How are people and music assigned to rehearsal groups?
CMNC tries to put people together who have approximately the same level of experience and technical and musical skills and then assign one or more pieces which require about this level. Since there are as many as three assignments in a workshop, we try to assign different kinds of music, and different people to play with. We do best when the workshop directors know you pretty well and know what your skill levels are. The job of being a workshop director is rotated among CMNC board members who are experienced chamber musicians. If people ask on their workshop application to be assigned certain works, or indicate a preference for playing first or second violin, we try to be accommodating. We can’t always accommodate preferences, though, because of these other considerations. If a group really doesn’t like their assignment, or it’s too difficult, they can always go to the library and take out any other work with the same instrumentation that hasn’t already been assigned.
