Undergraduate Choral Conducting Blog

I feel that over the semester I really have steadily improved. However, after every problem that is corrected, I generally seem to create a new issue for myself to work on. It is like I don't want to let myself have a rest! I was really challenged with keeping a grounded and firm position. If you watch me in choir (Im sure matt and andrew can vouch) and I move around like crazy. Its just a way I internalize what I am singing. However, in solo performance, I have the option of standing completely still. It is something I had to work on to master.

Once again, I feel like the generic issues we have while learning anything that is foreign to us, will most likely resurface. While watching the tape, I also realized that I am still not committing to my gestures. I don't know if its because I feel silly, ore that I don't think I'll do it right, but I practice with grand intentions, and when I get on the podium, my conducting shrinks in intensity about 300%. i believe this will be my mail goal while transferring into next semesters material.