from The Age 4 February 2017
Ben explains and is a model for many important values and qualities of a successful conductor. A must read and circulate.
http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/lunch-with-ben-northey-a-conductor-for-all-seasons-20170125-gtyusm – the The Age Wesbite
Lunch with Ben Northey: A conductor for all seasons – a pdf
We have a choice to make in how we talk about getting the best out of people, and ourselves. This is a wonderful presenter. Also check out his TED Talks.
Important understandings conducting techniques when conducting accompaniments, not just in concerti, but also in major works.
These issues and techniques occur everywhere when conducting any solo passages in any ensemble that reads their part accurately. It is especially important if the conductor has few rehearsals to explain what he or she is doing.
A wonderful topic on interpreting music, finding meaning in music. Well trying to find meaning in music. Enjoy
This is a wonderful article with stories from women developing their careers as a conductor.
Here is the full article from The New York Times.
Barbara Hanningan, a Canadian opera and concert singer has added conducting to her performing roles – virtually unheard of from a female singer.
The video link in the attached has her singing and conducting. In 2011 she made her conducting debut in Paris, simultaneously leading and singing Ligeti’s crazed “Mysteries of the Macabre,” a daunting enough assignment purely as a soprano soloist. She conducts the GSO.
Click on these pictures to go to the YouTube videos. Wonderful leadership skills and artistry.
Here are some videos of Danny Kaye conducting. Fabulous technique, though he is not a trained musician and is dyslexic (can’t read). He is a brilliant communicator. His non-verbal gestures are expressive. From the point of leading the orchestra, he is VERY clear. Enjoy.
Danny Kay & New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Paul Keating is a former Prime Minister of Australia and Treasurer. He explains the value of The Arts, particularly Music. Fantastic words.
“Music was the terrific for the imagination.” “The Arts is central to the Nation.”
Enjoy.
Keating on the Arts, a Sky News interview
The fast-rising Lithuanian conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla at the Lucerne Festival.