What Culturally Informed Conducting Changes in Practice
Culturally informed conducting is not something I apply after the fact. It changes how I
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African American Symphonic Music in Practice: Context, Sound, and Rehearsal
When working with African American symphonic music, context is not optional. It shapes how the
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Why Cultural Context Matters in Orchestral Performance
Music is often treated as if it exists on its own. The score is there,
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Interpretation or Realisation? Rethinking the Role of the Conductor
The word interpretation is used constantly in conducting. It assumes that the conductor takes the
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Rehearsal as Relational Practice
Rehearsal is often treated as a place where problems are solved. If something is wrong,
Conducting Beyond Time-Beating: Gesture, Communication, and Intention
People often talk about conducting as time-beating. Clear patterns. Steady tempo. Control of the ensemble.
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The Black Mozart, Wagner and Mahler ?
The “Black Mozart, Wagner and Mahler”, three composers of the African Diaspora who were compared
This Sonata is too difficult!!
On the 250 birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven, I look at a Violin Virtuoso who
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This episode looks at the Afro Brazilian composer, Jose Mairicio Nunes Garcia, Born in the
The Genesis of Afro American Nationalism
How African American Composers used their shared experiences to forge a new sound and in