It’s amazing the capability of musicians to suppress their own thoughts and feelings. Is it because of the environment of dictatorship that is a conductor, which creates a culture supported by management that we feel we cannot say what we want. Of course this is not universally true - some brave souls will say exactly what is on their minds - and maybe on everyone else’s. The problem is that they then seem to be seen by those around them as moaners, and in time are not taken seriously ‘... well nobody else complained’. Today a conductor asked for an acoustic screen to be removed from in front of the trombones. To be fair he asked if anyone objected, and nobody did. The viola player who sat in front of the trombone section was too worn down to want to be seen as the one complaining again.
Legal noise levels are being exceeded, but management will never know, and despite them being able to tick all the boxes of looking after the musician’s hearing, here is at least one musician being placed at risk where it will never be recorded. Of course the viola player only has himself to blame. Or does he? Where does the responsibility lie here?
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