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Originally Posted by obs20
The score from "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" is really challenging for a high school orchestra.
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The most "challenging" one I did was having to do Babes in Arms with quite a good cast except for one of the main characters (who I suspect did her audition on the casting couch if you get my drift). She got to sing "My Funny Valentine" and night after night I had to try to play a beautiful backing on bass clarinet while she meandered through a lot of unscheduled key changes, forgot the words and generally reduced the band to tears or hysterics.
Next on my "challenging" list would be coming in on an hours notice and sight reading my way through the lead woodwind part in that ghastly musical about Orphan Annie. I had never heard a single tune in the musical - they were very forgettable. The only thing I remember was that the composer was very fond of writing in keys with a great many sharps and flats. I cursed him or her between every hideous tune and whatever they paid me was not enough!