#26
Posted: 7/11/10 at 5:58pm
philly03, those numbers are minimums. They are welcome to go over the number needed.
I guess I'm in the minority thinking that it's better to keep it open and cut a few orchestra members than close the show. The show won't suffer that much by cutting five musicians from an orchestra of 30 musicians. Also, I would think it would be better to lay off five musicians than thirty, along with a huge cast, and the entire crew for the show. My opinion might be different if I were a musician being cut, but when I see a show, I don't listen closely during the music to see if I can count the number of violins playing. I watch the performers tell the story. Now, I would get annoyed if there were just maybe five musicians playing, but having just 25 musicians would not take me out of the story, or let me appreciate the beautiful score any less.
I guess I'm in the minority thinking that it's better to keep it open and cut a few orchestra members than close the show. The show won't suffer that much by cutting five musicians from an orchestra of 30 musicians. Also, I would think it would be better to lay off five musicians than thirty, along with a huge cast, and the entire crew for the show. My opinion might be different if I were a musician being cut, but when I see a show, I don't listen closely during the music to see if I can count the number of violins playing. I watch the performers tell the story. Now, I would get annoyed if there were just maybe five musicians playing, but having just 25 musicians would not take me out of the story, or let me appreciate the beautiful score any less.
