Making a video of your conducting is one of the most valuable tools for your professional development. Indeed teaching or public presentation would benefit from this as well as for conductor education. It is confronting to see oneself. “Do I look really like that!” “Is that how I sound!” “Gee I look bored.” These are some of the initial comments I hear often. You can get past these initial reactions by setting goals for what you wish to improve, then plan how you will achieve them. It may be how you present yourself, or how you use your voice or how you activate people around you.

Go to the page in Conductor Education for more details.

Roland Yeung, November 2012