{"id":17344,"date":"2020-02-07T13:36:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T21:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=17344"},"modified":"2020-02-07T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T21:36:09","slug":"coding-vs-musicking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2020\/02\/07\/coding-vs-musicking\/","title":{"rendered":"coding vs. musicking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A few weeks ago I had this (most likely very unoriginal) thought: in programming\/coding, the axiom goes “garbage in, garbage out”. In the orchestra world, it sometimes can follow that rule, but most of the time, at any level of professionalism, the opposite is expected: “garbage in, beautiful out”. This applies both to the raw materials (the score and the venue), and the conductor. If supplied with lemons, we’re told, don’t simply make lemonade, make a lemon drop<\/em>. Not a rant – this is the reality for every single professional musician from the smallest semi-pro orchestra to the Chicago Symphony or the Berlin Philharmonic – but it does explain the low average level of job satisfaction in symphony orchestras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago I had this (most likely very unoriginal) thought: in programming\/coding, the axiom goes “garbage in, garbage out”. In the orchestra world, it sometimes can follow that rule, but most of the time, at any level of professionalism, the opposite is expected: “garbage in, beautiful out”. This applies both to the raw […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"new blog post(let): coding vs. musicking","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[3656],"class_list":["post-17344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-the-orchestra-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-4vK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2023,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/02\/whats-good\/","url_meta":{"origin":17344,"position":0},"title":"what’s good?","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a common misconception - a myth, really - that \"great\" orchestras play well for every conductor, in every situation.\u00c2\u00a0 It's even got some traction in the realm of the orchestral musicians (most particularly in so-called \"great\" orchestras).\u00c2\u00a0 I've heard, during my years in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia, many\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "appreciation"","block_context":{"text":"appreciation","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/appreciations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":593,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/15\/damning-article-on-seattle-symphony\/","url_meta":{"origin":17344,"position":1},"title":"damning article on seattle symphony","author":"Charles Noble","date":"December 15, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The New York Times today published an article of not insignificant length dedicated to the Seattle Symphony and its intense level of discord between its musicians and its music director and conductor Gerard Schwarz. 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