Flourish Final

Star Spangled

Todd’s:

Todd! I always enjoy the consistency of which you post, the movements and gestures are clearly thought out and it's clear to see that you are working hard. One note, however, could be that you may want to focus a little more on the even flow of time piece. If you were just a hair more elegant in your movements, not changing the speed but jut having a little bit more body in the movement, then the horizontal and vertical movement that you do so well would seem a little bit more measured. 

Enjoyed it!

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Adam’s

Beautiful singing! As you have shown us all you are very competent in your conducting, and I would only ask that you think more about your wrist movement, and perhaps have someone hold your elbow in place for a few measures. It seems, slightly, that your wrist is a little tight, and that is where we should feel the most expressive gestures coming through. 

Fabulous conducting, but perhaps just loosen up.

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Shelby

Enjoyed the singing, especially the “ugghhh” at the end.

Fantastic even conducting, luckily I had the chance to watch you do a little bit of the flourish when I filmed one day in class, my conducting was a disaster, and yours was fantastic! The only thing I would suggest, because you have such a great beat 1 and 2, as the ictus is so clear, is that you might think about when ever you lift the baton vertically and go “over the fence” that you take more time. You come way out of tempo and as a result it almost looks like some sort of strange surge. I only notice this because the rest of the conducting is so good. Thanks for your hard work!

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