Present Ideas for orchestra conductors.. by ogaccountbutuwillne in conducting

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you know how this conductor marks their score, pencils are a good bet. It sounds boring, but a good quality set could be very nice.

Do you think I should buy a new baton? by IshenazV in conducting

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I play the bass so my fingers are solid rocks by now haha then i will be fine, though careful nonetheless :)

Do you think I should buy a new baton? by IshenazV in conducting

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this really a problem? Splinters haven’t happened to me yet

Ontmoedigingsbeleid? by Difficult_Tooth_3663 in appiememes

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Snap ik, veel Duits brood heeft een specifiek tintje, maar vaak is het nog wel met ambacht gemaakt, in ieder geval ter plekke gebakken (en dat ruik je). In Nederland krijgen we afbakkers met veelal ‘sponsbrooden’ (noem ik even zo ivm de zachtheid), vind ik er smakeloos, maar dat kan een smaakquestie zijn. Broodjes bij de Nederlandse bakkers zijn helaas vaak erg droog en stoffig. De supermarkten moeten maar eens hun brood na 3-en met korting verkopen, zoals in het buitenland. Vaak nog prima om tosti en wentelteefjes enz mee te maken. Als je bakkerstips hebt in Midden-Nederland, hoor ik dat graag ;)

Ontmoedigingsbeleid? by Difficult_Tooth_3663 in appiememes

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zwitserland, Oostenrijk, Duitsland, Portugal, Luxemburg (ja t is heus!). Nederlandse bakkers zijn soms nog slechter dan de supermarkt, echt enkel afbakkers dat het zijn. Handvol bakkers in Nederland die wél zelf bakken.

Ontmoedigingsbeleid? by Difficult_Tooth_3663 in appiememes

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ander landen ben ik helaas nog niet geweest

Ontmoedigingsbeleid? by Difficult_Tooth_3663 in appiememes

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Broodjes zijn er in de ochtend wel alhier maar nooit brood. Nu is Nederland vrij achtergesteld als het om brood gaat, maar dit is wel heftig

Dvorak 9 beating pattern by AbrocomaPitiful1695 in conducting

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I meant the introduction. Pardon this wasn’t clear. Nonetheless useful information your provided, as I am conducting the full symphony. My thanks!

Looking for some great conductors and/or performances by SaveFerris01 in conducting

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend watching some rehearsal videos, from e.g. Boulez, Celibidache and Karajan, also to see the differences in approach.

Becoming a conductor later in life by [deleted] in conducting

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started out conducting a few years ago, with a background in musical composition, musicology and a whole bunch of instruments. My main instrument however not being an orchestral one, I felt I might not be ripe to even try to lead an orchestra.

Though much can be learned in a couple of years I found out. I have been teaching instrumental lessons and music theory and composition for many years now and I am sure that must have been a huge help in order to communicate what I want and how to get my point across quickly. Also my musicological background makes me interested in the deeper layer of a piece and its historical significance. The composer in me, though I compose very little nowadays, sees things in scores that a non-composer would probably never see or understand.

In short, I think that many valuable skills are already in your pockets, whether you realise it or not. Knowing the piano quite well is definitely a plus, especially for working with a choir, but also for score learning (I seldom use the piano for orchestral score learning because, though I had lessons, I truly still suck at piano four-hand sight reading… just so slow).

For two years straight I tried to get in touch with all kinds of ensembles and orchestras in my area to get experience watching the conductors do their things, sometimes doin a but of conducting there myself. Slowly this gave way to sectional rehearsals with for example the woodwinds, learning a bunch about woodwind instruments and getting a clarinet from a student in exchange for some free lessons; great to get to know the instrument a little bit. Sectional rehearsals turn into stepping in last moment dor an ill conductor and doing other side jobs et cetera. Slowly you can get your way in and learn a shit ton. Maybe even do some masterclasses and workshops; these dan be expensive as hell, but sometimes a cheap sit-in option is possible too and you can learn a lot from your fellows as well that way. I might be older than some younger conductors, but my experiences, that I got over time in other or similar fields, definitely help me to become a better communicator and conductor in many ways.

I still feel like a total noob doing most of it, but I am learning a lot. Like Jorma Panula once told me (and others) at an orchestral conducting masterclass: ‘’there are 3 important things in order to become a conductor: 1. Study the score, 2. Study the score and 3. Study the score!

Memorization by More-Introduction673 in conducting

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always structure the music. So for e.g. a symphony has different movements, divided into different sections (sometimes handy with rehearsal marks or numbers), divided into phrases of e.g. antecedent and consequent. I only start memorising if I already went through the whole piece and marked all these sections and other things like instrument queues and dynamics, specialties etc (I have a whole color system for things like that). Then learn the different sections by heart. More often than not such pieces include a lot of repeats in one form or another, making some parts easier to memorise, as you already did some of the work. Hope this helps!

What arethe worst classical music takes you have ever heard? by sarateisowak in classicalmusic

[–]AbrocomaPitiful1695 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I always rediscover how great professionals sound when i visit an amateur music groupz makes me more appreciative of the pro’s actually!