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

Thu Oct 1 21:20:35 UTC 2009

It does help.  I'm going to use a grad assistant to watch the vids
with me, so that'll do.  As for blind choral conductors in the area of
study I'm in right now, I did register for AFB, but found no one who
does exactly what I want to do.
Beth

On 10/1/09, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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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