[Menvi-discuss] conducting

Fri Sep 9 15:11:12 EDT 2011

Nicole,
I don't know how old you are but we had a 76-year-old lady in our conducting 
class who was doing a double major in organ and conducting at the master's 
level.  You're never too old.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole Ming Hui Pua" <nicole.mhpua at gmail.com>
To: "This is for discussing music and braille literacy" 
<menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] conducting


> Hi all,
>
> Reading all these mails makes me want to take up conducting class!!!
> It might help me to be more expressive...imagine creating the sound
> you want by waving that baton???
>
> Can I go for college (music studies) at my age now??? Hahahahah, it
> does sound very, very, very intriguing besides all the challenges.
>
> Nicole.
>
>
>
> On 09/09/2011, Bettie Downing <bnbdowning70 at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, teachers are nowadays told not to touch students for fear of being 
>> sued
>> for sexual harassment.  Can't even hug a little first grader!!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 8, 2011, at 3:31 PM, susanbinks5354 at att.net wrote:
>>
>>> Julie, Many teachers are very hesitant to actually touch a student.  If
>>> you want a "hands on" experience, you might need to give permission for
>>> such help.  I am an "old-school" teacher and found it difficult not to
>>> touch my students when trying to show them how to hold an instrument  or
>>> stand properly.  Sounds weird I know, but singing, playing and learning
>>> music is a physical activity and sometimes it is almost impossible to
>>> teach it without the human touch.
>>> Sue Binks
>>> On Sep 8, 2011, at 10:42 AM, Julie McGinnity wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for all of the ideas so far.  It's funny that you all keep
>>>> encouraging me to take the class and work with the instructor.  I
>>>> actually had convince my department chair that I could take the
>>>> conducting requirement just like everyone else with accomidations.
>>>>
>>>> I had an idea that it might be good for me to perhaps sit in on a
>>>> conducting class or two before I actually have to take it.  That way I
>>>> could tell the instructor exactly how he can help me.  I honestly
>>>> don't think he is opposed to teaching me, but I do think he needs a
>>>> lead from me.
>>>>
>>>> I didn't know that the dictionary contained a conducting diagram.
>>>> I'll look into that.  Are there extra signs and things that I will
>>>> need to learn?  How do you deal with conducting something that you are
>>>> sight reading?  I would think that would be impossible.  These are the
>>>> kinds of questions that I have been asked by my department chair.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for all the questions.  I'm trying to gather a plan that I can
>>>> take to my advisor, the department chair, and the professor of the
>>>> class.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/8/11, Teresa Haifley <dthaifley at iowatelecom.net> wrote:
>>>>> Julie,
>>>>> I took conducting in college quite successfully.  The teacher 
>>>>> explained
>>>>> verbally to everyone in the class what the motions should look like
>>>>> anyway,
>>>>> then he worked with me by standing behind me and moving my arm in the
>>>>> proper
>>>>> motions so I could get the feel for it.  Each of us had to take our
>>>>> turns
>>>>> conducting the class.  He ended up using me as an example to the 
>>>>> others
>>>>> because I was focused and giving all the entrances and other cues
>>>>> correctly,
>>>>> knew the music well  and they weren't all able to do that.  Of course
>>>>> there
>>>>> were a few who resented that but I had the teacher's respect and that 
>>>>> of
>>>>> most of the class.  So, don't let anyone push you aside.  Take the 
>>>>> bull
>>>>> by
>>>>> the horns and tell the teacher how to teach you and if you need extra
>>>>> help
>>>>> outside of class be sure to get it.  And yes, you do need to know how 
>>>>> to
>>>>> conduct, whether or not you plan to use it in the future.  Learn all 
>>>>> you
>>>>> can
>>>>> now; you never know when you might need it later.  I never thought 30
>>>>> years
>>>>> ago when I took conducting that I would ever go that route, but today 
>>>>> I
>>>>> conduct a choir.
>>>>> Good luck,
>>>>> Teresa
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org
>>>>> [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Julie McGinnity
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 11:42 PM
>>>>> To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
>>>>> Subject: [Menvi-discuss] conducting
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone.
>>>>>
>>>>> As part of my degree in vocal performance, I have to take at least one
>>>>> semester of conducting.  The professor is not sure how to teach me,
>>>>> and I'm not sure how I am going to learn.  I was thinking that being
>>>>> in the class would not be benificial to me because I will not be able
>>>>> to see the patterns and things that are shown to the class visually.
>>>>> I imagine that I would be behind.  My school is thinking of offering
>>>>> me some kind of independent study option.  Is this a good solution?
>>>>>
>>>>> This is only the half of it though because the professor of the
>>>>> conducting classes honestly has no idea how to teach me.  I would
>>>>> really like to learn.  I think conducting would improve my rhythm, and
>>>>> depending on what I choose to study in grad school, it might be
>>>>> useful.  I know there are blind people who have taking conducting;
>>>>> what have you done?  How have you learned?  Any suggestions would be
>>>>> great.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Julie McG
>>>>> Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
>>>>> Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
>>>>> Eyes for the Blind
>>>>>
>>>>> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
>>>>> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
>>>>> life."
>>>>> John 3:16
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>>>> --
>>>> Julie McG
>>>> Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
>>>> Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
>>>> Eyes for the Blind
>>>>
>>>> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
>>>> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
>>>> life."
>>>> John 3:16
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