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At least one name will be left off the concert programme.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about name

If there are two ways to spell a name, the wrong one will be selected.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about name, bad

If the audience can clap at the wrong time, they will.

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Cue the cymbal player and he still will not enter.

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The percussion section always sounds loudest where the judges are sitting. It cannot be heard from the podium

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about judges

Clarinet squeaks always occur in the most exposed sections of the music.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about music

If a march can be rushed, it will.

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At concert festivals, three other bands will play your toughest piece.

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At least one section of the music which sounded perfect in rehearsal will go haywire.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about music, perfection

Give a strongly-worded lecture about punctuality and you will be late to the next performance.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about punctuality, contentment

You are never as good as the previous conductor.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about good, good luck, contentment

When in doubt, blame problems on the previous conductor.

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After a concert, parents rave about the pop selection played and say nothing about the test piece.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about tests, parents, nothing

Emily's law on mobile phones.

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The conductor had explicitly given a speech about turning them off the day before.

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If there is a gran pausa in the piece, at least one musician will keep playing.

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He will play fortissimo.

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He will play out of tune.

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The chances of a conductor asking a section to play a passage by themselves in the rehearsal, is directly proportional to the difficulty of the passage and how well the people can play it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about nation, difficulties, chance, people

String players will not have a pencil the day the conductor gives new bowings or fingerings.

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