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Author: Neal Raskin
Date: 2009-12-24 23:30
Hi Everyone!
As some of you may know, I am a Music Education major at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. Now in my senior year, I am looking ahead to student teaching and graduation.
I was chosen as one of three student conductors for the new band on campus called the Concordia Echo Band. I have posted a video of my conducting from the ensemble's first ever concert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7KiOdzBhbA
I hope to get some feedback from you about my conducting. (Please refrain from making comments about the ensemble's performance, and comment only on my conducting).
If you're bored, take a look at my other videos from my last recital.
http://www.youtube.com/user/nmraskin
Thanks in advance for your time and your advice!
Neal Raskin
www.musicedforall.com
www.youtube.com/nmraskin
www.musicedforall.com
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Author: Neal Raskin
Date: 2009-12-25 14:54
I am looking for feedback about my conducting that will enable me to advance as a conductor. I understand that I am not Gustavo Dudamel. This is the first piece I've ever conducted at a concert and there is much I have to learn. I trust what you have to say will give me things to try and help me develop as a music teacher.
Thanks and Merry Christmas,
Neal Raskin
www.youtube.com/nmraskin
www.musicedforall.com
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2009-12-25 15:21
I understand that "conducting" is a two-stage process - first the rehearsal/study work with the ensemble, then the "conducting" as the audience sees it. I don't know if you were just called to lead the ensemble through the piece/s or if you had the opportunity to actually work with them.
And beating time isn't the most important virtue IMO, as the ensemble should be able to play and keep together without an external pacemaker. The most important thing - for me as a player - is that the conductor cues either a section after 13 bars of rest, or the ensemble after a caesura, grand pause, cadenza.
I understand the public likes to see the conductor work with dynamics and tempo - the more furioso the maestro, the wilder the orchestra...
In a nutshell - tastes differ, conventions differ. I find it quite difficult to criticise someone whom I haven't played with. Too much is lost (or never caught) in a video.
Hey, I guess it's a matter of practice and of finding one's style. You might be embarrassed to watch this video in say five years and you'd wish you never put it on YouTube.
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Ben
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Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date: 2009-12-25 16:07
Neal, I thought you did a nice job!
The only suggestions I would give are:
1. I thought it took you just a little too much time from when you got onto the podium to when you actually gave the downbeat.
2. The downbeats (at the beginning of each selection) were good, but perhaps they could have been just a slight bit more clear.
3. I know this is very common, but I'd try not to look down at the score until the group has made it through at least two measures.
These are minor points, and on the whole, everything looked great. Some younger conductors mirror excessively, and it was nice to see that you didn't do that.
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