully when all of the members are ready and concentrating together so that the audience is least aware of the mechanics of this process. Avoid any obvious counting, foot tapping, or head bobbing. As with solo musicians, ensembles appear most impressive when they play together with the least amount of visible effort. Make sure there are no loose pages in your music that could fall off the stand during the performance.
Even if the performer is adept at turning pages, for difficult music it is still a good idea to have a person onstage to assist. The sheer physical feat of being able to turn pages and play at the same time can have the same effect on the audience as the mechanical devices. The person turning pages onstage is an important element in the overall presentation of the concert. When you are that person, in addition to turning pages at the right time you can actively contribute to the stage presence of the entire performance.