[musictlk] I Need Advice

[Ronnie A Kellogg]

Hi everyone,

    I am a vocal music education major. I am taking conducting this semester. There are some problems that I need help solving.

1. My gestures are, "awkward." I have no trouble keeping the beat, but no musicality comes through in my gestures.

2. I need to be able to create a musical program based on score merit. How can I do this in as little time as possible?

4. In my next conducting class, I have to conduct a new piece every class period. How can I memorize a score that fast? I will also have to work with orchestral
scores. Is there any way to do this?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

With much gratitude,

RK