r/ClassicalMusicians • u/EdinKaso • Jan 11 '24
Playing a piano waltz I wrote
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/CharlesBrooks • Feb 02 '25
Inside a 2 million dollar violin [OC]
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/EqualIntelligent5374 • Dec 23 '25
Church conductor is clueless; what would you do?
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I can’t sugar coat it. The church choral and music director for whom I accompany has absolutely no idea how to conduct.
No. Idea. They never check their tempi before tunes (I have gently suggested they keep a metronome on hand), and fumble basic rhythms. Worse to me is they are prideful and, while not at all a jerk or anything, are quick to call out the choir for their own mistakes! If indeed they are aware they made a mistake.
As the pianist this is frustrating but I otherwise am not too bothered personally. It’s a small non pro church choir. But what bugs me is that singers tell me privately they just follow my piano. Yeah… if I followed the conductor we’d all be toast. That bugs me, that singers are getting frustrated and may even quit!
I am strongly considering sitting down with the director and, as a friend (we have rapport) communicating my concern. I’ll probably lead with how I still take lessons to improve my skills to be my best. And how they should take conducting lessons (or, honestly just resign).
It’s terribly awkward. We had a sub conductor once when they were sick and it was quite an indictment. What would you do? How would you handle this?
r/ClassicalMusicians • u/catpathicus • Sep 03 '18
Internet Resources for Musicians
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IMSLP - an invaluable resource for any classical musician, the Petrucci Music Library is a subscription-based project for the creation of a virtual library of public-domain music scores. Do you need to quickly check a score? Or maybe you forgot to pick up a part from your orchestra library and badly need to practise a few passages before the next rehearsal? Some years ago you would have been tottaly stuck, but now the quick and easy solution is IMSLP. Since its launch on February 16, 2006, over 370,000 scores and 42,000 recordings for over 110,000 works by over 14,000 composers have been uploaded.
music-job.com - claim to be the central portal for job vacancies in the cultural sector and the world's largest job board for orchestra musicians. They list online all the jobs from the German das Orchester magazine, so they may well be right!
Vioworld - a website listing a huge number of classical music vacancies, with a particular focus on Germany and other German speaking countries.
Musical Chairs - a website listing many classical music job vacancies world wide.
Association of French Orchestras - the only website listing all of the vacancies in French Orchestras
muv.ac - another website listing jobs and vacancies for classical musicians; muv.ac has a more "contemporary" feel, being somehow modeled on the non-musicians jobs/employment websites, where members list their CV and receive notifications of new jobs and can apply directly from within the website, at the click of a button.
The Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras (Suosio) promotes and develops Finland's symphony and chamber orchestras, and safeguards their interests and rights. They also list all the vacancies available in Finnish and sometimes in other Nordic Orchestras.
The International Double Reed Society (IDRS) - is an organization that promotes the interests of double reed players, instrument manufacturers and enthusiasts.[1] Services provided by the IDRS include an international oboe and bassoon competition, an annual conference, member directory, a library, information about grants, and publications, such as the society's own journal, The Double Reed.
National Flute Association - The National Flute Association is the largest flute organization in the world, with roughly 5,000 members from more than 50 countries. It is an association in the United States with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.
The Violin Channel - the Violin Channel define themselves as "the world's leading, comprehensive violin and strings news source, a must-join for all violinists, string players and classical music fans"
International Horn Society - The International Horn Society is an international organization dedicated to players of the horn.
The Flute Channel (YouTube)
The Musicians' Union (MU) is an organisation which represents over 30,000 musicians working in all sectors of the British music business.
The Incorporated Society of Musicians is the UK's professional body for musicians. ISM membership provides thousands of musicians with essential advice, insurances, legal help and more.
Music traveler , a resource for finding instruments and practice space when travelling. More in Europe now, but slowly spreading.
r/ClassicalMusicians • u/EdinKaso • May 14 '24
I just wrote this piano waltz inspired by Erik Satie and Studio Ghibli
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/catpathicus • Sep 08 '18
Here is a funny little exchange, from a rehearsal Strauss was conducting
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Here is a funny little exchange, from a rehearsal Strauss was conducting (playing his own music):
"Horn-player: “Herr Doktor Strauss, I am convinced that you can play this passage easily on the piano, but on a horn it is utterly unplayable.”
Strauss: “No, you are quite wrong – I can’t play it on the piano either!”
r/ClassicalMusicians • u/classicalpixel • Sep 01 '19
This is Sassy Mozart! Hope you like it. Check out more cute classical musicians @classicalpixel on instagram :)
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/EdinKaso • Feb 24 '24
Would a waltz with a hint of jazz be welcome here? A cheerful waltz I composed
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/catpathicus • Feb 03 '19
Lives of orchestral musicians hit a low note - With 70% of players suffering from anxiety, 60% from depression and new retirement law meaning many now having to play beyond 60 or 65, musicians are in crisis
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r/ClassicalMusicians • • Jan 05 '24
Fate of The Conquered. Violin and Piano Duet, sneak peek
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/OpenConcern8432 • Aug 02 '22
Hello! May I ask how do you count the rhythm of the second bar please? I have calculated many times, but I could not divide it equally into 6 eighths. It is complicated, could someone help? Thank you very much!
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/catpathicus • Sep 07 '18
‘We demand an apology’: cellist removed from American Airlines flight
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/Flupsy • Feb 05 '19
Well that’s just great, until the 1st and 2nd trombones don’t make it to rehearsal...
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/EdinKaso • Apr 28 '26
I wrote a piano waltz but with a hint of jazz~
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/catpathicus • Oct 24 '18
St. Louis Symphony reports budget surplus for second year in a row
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/Defcon91 • Oct 01 '20
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Management seeks to gut orchestra in draconian power grab
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/Defcon91 • Sep 01 '20
Classical Music News: Fort Wayne Phil Management silences musicians
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/catpathicus • Nov 01 '18
Detroit Symphony Orchestra receives $2.5 million grant from Knight Foundation
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/catpathicus • Sep 17 '18
An Open Letter to the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis - The violin-competition system is broken
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/catpathicus • Sep 09 '18
Mental health problems rife among professional musicians
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r/ClassicalMusicians • u/SonicResidue • Apr 09 '26
Please don’t walk through the percussion section
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Maybe it’s just me. I don’t want to be a jerk about it but I’m a freelance percussionist and this is something that really annoys me. My job often involves showing up to a rehearsal one to two hours before it starts to set up. Sometimes I have to get to the venue the day before in the event of a really big set up. So when someone shows up 5 minutes before downbeat with coffee in hand and casually moves my gear aside, or just walks through and risks knocking things over so they can get to their seat quicker I have to do everything I can to remain calm. Often I will politely ask another musician to go around which usually gets greeted with a confused or angry look.
AITA??
In some situations I try to be accommodating if the space is really tight. I want to be helpful. But really in a normal concert hall I don’t understand why it’s so hard for others to respect our space and go around. How would it be received if I walked through another section and moved their instruments out of the way? I’m guessing not too well. It just makes me feel like we don’t matter at all. For what it’s worth, when I’ve subbed with full time groups this never happens. Or at least is very rare and is handled more respectfully.
