Rotating Leaders: Orphues Orchestra

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Orpheus Orchestra Time Context: 2nd week of January at Baruch High School in Manhattan Viewpoint: Julian Fifer, Orpheus’s founder Central Problem: Orpheus’s collaboration and consensus-building approach is time-consuming. Although core groups were already established as a start-up, the decision process would still require the consensus of the majority. The problem of getting all the members’ opinion would entail thorough discussions/deliberation which can be tedious under limited available time. Objectives: A. Must Objective: To establish a set of guidelines/rules among the members of Orpheus Orchestra in observing a more effective and efficient timeline B. Want Objective For members to create an atmosphere that would adapt in achieving the proposed set of guidelines. Areas of Considerations: A. Strengths: 1. Collaboration and Cooperation. Orpheus has developed collaborative process which encourages sharing and rotating of leadership roles. 2. Member Involvement and Empowerment. Each musician is given a chance to learn and participate in the decision-making on matters of repertoire, interpretation, rehearsal and performance by becoming a member of the core groups. B. Weaknesses: 1. Susceptibility to Miscommunication. In the absence of a conductor, a musician’s focus during performance is directed towards a playing member to get a cue. Alert audience will notice a nod of a head or a hand gesture from the musician to pick up a musical thought which may be disturbing to the audience. The physical style of playing is usually not experienced in a standard symphony orchestra. Thus, there is a high probability of miscommunication among musicians in depicting body movements which may spoil the performance. 2. Delay in Decision Making. Getting the opinion of all the members would entail thorough
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