Conductors' Brew

Ashkan Tabatabaie returns to discuss James Tenney's piece "Critical Band" and the intersection of science and music.

This week the crew discusses all the stuff to consider when auditioning for a graduate conducting program.

Makeever joins us to discuss Beethoven's Symphonies 1 and 2 in our first episode celebrating the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven. Also, Matt gets super nerdy with his coffee siphon.

Working with a community orchestra can be an important part of a conductor's career. This week we're joined again by Matthew Makeever to dive into many of the aspects of being a music director of a volunteer ensemble.

Ashkan Tabatabaie, Brandon Horrocks, and Matthew Makeever return to the front yard for a nerdtastic discussion of famous fifth symphonies, from Beethoven to Prokofiev.

Dr. Charles Gambetta joins us to lay out his Embodied Conducting method and the Laban Movement System it's based on.

Matt gives us an overview of the COVID studies. 

This week we traveled to the Salt Lake Symphony's outdoor rehearsal and talked with director Dr. Robert Baldwin to discuss how his Covid plan is going.

From the Zoom classroom to rehearsing under the big top, Matthew Makeever returns to walk us through the first week of school at the University of Utah. We also discuss what to consider when choosing a conducting workshop.

Not surprising we had more to say. So here's a bonus episode of Rep-a-palooza.