Dear Colleagues: At Central College (small liberal arts college in Pella, IA, USA) we`re looking to plan an international tour with our Symphonic Wind Ensemble...
Dear Mitchell Lutch, We are an orchestra from Lithuania (Europe) - www.ibb.lt <http://www.ibb.lt/> . If You can include Lithuania to You touring plans we ...
hello everyone, my name is marianna and i am currently studying an introduction to instumental conducting course at the queensland conservatorium. In our ...
Hi Marianna, Welcome to the schools group. It's been a little quiet lately. Maybe you can help get things going. There seem to be a number of students in the...
Dear Marianna, I work with Marc in the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble. He exemplifies something I learned from my conducting and choral technique professor...
Dear Marianna, It`s a pleasure to meet you. I`m Libardo Saavedra, band conductor of the Colombia National University Symphony band. I think about your question...
hi everyone, thanks for the input on cues it will help a great deal for me. i am trying to get all of the information possible about conducting and the theory...
The number of cues is not a question of factor of trust. Cueing varies. If you have a young ensemble you will cue as much as anything else as a teaching tool...
I will be out of the office starting 21/08/2006 and will not return until 29/08/2006. I am involved in a Composer in Residence progam in North Queensland and...
Hi Marianna, I would like to suggest video taping your conducting gestures. The tape will reveal your strengths and weaknesses. When you review the tape, ask...
Yes video is a good idea We are blessed in the UK wiuth the next three weeks of boadcasts from mthe Proms on TV ever night... i caught Esa Pekka Salinin? at...
hi everyone, i recently read a book by Labuta called Basic conducting techniques. In the chapter of divided meters he says that we should only use sub- ...
Of course !!! Books don't tell you everything, but your interpretation of the music and they way you communicate that to your ensemble should! studentmarianna...
Hi Marianna, Remember, less is best as relates to subdivisions. You must trust the ensemble to perform, and excessive subdivisions if it "feels" necessary can...
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Greetings from Singapore!! I just wanted to say a really big hello and a Happy New Year to all of you in this forum. I joined because I want to be able to...
Hi Best of luck with the development of your ensemble. You certainly have state of the art facilities to perform in. What are your rehearsal facilties like? ...
Hello Mr Jones, You may find this quite strange but the band will be moving into the new rehearsal room sometime end of this month. Its so new that we have yet...
I just came back from a day of adjudicating and have to say that I heard very little stimulating repertoire for young bands. It is easy, these days, to find...
Thanks for starting this discussion Marc! While I am a strong proponent of works with "introductory aesthetics", i.e., music that opens up kids to those ...
Hi All I feel a bit of an imposter responding to this for I no longer conduct a band.... but I know what Marc is on about, in fact I'd go as far as to say I...
Hi Marc, Ralph and everyone It is great to visit the WASBE Schools Network and read all of the postings. Keep the dialogue up on repertoire, since that is our...
Thanks for your comments, Tim: Good to have you on line with us. Good to hear about Adam's newest and the work of Fergal Carrol and Mr. Connor. I will...
Hello All, This came across my "desk" the other day and I though that might be something that would interest people on this list. If you are unfamiliar with...
Hi, Marc: I'll echo "Old Churhes" by Colgrass. My colleage and I have also had success with Daniel Buckvich. Our Advanced MS Band performed "Electricity"...
Hi, Rebecca: Welcome to the group! I'm a big Colgrass fan and have programmed his upper level repertoire but my teaching colleague beat me to the punch on...