[nobe-l] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] choral conducting questions, please help!

Thu Oct 1 20:34:18 UTC 2009

Beth,

You might want to call the national center and ask if they can put you in touch with blind choral directors.  Another idea is  going to the AFB website and registering for Career connect.  Through career connect you can search for mentors in your field of interest.

I don't have many suggestions.  
How about learning conducting by the instructor explaining it and you feeling her hand motions.  As for watching a video of yourself, you need sighted assistance.  How about using a reader for this.  The reader can describe what you're doing.  Better yet would be an assistant in the music department familiar with the terms and concepts you are practicing.  Is there a graduate TA who could help you?  TA is teaching assistant.  
When I had to watch videos in the past I never found a good solution.  I just asked a reader or classmate to describe it to me.  I think this would work for a video of your self too.  

HTH,
Ashley

-----Original Message-----
>From: Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 1, 2009 9:19 AM
>To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: Re: [nobe-l] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] choral conducting questions,	please 	help!
>
>Well, we have Florida Vocal Association, but there's nobody in that
>club that's blind.  IF there's nobody in the whole state of Florida
>that's blind that conducts choirs, I'm screwed.
>Thanks though.
>Beth
>
>On 10/1/09, Brandy W <branlw at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Hi, What if you contact local music clubes like we have Austin Area band
>> directors, and the Austin flute club and things like that. Surely someone
>> would be willing in those kind of clubs. Bran
>> Brandy Wojcik
>> Discovery Toys Educational Leader
>> www.playtoachieve.com
>> (512) 231-8697
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List"
>> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 5:45 PM
>> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [nobe-l] [Bulk] choral conducting questions, please
>> help!
>>
>>
>>>I don't know, but I was asked to find a blind conductor, but that's
>>> impossible.  The question is who could help me?
>>> Beth
>>> P.S. I'm not sure if I should use a someone in the class because I
>>> don't want any integrity issues to come up.
>>>
>>> On 9/30/09, Brandy W <branlw at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> Hi, Do you know anyone who directs for their job? They could explain what
>>>> you are doing and help you evaluate yourself honestly. They may be able
>>>> to
>>>> say you did it like this, and the correct way is like this and you could
>>>> make your own coments. Hope that helps. I agree you need to do all the
>>>> assignments but with a little sited help. Forgive the spelling. I got a
>>>> netbook and one needs an external CD drive to install anything. So no
>>>> spell
>>>> check. Bran
>>>> Brandy Wojcik
>>>> Discovery Toys Educational Leader
>>>> www.playtoachieve.com
>>>> (512) 231-8697
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List"
>>>> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 2:15 PM
>>>> Subject: [Bulk] [nobe-l] choral conducting questions, please help!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, guys.  I'm Beth Taurasi, and ... well, I don't post here that
>>>>> much.  But if there is someone who conducts choruses of high school
>>>>> settings, I need your help!  I am currently taking a conducting class
>>>>> at FSU, and the teacher's like, "Find ways to get around the
>>>>> assignments.  You need to do the self-evaluations and watch a video of
>>>>> yourself gesturing."  I'm really confused about how I should go about
>>>>> it without breaking the honor policy.  So I'm stuck.  The teacher
>>>>> suggested I get someone from the class to help me fill out the
>>>>> evaluations, but the class person would be almost answering every
>>>>> question for me.  I don't know how to get an unbiased opinion of how
>>>>> things are going in the choral conducting class.  I need a suggestion
>>>>> as to how to go about this whole thing.  I need one by the end of
>>>>> today or even tomorrow.  Thanks.
>>>>> Beth
>>>>>
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