Mill-Horde

For twenty hours this weekend I am supervising Marama Hall and acting as adjudicator's assistant/stage manager/bored spectator (although not all at once!) for the NZ Chamber Music Secondary Schools Chamber Music Competition. Hmmm... How many times can i listen to bad jazz in classical clothing? If a group plays "The Entertainer" arranged for a combo of "interesting" instruments tomorrow I may scream.

Actually, it hasn't been all that bad. Some of the kids are really cute. They walk onstage awkwardly, bump into each other and their music stands, introduce their piece in an embarrassed manner, and THEN tune.

Occasionally there are humorous gaffes.

"We are going to play Introduction et Final by Mill-horde" - uhh... Milhaud?
"We are The Boisterous Trio" - said in a voice so quiet as to be hardly audible.
"We are going to play such and such in D maj... D minor"

Continuing my musical day I'm about to head off to the Mostly Mozart concert at St. Paul's. At least they won't play "The Entertainer."