Buena Park High School - Los Coyotes Yearbook (Buena Park, CA)

“As a member of the audience leaves his seat and heads for home, his mind whirls with thouj^hts of the magnifi- cent display of orchestration he has just seen and heard. Of the conductor ' s arms flailing wildly, of the orchestra respondinjj by reaching new heights of musical expression, of the intense show of life that has been played seemingly for him alone. Yet this member of the audience has seen only a small portion of the musi- cian ' s work. In fact, he has only .seen the result, not the total effort. The bulk of a musician ' s work is done behind the scenes in countless hours of rehearsal. It is then that the symphony is con- ceived, its various movements refined and its final form polished. The con- ductor pushes his musicians to levels of excellence which meet his exacting standards. They are hours of lonely dedication for every musician, but when the re- sulting symphony fully captures the magic created by a Tchaikovsky, Bee- thoven or Wagner, then the rehearsal is remembered as a labor of love. Life ' s rehearsals are vitally imjior- tant, and must occur early, before one .sets out on his own journey. It is for this rea.son that the social parts of our .symphony this year were so important, and it is for this reason that this .sec- tion is dedicated to " The Rehearsal. " ”