“Words to describe music beyond words”
This Plenary Presentation was given on Sunday 15th March at the VCE Music Teachers Conference hosted by the Association of Music Educators (Victoria) (aMuse) at Trinity Grammar School, Kew.
Click here to view the PDF slides. The last slides have a bibliography and contact details should you have a question to ask.
Take a look at this Youtube documentary of this dynamic Mexican conductor. I celebrate videos like these that show us the attitude and personality of women conductors in action. A wonderful model not only for my conducting students, but for all conductors in the 21st Century. Enjoy!
Roland Yeung, long time ABODA contributor and life member, presented as part of ANBOC 2021 hosted in Western Australia. He presented two sessions which were recorded on video. ANBOC 21 was an on-line only conference.
Presentation One: The Creativity of Percy Grainger. This provides an update on new and exciting resources related to ‘Understanding the Creativity of Percy Grainger’ including the new Grainger Journal and discussions on Grainger’s folk song studies.
List of Resources click here to download
Presentation Two: In The Beginning – Then What Happened!! Roland will be exploring how young teacher-conductors can use conducting strategies and techniques to ensure excellent performances at festivals and competitions. The conducting techniques demonstrated use the principles of the Saito Conducting Method.
List of conducting resources click here.
Four slides from the video showing: 1. Shakui, 2. Tataki, 3. Heikin Undo, 4. 3 Saito Conducting Techniques, 5. Commencing
Link to Facebook page for ANBOC21 https://www.facebook.com/vic.aboda/photos/a.3731577733609931/3731577620276609
I wrote an article for the Australian Society of Music Education Victoria branch. To read the article click here.
‘Conducting is hard – it doesn’t get easier’: Simon Rattle’s top conducting tips18 Classic FM September 2017
Simon Rattle explains the complex role of the conductor. This sheds light on how and what a conductor does in rehearsal to ensure the best experience for everyone.
https://www.classicfm.com/artists/sir-simon-rattle/conducting-is-hard-advice-tips/
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/01/the-sex-lives-of-conductors/
This seminar was presented on Wednesday 28th June 2017 at the GWS / ABODA Conducting Workshop Program.
The presenter was Roland Yeung.
Click here to download a pdf of the presentation.
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What an interesting idea to incorporate mobile phones into a concert. I like it.
http://www.interlude.hk/front/orchestra-gets-turn-phone/
http://www.interlude.hk/front/orchestra-gets-turn-phone/
Tetzlaff describes how he approaches learning and performing. Terrific words that are worth considering. Enjoy.
Concert Violinist Christian Tetzlaff’s Advice: Live a Musical Life—Without Armor
http://www.classical-music.com/article/controversy-karajan-eight-quotes
http://www.classical-music.com/article/controversy-karajan-eight-quotes
What have critics and performers said about the formidable Austrian conductor over the years?
3 December 2014 – 12:34pm
Nearly 30 years after the death of Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, his affiliation with Nazi Germany and his dictatorial approach to conducting still cause controversy. We take look at eight things critics and performers have said about the controversial conductor over the years…
• Read more: The trouble with Karajan
‘If they [the critics] overrate material qualities such as the technique of conducting from memory, they are prizing hard work instead of artistic practice. They are aligning themselves with the stupid people who never seem to be in short supply, and who feel nostalgic for the circus when they are in the concert hall.’
‘The Führer has a very low opinion of Karajan and his conducting’
‘Now proudly conscious of his unique eminence, and having more power and authority than any conductor ever had, [he] is out for his last ounce of flesh, both in conditions and for the satisfaction of his ego.’
‘All over the world, people go in herds to see and hear him. He is undoubtedly a master of the orchestra, and he has some hypnotic power, though he often conducts with closed eyes…’
‘To the very end, he was accustomed to exercising authority, perhaps without compassion. I don’t know to what extent he was a compassionate man.’
‘I got the impression from the concerts I attended towards the end of his life that there was something almost evil in the way he exerted the power, and that that was to the detriment of the music.’
‘Often in rehearsal Karajan didn’t conduct. The art was to make the orchestra listen to itself. Critics sniped but, for musicians, what he did bordered on the miraculous.’
‘Karajan had been all concentration. All the normal things you associate with recording – time, money, the worries you have – had simply vanished. The music was so important to him, the real world seemed to fall away.’
Read more…
• Blog: John Bridcut on Karajan’s Magic and Myth