Life in the Pit
Most orchestra musicians have had enough experience of pit work to know that it’s very different from playing the standard orchestral repertoire on stage. To help us understand just how different it is, and why, we’ve assembled a knowledgeable and experienced group of musicians who’ve spent most of their careers out of the view of the audience.
During the course of this week, we plan to explore the joys and unique concerns of our colleagues who play for opera and ballet companies; of course most of these issues pertain to musicians performing in musical theater as well.
To start the discussion, we’ve asked each of the panelists how they got started specializing in pit work, and what it is about that work that has kept them there.
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