Podium Time

What we intended to be light conversation about score study quickly turned into a full interview with one of our best conducting buddies that explores what we are doing with our lives and our music. Gerrit Scheepers is currently working towards his doctorate at Washington State, and we were so glad that he could take some time to talk with us about singing, study, sincerity, and what he has learned in his time as a conductor. In this episode, we discuss learning from within an ensemble, how to let the music create your gestures, and Luke’s adventures singing Schubert’s 8th Symphony!

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Last year I stumbled upon the perfect opener to my chamber recital on a CD by the Sinfonietta of Riverdale, a premier chamber orchestra founded and led by Mark Mandarano. Initially I contacted Mandarano to get some advice for conducting the piece and for starting an ensemble, but what he shared was so insightful and helpful that I just had to have him on the podcast for a full interview. Little did I know that our discussion would go beyond starting an ensemble and conducting chamber music and so far into the realm of score study! So, put your headphones in and learn how to get Esa-Pekka Salonen in your audience, form a conducting class at Cornell taught by Karel Husa, and start truly getting the score in your head.

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Last year I stumbled upon the perfect opener to my chamber recital on a CD by the Sinfonietta of Riverdale, a premier chamber orchestra founded and led by Mark Mandarano. Initially I contacted Mandarano to get some advice for conducting the piece and for starting an ensemble, but what he shared was so insightful and helpful that I just had to have him on the podcast for a full interview. Little did I know that our discussion would go beyond starting an ensemble and conducting chamber music and so far into the realm of score study! So, put your headphones in and learn how to get Esa-Pekka Salonen in your audience, form a conducting class at Cornell taught by Karel Husa, and start truly getting the score in your head.

Luke and I are just starting the second year of our Master's degrees and neither of us can really believe how much we've learned and how much our conducting has changed in just one short year. We've gone through two semesters of grad school and so much has changed in how we see our schooling and our work and our lives, and today we are sharing a couple of those changes with you. Join us as we discuss building routines into your life, surrounding yourself with the right people, observing rehearsals, and working out to Mahler 5!Show notes are available at PodiumTimePod.Wordpress.com

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Luke and I are just starting the second year of our Master's degrees and neither of us can really believe how much we've learned and how much our conducting has changed in just one short year. We've gone through two semesters of grad school and so much has changed in how we see our schooling and our work and our lives, and today we are sharing a couple of those changes with you. Join us as we discuss building routines into your life, surrounding yourself with the right people, observing rehearsals, and working out to Mahler 5!

Show notes are available at PodiumTimePod.Wordpress.com

We have a special episode of Podium Time for you today. Luke and I had the great pleasure of attending the CU Boulder Orchestral Conducting Symposium in June this year, and our two fantastic teachers were kind enough to sit with us (for even longer) after the week was over!Show notes are available at PodiumTimePod.Wordpress.com

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We have a special episode of Podium Time for you today. Luke and I had the great pleasure of attending the CU Boulder Orchestral Conducting Symposium in June this year, and our two fantastic teachers were kind enough to sit with us (for even longer) after the week was over!

Show notes are available at PodiumTimePod.Wordpress.com

For our first interview we had the immense pleasure of talking with the phenomenal JoAnn Falletta, music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic and Virginia Symphony, and the Principle Guest Conductor of the Brevard Music Center. Show notes and resources available at PodiumTimePod.Wordpress.com

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