Podium Time

When I say incredible, I don't just mean every-day incredible. This recording is absolutely incredible. Larry Rachleff walks us through the first two parts of Petrushka at the 2019 International Conducting Workshop and Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria. He goes in to every detail of what it takes to conduct and rehearse and what's going to go wrong with whom and when, and then how to fix it. It's our longest and most valuable episode yet!

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We've got something different for you this week! I spent the past 2 weeks at the 2019 ICWF workshop in Sofia Bulgaria helping out and meeting 35 fantastic conducting students and teachers.

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This week we talk with Alexandra Enyart about why you should meet everybody, how we can tell more stories, and making the most positive impact.

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We talk with Christopher Zimmerman about the drawbacks of having too many rehearsals, what to do when you think you know a piece, and what you can ruin by tuning chords.

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This week we talk with Mark Cedel about why he doesn’t like performing a work for the 2nd time, what you can learn from a bad teacher, and why he fears the Copland Clarinet Concerto.

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This week we discuss:

• Mark's path to the podium
• The best advice for before you become a conductor
• Never forget that you are a member of the orchestra
• How Mark helped transform the University of Georgia Orchestras
• Why the first concert is the easiest to program for
• "Mark the macro, but know the micro."
• You can make a mistake, but only do it once
• The greatest joy of conducting is not conducting
• Hidden Gems
• Mark's Billboard

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This week we talk with Erin Freeman about what to avoid when writing a pre-concert lecture, what it means to be a servant, and why you must make form charts.

This week we discuss:

• Why you should conduct winds as if they're pizzicato
• What she learned from taking six conducting classes in her undegrad
• What it means to be a servant
• What to avoid when writing a pre-concert lecture
• The first joke I've heard that combines conductors and violas
• Why you should focus on the basics
• Your job as a student
• Erin walks Luke through considerations of Mozart's Requiem
• Conducting works with chorus for Orchestral Directors
• How Erin's study helped her prepare for a concert with only 12 hours' notice
• Why you need to make form charts
• What instruments we would like to play
• The Defiant Requiem Project
• Why preparing requiems is fun
• Louise Ferranc
• Hidden Choral Gems
• Why you should remember Pablo Casals

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This week we talk with Harvey Felder about developing a relationship with your audiences, one reason that you should walk away from an interview, and why you need to eat your vegetables!

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This week we talk with Paul McShee about how to force yourself into leading efficient rehearsals, the advice and issues that Marin Alsop focuses on her with her students, and how every step of Paul’s score study process helps demystify the score.

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Today we discuss: Creating a Positive Rehearsal Environment, how to use your conducting to encourage listening within the ensemble, and the question you should ask yourself before every rehearsal.

As we gathered for our first discussion with Maestro Schleicher at last month’s ICI workshop in Boulder, we expected a general Q&A over many topics. How surprised were we when he pulled out his briefcase and read us a list of prepared presentations he’s made at workshops around the world! They included Score Study, The 12 Ingredients for a Great Conductor, Opera, Rehearsal Technique, Winds for the non-wind conductor, Percussion for the non-percussionist, and more. He brought examples of his form charts for the score study discussion, his maps of every scene in Cosi and Boheme for the opera discussion, and a bulleted list of topics for every other. And how grateful was I when he allowed me to record this presentation on rehearsal technique for a special Podium Time Episode! 

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From Gunther Schuller and Frank Battisti, Ching-Chun Lai learned how to approach scores as a composer and identify style and architecture. Today we speak about that and more as Ching-Chun walks us through her score study process, building the most important foundations of a conducting education, and making the most of your resources as a student. Plus, we talk about some of the drawbacks of getting a job right out of school and how to prepare for effective rehearsals.

This week we discuss:

• Ching-Chun’s Path to the Podium
• Crane School of Music
• Working on the details with Gunther Schuller
• Studying the score like a composer
• A walk through the score study process
• Preparing for efficient rehearsal
• Distancing yourself from a work you know aurally
• Eight Songs for a Mad King
• Foundations of a conducting education
• Learn what you can about every instrument
• Gstaad Mehunin Festival Academy
• Drawbacks of getting a job early
• Hidden Gems:
• Ching-Chun’s billboard

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