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Adriano Tecson

Student ID: mp5497

Basic Conducting

10/09/14

Conducting Oser!ation "eport #1

On Octoer $t%& '014& I oser!ed (as )e!in Cato& Director o* t%e +t, -den .ig% Sc%oo ind

-nseme, I (as at t%eir morning re%earsa at $:'0, T%e (or2ed on one piece& Of the Beautiful Plain

  )e!in Cato,

Atmosp%ere o* "e%earsa:

At%oug% t%e group is made up o* %ig% sc%oo students& t%e re%earsa atmosp%ere isn3t muc%

di**erent *rom t%at o* t%e re%earsas I3!e %ad in coege& at%oug% at t%e !er eginning t%ere (as t%e

need to constant remind t%e 2ids to uic2en t%eir pace during setup, T%ere (as no proem (it%

students ta2ing during re%earsa *or t%e most part& aside *rom t%e sma side con!ersation %ere and

t%ere t%e students (ere !er muc% into t%e re%earsa and seemed prett *ocused, +r, Cato de*inite

ga!e o** t%e !ie o* discipinar as (e as musica director,

Conductor3s Stance/osture:

+r, Cato is prett ta so (%en %e stood on t%e podium it de*inite %eped s%o( contro o!er t%e

group, .e ne!er souc%ed (%en conducting& at%oug% %e %ad a sig%t ean *or(ard (%en %e (oud gi!e

some o* %is cues,

Carit o* atterns:

I t%oug%t t%e patterns (ere prett cear, I *et t%e aton (as turned 6ust a it muc% to m rig%t&

 ut I don3t t%in2 it a**ected %o( muc% I coud distinguis% eac% eat, T%e rig%t %and (oud sometimes

 rea2 pattern in order to s%o( dnamics in tandem (it% t%e e*t %and& as (e as to cue and emp%asied

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 particuar eats in t%e music, T%e piece t%e re%earsed (as most in 8/$ and 1'/$ and t%is ma %a!e

 paed a part in t%e eat patterns %a!ing a good amount o* ounce in t%em,

se o* e*t .and:

T%ere (asn3t a (%oe ot o* use o* t%e e*t %ad& ot%er t%an to s%o( dnamics and turn pages, At

times it (oud e used toget%er (it% t%e rig%t *or speci*ics cues t%at come in one a*ter anot%er,

;era Instruction:

T%ere (as a good amount o* !era instruction& t%e spent t%e *irst %a* o* cass on (arm ups

and ot%er tec%nica e<ercises, +ost o* t%e comments in t%at %a* o* cass deat (it% t%e use o* t%eir air

and ot%er tec%nica in*ormation, %en t%e egan to re%earse +r, Cato3s piece t%at (%en most o* t%e

musica in*ormation (as said& suc% as (%en t%e s%oud crescendo or i* a part (as not sounding up to

 par (it% t%e rest o* t%e group,

 =on>;era Communication ? %sica -ements:

A (%oe ot o* ee contact (%ie gi!ing cues to sections& as (e as prep reat%es inet(een

sections and at t%e eginning o* t%e piece, I noticed some sute eero( mo!ement during some cues

 ut I3m not sure i* t%at (as on purpose,

Conductors )no(edge o* t%e Score:

Since +r, Cato (rote t%e piece t%at t%e (ere re%earsing %e 2ne( e<act (%at %e (anted out o* 

e!er section, .e %ad a !er speci*ic (a some dotted uarter note *igures (ere p%rased, .e (oud

sing sections o* t%e music s%o(ing t%e dnamic range and accent uait o* t%e notes,