Today when we were finished with a full run through of Howells "Take him earth for cherishing", the director asked what were we thinking about while we were sang it from memory....Well, it was things like rhythm, or words, or "oh no did I forget to turn off my cell again?". Regretfully it was not Howells tragic loss or Americas loss of JFK....
When I first pick up a piece of new music I notice if the cover has art
or not. (For some reason that is my very first thought. Maybe it came
from looking at my moms' piano music when I was playing under the "piano
fort" as she practiced when I was little. As an adult I have kept up the
habit with no thought about it....til now).
That is followed by what key, how many parts, notes (are there lots of really
black ones!!?), and all the other things that one has to use to learn the
composers work. I have never on my own, picked up a piece and ask first
"what is the composer trying to communicate"? I think I am missing the forest for the trees. If I think about what I'm going to say before I open my mouth to speak, chances are much better that I won't get lost and whoever is listening will understand me much better. Music is no different.
You have to know where you are heading even if you don't know where you will end up.
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