Riverside+CC+conducting+clinic+notes

=Conducting Notes Spring 2002 Riverside Community College= Michael Haithcock and Mitch Fennel Look at the videotape with the sound off Don’t move your feet around Keep your elbows out; (will help clarify tempo) forward a little more (head and chest up)

Inner parts! Holst The Mind’s Ear Bruce Adolphe

cyoung@uwsp.edu Charles Young at Stevens Point Wisconsin( wrote Tempered Steel and Childs Embrace) Wrote program for Eror detection ; digital ear training program Tell him Mike Haithcock said we could get a copy of it!

Bruno Walter Stage 1 technical Stage 2 obvious musical decisions Stage 3 Creative ; makes it music and art instead of science

Rehearse in circles of rectangles Percussion in front once in a while

They get better by playing the instrument; not by you talking

3 strike rule; don’t stop on the first wrong note; you need FLOW to rehearsals The psychology of the optimal experience

Canzona; 4x the theme occurs Rehearse multiple things simultaneously

Write out tune for those that don’t have it so they can experience it They appreciate it more

Sleep, eat. Read, exercise To do list

Boundaries NO Joshua Tree Find places for your group –where there is approval, not competition __ Encourage foot tapping clapping in the ensemble __ We force our band kids to perform before they are ready!!!!

Strings don’t move past Hot Cross buns before they can play it in tune!

It is good to repeat works for you to run a good rehearsal and for kids to experience that!!!

October by Shostakovich Don’t perform too much The Band that took a chance (frank Batisty) Meredith (good website for music ed) Chester Copland down a country lane Grip Master –develop left hand strength and flexibility!