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    The document discusses a conducting experience and provides self-reflection. It covers: 1) The conductor showed understanding of syncopation through clear gestures that emphasized syncopated beats. 2) Issues with tempo in the basses and balance with the altos were addressed through walking over and gesturing. 3) Most gestures were clear but using both hands together could be improved as one hand lost the pattern when adding dynamics. 4) Gesture could be more expressive by adding rubato, different sized patterns, and showing phrasing to encourage expression from the ensemble. 5) Goals for next time include more independence between hands when incorporating dynamics, and showing phrasing in the

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    The document discusses a conducting experience and provides self-reflection. It covers: 1) The conductor showed understanding of syncopation through clear gestures that emphasized syncopated beats. 2) Issues with tempo in the basses and balance with the altos were addressed through walking over and gesturing. 3) Most gestures were clear but using both hands together could be improved as one hand lost the pattern when adding dynamics. 4) Gesture could be more expressive by adding rubato, different sized patterns, and showing phrasing to encourage expression from the ensemble. 5) Goals for next time include more independence between hands when incorporating dynamics, and showing phrasing in the

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    Morgan Haaf
    The document discusses a conducting experience and provides self-reflection. It covers: 1) The conductor showed understanding of syncopation through clear gestures that emphasized syncopated beats. 2) Issues with tempo in the basses and balance with the altos were addressed through walking over and gesturing. 3) Most gestures were clear but using both hands together could be improved as one hand lost the pattern when adding dynamics. 4) Gesture could be more expressive by adding rubato, different sized patterns, and showing phrasing to encourage expression from the ensemble. 5) Goals for next time include more independence between hands when incorporating dynamics, and showing phrasing in the

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    1. How did I show my understanding of the score through gestures?

    a. I think I showed my understanding of the score through my


    gestures of syncopation. I think that was something that I
    focused on a lot when I was practicing. I think I did a good job
    of making the rest of the beats small to emphasize the
    syncopated beats. Also, I breathed very clearly on the
    syncopated beats and when I was trying to bring a group or
    part in.
    2. What did I hear and how did I respond to what I heard?
    a. Some things I heard was that the basses weren’t completely
    locked in to the tempo when all of the parts came in so I just
    walked over to them to help them and emphasized their beat
    of syncopation. Also, the balance was pretty good but the
    altos were a little quieter than everyone else so I walked
    closer to them and gestured for them to get louder.
    3. How was my gesture clear? How could my gesture be clearer?
    a. I think that most of my gestures were pretty clear. My beat
    pattern seemed pretty relaxed and clear. Also, like I said
    before I think my cues and gestures of syncopation were
    pretty clear. One thing I think I could work on is using both
    hands together because once I tried to add dynamics in one
    hand, my other hand lost the pattern a little.
    4. How was my gesture expressive? How could my gesture be more
    expressive?
    a. I actually think that I could work on making my gesture more
    expressive. I think my pattern and gesture of syncopation are
    clear but I didn’t show much phrasing or dynamics in my
    conducting. I think maybe adding some rubato in my pattern
    or adding different sized patterns can add some phrasing in
    the melody.
    5. What goal(s) do I have for my next experience conducting?
    a. Some goals that I have for my next experience is to be able
    to have some more independence between both of my
    hands. For example, I want to get better at continuing a clear
    beat pattern while incorporating dynamics in the other hand. I
    would also like to work on showing the phrasing of the
    melody in my pattern to encourage expression in the
    ensemble.

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