UNCOVERING YOUR UNIQUE CONDUCTING STYLE

INSIDE-OUT CONDUCTING:

NAME THE CONDUCTOR!!

NAME THE CONDUCTOR!!

NAME THE CONDUCTOR!!

WHAT IF WE DON’T ASSUME WE ARE ALL BUILT THE SAME? WHAT IF WE ASSUME THE MUSIC COMES BEFORE THE GESTURE? INSIDE OUT MEANS BUILDING A GESTURE THAT IS MOTIVATED BY KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCORE AND A KNOWLEDGE OF OUR BODY.

MUSIC EXPRESSES THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PUT INTO WORDS AND THAT WHICH CANNOT REMAIN SILENT. - VICTOR HUGO

INSIDE THE BODY

THE EYES HAVE IT

TEXT

BREATH

BODY LANGUAGE

BODY LANGUAGE

BODY LANGUAGE

BODY LANGUAGE

BODY LANGUAGE

BODY LANGUAGE

BREATH

TAI CHI

JOHN BYUN RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE CHAMBER SINGERS

https://youtu.be/cltgejulyhU?t=7m14s

CONDUCTING GESTURES

ELIZABETH GREEN - THE MODERN CONDUCTOR

https://youtu.be/oZYFi89Ph4g?t=12m30s

ARTICULATIONS: 1. LEGATO 2. MARCATO 3. STACCATO

LABAN MOVEMENT ANALYSIS

1. FLOAT: TREADING WATER 2. WRING: WRINGING A BEACH TOWEL 3. GLIDE: ICE SKATING 4. PRESS: PUSHING A CAR 5. FLICK: DUSTING LINT OFF OF CLOTHING 6. SLASH: FENCING 7. DAB: TAPPING AT A WINDOW 8. PUNCH: PUNCHING!

INSIDE THE SCORELook like the Music!!!

WORK MOVEMENT SECTION ***PHRASE MEASURE NOTE

THE ARCHITECTURE OF MUSIC

PHRASE ≠ MEASURE

DOWNBEAT EVERY MEASURE EVERY PHRASE

TYPICAL PHRASE - GOLDEN MEAN

MARY AND HER LAMB

THE CONDUCTING PATTERN

THE REBOUND CARRIES THE INFORMATION!

THE REBOUND GOES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE NEXT BEAT

SAITO METHOD OF CONDUCTING SEIJI OZAWA

https://youtu.be/cfNuRMuzBDE?t=40s

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS:

AVE VERUM CORPUS FAIR PHYLLIS

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS:

AVE VERUM CORPUS FAIR PHYLLIS

CHALLENGES:

LEFT HAND EVENTS (PREPARATIONS)

OUT OF TIME OUT OF DYNAMIC NOT IN CHARACTER

OVER CONDUCTING TOO HIGH THE EYES HAVE IT!

UNCOVERING YOUR UNIQUE CONDUCTING STYLE

INSIDE-OUT CONDUCTING: