January 18th, 2006» Fellow Flautists

- 11:49 pm

I really wonder why are there so many flautists around. The new J1 flautists attended their first sectional with us today. There are 7 of them! It’s not that I do not welcome them to the family, they are nice people too, but because flute section really is not meant to be big in size like the clarinets. A flautist will know why. I can already imagine Ms Sia screaming at the soon-to-be flute section for being too loud and not in tune.

When I first entered Meridian Junior College Band, I was really amazed by how many times Ms Sia could scold a section in a single practice. I remember clearly that she complained us for being too loud on a part of ” Invictus” where the notes are already so low(meaning hard to project) and where we had reduced to only 1 person playing the part. Now, imagine having 13, if I’ve not mistaken the number, flautists.

During the sectional today, we had sort of a mini-audition to decide who to play the 1st part. I believe many of the J1s need to work a lot on tone because it’s really not nice. Some of them also lacked support. It’s agreed that 3 of them will be playing the 1st part with us. Hopefully, we will work equally well and efficient like before.

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