Friday, December 16, 2011

Conductor Jokes

What do you call a conductor with half a brain?
Gifted.

Why did they bury the conductor 20 feet into the earth?
Because deep down he was a nice guy.
What do all great conductors have in common?
They're all dead.

One day, a tuba player wanted to torture the drummer behind him, so he hid one of the drummer’s sticks. After looking around for a few minutes, with a frantic, wide-eyed expression, the drummer fell to his knees, flung his arms wide, and screamed to heaven: “Finally! The miracle, after all these years! I’m a Conductor!”

What do you need when you have a conductor up to his neck in quicksand?
More quicksand

What is the difference between an orchestra and a freight train?
A freight train needs a conductor!

A blind rabbit and a blind snake bump into each other in the forest. The rabbit said, “Watch where you are going. Can’t you see that I am blind?” The snake replied. “No. I can’t see that you are blind because I am blind myself.” Then the rabbit got a brilliant idea. “Why don’t we feel each other and guess what the other is?” The snake accepted this proposal and went first. The snake said, “Let’s see -- your furry with long ears and a cotton tail - you must be a rabbit.” “Very good,” said the rabbit. “Now it’s my turn. You are cold, slimy, spineless, and have no ears. You must be a conductor”

In the beginning, there were only wind instruments in the orchestra. Then, they noticed that many of the people were too stupid to play wind instruments, so they gave them large boxes with wires strapped across them. These people were known as “strings”. Then they noticed that some people were too dumb to play strings, so they were given two sticks and were told to hit whatever they wanted. These people were known as “percussionists”. Finally, they noticed that one percussionist was so dumb, he couldn’t even do that, so they took away one of his sticks and told him to go stand in front of everybody. And that was the birth of the first conductor.

What is the difference between a conductor and a chimpanzee?
It has been scientifically proven that chimpanzees are able to communicate with humans

What do you do with a person who can't play his own instrument?
Give him a stick and call him a conductor.

A musician calls the symphony office to talk to the conductor. "I'm sorry, he's' dead," comes the reply. The musician calls back 25 times. Always getting the same reply from the receptionist. At last she asks him why he keeps calling. "I just like to hear you say it."

Did you hear about the band director who got zapped by electricity?
Yeah, he must have been a good conductor!

A musical director wasn’t happy with the performance of one of the percussionists. Repeated attempts to get the drummer to improve failed. Finally, in front of the orchestra, the director cried in frustration,
"When a musician can’t handle their instrument, they give him two sticks and make him a drummer!"
A whisper was heard from the percussion section:
  "And if he can’t handle that, they remove one of his sticks and make him a conductor."

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Birthday!

Today's my birthday! And what makes it special this year? It's on a night when I have jazz band rehearsal! I'm bringing brownies for the end of rehearsal. :D

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Area Band Audition

Area Band is a band in which students from selected schools in the area are drafted into the band and then have to audition for chairs. My audition didn't go as well as I planned. I know I could do better, but I get so anxious during auditions that I make mistakes I never even made when sight reading the music during the summer! Anyway, I earned 5th chair, so now all I have left to do is become a better musician and practice my music until there are no errors!