Seven Habits for Second Semester Conducting

Here is my December 29th email to the second semester conducting class:

Greetings, Conducting Class 2.0,

I hope you are enjoying your break and please forgive this scholarly intrusion on your happiness.

I think I told most of you about one of our early assignments in our next class together:  Choral Conducting - MUSC 3220 01

Here is the assignment:  Read Steven Covey's "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People."

You can get it at a very inexpensive price online - less than $4 used before shipping: http://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People/dp/0743269519/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293636628&sr=8-1

It is available electronically at less than $6 if you:

1.  download kindle software to your computer:  PC version here.  MAC version here.

2.  have an amazon account

3.  download kindle book:  http://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-ebook/dp/B000WJVK26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1293636778&sr=1-1

If you don't want to read the book over your holiday break, you don't have to.  However, it will be our first assignment so I highly recommend it!

Conducting blessings,

9:15 Tempo Competition

A tremendous achievement by the 9:15 class.

Best:  Enoch Ko (5) and Lydia (6) and Drew (8) and Sarah (9) and Whitney (9)
Others:  Kris (12), Mandy (15), Elizabeth (17), Lindsay (19), Matt (24)

Full results in this format:
Name
First tempo - Performed tempo
Second tempo - Performed Tempo

Drew
60 - 63
80 - 85

Elizabeth
80 - 92
120 - 125

Kris
100 - 109
120 - 123

Lindsay
100 - 110
80 - 89

Lydia
100 - 105
60 - 61

Whitney
60 - 67
120 - 118

Enoch
60 - 61
100 - 96

Mandy
60 - 73
100 - 98

Sarah
100 - 103
80 - 76

Matt
120 - 131
80 - 67

10:30 exam video uploaded

Check the FLCKR page for your work today.

10:30 Class Tempo Competition

The Ranking:

1. John
2. Lauren
3. Sarah
4. Shara, Dominic (tie)
5. Meredith
6. Ben
7. Julia
8. Chris

How I score it:

Name -
requested tempo (actual tempo)
requested tempo (actual tempo)
Difference - lower is better

Sarah -
100 (116)
60 (63)
19

Lauren
80 (86)
60 (72)
18

John
100 (100)
120 (113)
13

Julia
100 (112)
80 (102)
34

Shara
80 (88)
60 (72)
20

Meredith
100 (116)
120 (131)
27

Chris
100 (115)
60 (80)
35

Ben
120 (128)
80 (104)
32

Dominic
100 (112)
60 (68)
20

Clarifying Assignment for Both Conducting Classes

Classes,

For your final assignment before the exam, you are to:

1. Review your video, analyze strengths and weaknesses.
2. Give brief commentary on Four Other of YOUR class members.
3. Email both sets of reviews to me (in the same email) by this FRIDAY.  (December 10, 2010)

9:15 class uses videos that I posted on this website. (Vimeo) (Fermatas video) (And the Glory)
10:30 class uses videos that I posted separately here. (Flckr) (Look here or here)

9:15 Class - Mastering Fermatas

Mastering Fermatas from philip copeland on Vimeo.

9:15 Class - And the Glory of the Lord

I published this one on Vimeo:

And the Glory - Conducting 9:15 - from philip copeland on Vimeo.

Conducting videos up

10:30 class videos are up.  Look here.  Please look over five other videos (mixture of the two pieces) and email me feedback.