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Leigh, I need to see if I am understanding all the mechanics of the process correctly as you envision it.
I started out with the Salzedo edition, but a former music director of our orchestra advised against playing lengthy cadenzas because they are not appropriate to the Baroque performance practice; so, I considerably abridged the Salzedo cadenza.
Later, I
Click on over to Amazon and order “The Practice Revolution” by Philip
Johnston. (See link below.) You may have some practicing issues that
are preventing you from reaching full reliability with your
pieces.I find that these jokes are usually attempted by people watching me
wheel my concert grand to/from a gig (never while I’m playing).Travelsmith.com has a great line of women’s dresses they call “travel wear” that are great for all kinds of performing.
Using a pick-up with an electronic tuner infinitely improves the stability of the pitches it displays and makes it so much easier to determine how flat/sharp each note/string is.
Carl, I may be misunderstanding you, but are you implying that when Salzedo harpists win auditions, it is because those auditions are not “fair and open”? You speak of Salzedo’s bias, but it appears you also may be a bit biased. . .
