All current and aspiring directors are welcome in this hands on class! All students will be conducting in short 2-3 minute bursts as we go around the room on each skill, then the next person will try as well. We will use polecats to sing to practice your guestures! We will work on...
- Preperation before we sing
- Your face/body/energy
- The table
- Ictus
- Melding
- Group entrance on 1, 2, 3, or 4
- Face-body-breath-cue
- "Go away" circle
- "I invite you" circle
- Larnge group cut off
- Section entrance
- Section cut off
- Closing on singable consonants
- Problem spots for us all
Conducting is very personal and has the opportunity for variety. However, it has to work with the ensemble you have, not the ensemble in your mind.
