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hestergrayFor six weeks now, I haven't been the main church musician. They bought the organ, and sub-organists have been coming in and playing each Sunday for the traditional service. I still accompany the choir on the piano, but that's been my only duty. It's actually been kind of boring, not getting to play the hymns and background music. I miss it. I want to play.
It actually occurred to me that this might be how it feels to be benched on a baseball team. You still get paid the same, but you have to show up and just sit there the whole time, not getting to do anything.
Anyway, I've been practicing the organ, trying to learn how to play it. And I don't think I'm too bad. The foot pedals are a challenge, of course, but I'm getting better. I think there's enough easy music out there, that still sounds good, that I'd be just fine playing every Sunday very soon. A couple weeks ago, the minister told me that they have sub-organists scheduled through Christmas. I told her that I'd really been looking forward to playing at Christmas. (I have so much music that I've never gotten to play for anything!) She said it's still a couple months away, so we'll see how it goes.
Well, yesterday after church, the man from the personnel committee who's in charge of my position came over to talk to me while I was practicing. He said they're having a board meeting on Thursday and he's going to push for them to hire a temporary organist who would play for a year, to give me a chance to learn and practice before taking over. I am definitely not in favor of that. I mean, really. A year? Is that necessary?
I told him that I think I'll be ready, but he said he'd rather just give me all the time I need than make me be ready by a certain time. But of course, it comes down to money, so we'll see if the board approves a temporary organist as an additional employee.
I hope they don't hire one. I don't want to be sitting around for a year practicing, without being able to use my abilities. When I agreed to learn the organ, and they agreed to let me learn, this isn't how I envisioned it.
It actually occurred to me that this might be how it feels to be benched on a baseball team. You still get paid the same, but you have to show up and just sit there the whole time, not getting to do anything.
Anyway, I've been practicing the organ, trying to learn how to play it. And I don't think I'm too bad. The foot pedals are a challenge, of course, but I'm getting better. I think there's enough easy music out there, that still sounds good, that I'd be just fine playing every Sunday very soon. A couple weeks ago, the minister told me that they have sub-organists scheduled through Christmas. I told her that I'd really been looking forward to playing at Christmas. (I have so much music that I've never gotten to play for anything!) She said it's still a couple months away, so we'll see how it goes.
Well, yesterday after church, the man from the personnel committee who's in charge of my position came over to talk to me while I was practicing. He said they're having a board meeting on Thursday and he's going to push for them to hire a temporary organist who would play for a year, to give me a chance to learn and practice before taking over. I am definitely not in favor of that. I mean, really. A year? Is that necessary?
I told him that I think I'll be ready, but he said he'd rather just give me all the time I need than make me be ready by a certain time. But of course, it comes down to money, so we'll see if the board approves a temporary organist as an additional employee.
I hope they don't hire one. I don't want to be sitting around for a year practicing, without being able to use my abilities. When I agreed to learn the organ, and they agreed to let me learn, this isn't how I envisioned it.
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Date: 2007-10-16 04:15 am (UTC)I don't get it.
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