Conducting Elegy of young american
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I'm sorry for negativity, but these are constructive criticisms... This is one of the pieces in American literature that just shouldn't be conducted by the beat; it should be conducted "HOW to play" rather than "WHEN to play". Marching bands are conducted by the beat...
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OMG that is totally a contra bass clarinet in the lower middle
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Musicians are typically insecure as it is, they criticize themselves way more than anyone else ever will.. so imagine having to stand up in front of a group of your peers.. it's tough. But it gets better and easier with experience. Give her a break. This could be a conducting class final or something.. we don't know. She could do more with expressing and making more eye contact, but it was far from bad. We typically perform at 85% of our capability..which is a given. Keep up the good work.
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Not bad, but you didn't make the pauses stand out, especially in the beginning. Become familiar enough with the score that you can look up from it more and cue when needed. Make the dramatic and expressive parts stand out.
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@NejiSupreme I have seen women who scored an A in conducting class, who conduct so stiffly, the performers have no chance to be musical, u know, like a masculine jerk.
Based on the comments I am reading, well, maybe I should conduct the piece myself on Youtube before I can criticize her conducting as you are.
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congratulations on your conducting! My understanding is: If what is coming (flowing in this case) out of a band is really great, the conductor must be doing it correctly. When someone flaws your conducting, they are really attacking what they hear rather than what they (he ) sees.
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Dreadful conductor! About as inspiring as a warm Martini.
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@scytherswings NOT a song; an instrumental work; songs are SUNG!
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@ecgtrombone I sooo agree with you. This women needs to re-vamp her style in my honest Musical opinion.
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students all across the world feel like that too... at least i do
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your right... she isnt doing anything to make this piece any better... you have to add all the emotion you can to pieces like this. but shes so stiff
Texas Christian University. It was the Wind Symphony playing.
fiebewiebe 4 years ago