{"id":5887,"date":"2021-04-23T11:38:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T18:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/?p=5887"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:39:07","slug":"tom-leslies-top-ten-unlv-wind-orchestra-non-negotiables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/tom-leslies-top-ten-unlv-wind-orchestra-non-negotiables\/","title":{"rendered":"TOM LESLIE\u2019S TOP TEN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">UNLV Wind Orchestra Non-Negotiables<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be early, be prepared musically, be warmed up and tuned.<\/li><li> Come to rehearsal open-minded and ready to learn in ways that you might not yet understand.<\/li><li> Commit to your musical responsibilities at any\/every moment in music rehearsals; know your musical role at all times.<\/li><li> Know how your principal player is functioning musically, articulative style, timbre, volume\/density and expression, and then apply to your own playing.<\/li><li> Know where the melody and focal material is at all times and protect it by playing within a proper balance with it.<\/li><li> Respect your colleagues &amp; show ultimate respect to the podium.&nbsp;<\/li><li> Stay quiet and focused.&nbsp;<\/li><li> Recognize the musical accomplishments of your colleagues at every rehearsal, be sure to congratulate them when warranted.<\/li><li> Participate in the learning atmosphere artistically &amp; academically and enjoy the experience of working hard within the arts.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">      <strong>10.  <\/strong><em><strong>Commit to performing beyond the ink\u2014the music lives beyond the ink.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNLV Wind Orchestra Non-Negotiables Be early, be prepared musically, be warmed up and tuned. Come to rehearsal open-minded and ready to learn in ways that you might not yet understand. Commit to your musical responsibilities at any\/every moment in music rehearsals; know your musical role at all times. Know how your principal player is functioning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":5848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,2],"tags":[528,527,246,530,663],"class_list":["post-5887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aba","category-article","tag-aba","tag-american-bandmasters-association","tag-bandworld-magazine","tag-tom-leslie","tag-top-ten"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5887"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5908,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5887\/revisions\/5908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bandworld.org\/magazine\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}