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    The article discusses expressive conducting and argues that many conductors do not conduct expressively but in a mechanical way. It identifies 7 misconceptions about expressive conducting and how to address them. The author, Courtney Snyder, asserts that expressive conducting comes from feeling the music internally and allowing it to flow out to the ensemble. The student writer relates to the topic based on their high school band director who did not seem to feel the music internally and focused more on technical execution than expressive playing. They plan to integrate the lessons of feeling the music internally when conducting to help students play more musically.

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    The article discusses expressive conducting and argues that many conductors do not conduct expressively but in a mechanical way. It identifies 7 misconceptions about expressive conducting and how to address them. The author, Courtney Snyder, asserts that expressive conducting comes from feeling the music internally and allowing it to flow out to the ensemble. The student writer relates to the topic based on their high school band director who did not seem to feel the music internally and focused more on technical execution than expressive playing. They plan to integrate the lessons of feeling the music internally when conducting to help students play more musically.

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    Emily Placido

    Intro to Music Education


    SPIT Paper
    January 19, 2017

    Snyder, C. (2016). Conducting Expressively. Music Educators Journal, 103(2), 47-52.

    doi:10.1177/002743211667804

    Conducting Expressively researches the idea of conducting; specifically, the lack of

    expressive conducting. Courtney Snyder states that many conductors dont conduct expressively,

    but in a mechanical sense. She dives into 7 misconceptions about conducting expressively and

    how to solve those 7 problems. Her goal is to prove the fact that expressive conducting comes

    from inside of you (your core), allowing it to flow through and out of you to the rest of the

    ensemble.

    I can personally relate to the article I read. My high school band director can be clearly

    seen that he didnt feel a lot of the music inside of him, causing a lot of conducting to be pushed,

    not felt. Additionally, he focused a lot on getting the notes right and not playing the overall piece

    expressively. After reading the article, I can now point out a lot of mistakes in my band

    director and I plan to keep that in mind when I go on to conduct other ensembles.

    I plan to integrate the content of this article into my teaching by first listening to the piece

    we are playing and trying to feel it in my core. This will allow me to conduct more expressively

    and the students to play more musically. Expressive conducting isnt seen a lot because textbooks

    and teachings focus more on the technical aspect of conducting. As I start to learn how to

    conduct, I will not only focus on the technical aspect of conducting, but how to feel the music

    inside of me to conduct more expressively.

    Overall, the article seems to be redundant. Snyder seems to just find different ways to

    repeat the idea that conducting expressively comes from the inside, or the core. I can follow the
    Emily Placido
    Intro to Music Education
    SPIT Paper
    January 19, 2017

    logic of her thesis, but I feel as though her arguments seem to be a little much. She doesnt need

    7 misconceptions about conducting; it is a good idea, but I feel like after 7 different explanations,

    the reader gets the idea. I would agree with Snyder, though. To conduct expressively, you do

    need to feel it inside of you. I found the article important to my future career, but I feel that it

    would be more valuable to a conductor of the Chicago symphony orchestra or someone in the

    similar position. Thats not to say that I wont use this information, because I will.

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