"Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious" (shour)
05/07/2016 at 20:29 • Filed to: None
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"Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious" (shour)
05/07/2016 at 20:29 • Filed to: None | 1
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The conductor of the local wind symphony I play for is retiring from his university post after 39 years. This past symphony cycle (this week), tickets for his retirement dinner were hawked at most of the rehearsals (and over email the week prior).
Starting to think I was the only symphony member to buy one. So far, everyone else seems to be current college students (I didn’t even attend this school!), or current professors here. I mean, seriously, I’ve been a member of this ensemble for eight years. There are players in the group who are 20 year vets, and somehow I am the only one representing?
What table do I sit at? Do I sit down with the 20 year olds (OF WHOM SOME WERE LITERALLY MY OWN MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS JUST A DECADE AGO...not weird at all), or with a bunch of 50-somethings who generally sneer at me under their breath for being an alumnus of the rival university?
Maybe I should have gone to see Civil War instead.
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> Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
05/07/2016 at 20:34 |
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If civil war is an option always see civil war
M54B30
> Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
05/07/2016 at 22:38 |
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Sounds like you need a rescue call
boxrocket
> Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious
05/08/2016 at 08:23 |
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Do both. Sit with your age group, then invite them all to see Civil War, so you all get up as a group to leave and you look like the leader, commanding potential respect and credibility from the older crowd, who should be more welcoming of the next generation of those who keep the fine arts alive. Also, props on being a member of a symphony, that’s really great; I’ve been playing piano/organ/keyboard since I was 4, but haven’t performed since college, and I miss it a lot, so keep it up, and don’t burn bridges.