Psalm 100
I was pleasantly surprised with my conducting on Friday. At least I was at the time. After watching the video I’m maybe not so much. At the time I was just glad to get most of the meter changes and squeeze in some other gestures for shaping the line. I felt pretty well prepared and curious to see how much information I’d internalized. Overall, I think I kept the beat well, though perhaps not very artistically. I think the next step might be memorizing the song and then adding more gestures and breaths.
Matt’s comment about my needing to be purposeful with my left hand will stick with me for sure. I have trouble with that for some reason. I guess I feel the music in the moment and I realize what gesture would be perfect a second too late. My left hand seems to react whenever it wants to and I need to be more aware of it. Hopefully I’ll get better at this with time? I’d love to get to the point where I can feel the music, realize what gesture I want to do, and have adequate time to prep it.