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Date Posted: 10:24:53 04/16/06 Sun
Author: Bradley Jayne
Subject: Re: Conducting Style?
In reply to: Chad 's message, "Conducting Style?" on 18:58:11 04/27/05 Wed

I have personally found that I have developed a technique which is more conducive for a choir. I tend to feel more comfortable with a larger baton and with less trasposition (lol). Seriously though, I agree with Dr. O when he encouraged us to develop our own conducting techniques. I remember taking his instrumental conducting class last semester and thinking that this is not for me. But after about two or three classes I developed a technique that was my own and one in which I could conduct a band, orchestra, or choir.
I believe that the most important thing to remember is that the responsibility of the conductor is to convey the music to the ensemble, who it turn conveys it to the audience. Whether you are conducting a basic beat pattern, an expressive legato passage, or using facial expression; the bottom line is the music.

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[> Re: Conducting Style? -- Rita, 10:27:29 05/07/06 Sun [1]

It depends on your ensemble and how they will react to it. What may work with one class may not work with the next. Therefore to me, the basics of conducting is always there, but how you carry it out is always changing.


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