Accompanying instrumentalists
One of the things that conductors have to face all the time is accompanying a soloist. It’s still a listen and react process but the technical aspects can be different, in some ways, from conducting, let’s say, a symphony. Things to consider are balance,...
How to conduct syncopations
In these posts, we talked about rests and accents, with the need for specific motions to indicate them clearly. This concept extends to syncopations as well, which the Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians defines as “an alteration of the normal time accents...
How to conduct accents
Accents, just as much as cues, need to be prepared ahead of time. it’s quite easy to fall into the trap of indicating an accent by simply making the gesture heavier on the event itself. However, this can get you, the conductor, dangerously close to following...
How to conduct rests
“The music is not in the notes but in the silence between.” So Mozart said. Obviously, the music continues also when there is silence, whether that is a small breath in between phrases, a dramatic luftpause, or a longer fermata over a rest. This...Welcome!
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