Conductor and composer Michael Adelson is a Staff Conductor for the New York Philharmonic and Conductor of the Boston-based Auros Group for New Music. A dedicated advocate for new music, he regularly leads workshops in orchestral technique for young musicians and conducts young people’s concerts worldwide.
Renowned conductor Michael Adelson leads a conducting master class at New York University. Observing four guest conductors work through the Overture to Mozart’s The Magic Flute with the New York All-City Orchestra, he advises them in numerous aspects of the craft of conducting: preparing yourself and an ensemble to interpret a score; how to achieve unity of sound in an ensemble; the art of conducting without your hands; tips on beginning a piece; how to approach conducting a piece for which numerous well-known interpretations already exist; how to effectively communicate time, tempo, rests and anticipatory beats; and what conductors and sheepdogs have in common. Finally, he answers questions about the theory and practice of conducting.
Renowned conductor Michael Adelson leads a conducting master class at New York University. He supervises guest conductor Kevin Blancy as he leads the New York All-City Orchestra through a rehearsal of the Overture to Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and offers his insights into many aspects of the craft of conducting, such as how to improve your nonverbal communication with your ensemble, the leadership role of the conductor, and how you can do more as a conductor with less physical effort.
Renowned conductor Michael Adelson leads a conducting master class at New York University. He supervises guest conductor Don Christensen of Edward R. Murrow High School (Brooklyn, NY) as he leads the New York All-City Orchestra through a rehearsal of the Overture to Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and offers advice on how to achieve unity of sound in your ensemble, tips on beginning a piece, and how to conduct rests and anticipatory beats effectively.
Renowned conductor Michael Adelson leads a conducting master class at New York University. He supervises guest conductor John Cuk in leading the New York All-City Orchestra rehearsal of the Overture to Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and advises him in how to conduct without your hands using just your head and breath, and revisits the need to communicate nonverbally with the ensemble you lead.
Renowned conductor Michael Adelson leads a conducting master class at New York University. He supervises guest conductor Chris Dickson as he leads the New York All-City Orchestra through a rehearsal of the Overture to Mozart’s The Magic Flute, emphasizing in this session once again the importance of nonverbal communication with your group, but also how to find your own way of conducting a well-known piece for which you have numerous previous interpretations to draw from (or contend with!), and what conductors and sheepdogs have in common.
Renowned conductor Michael Adelson leads a question-and-answer session in the philosophy and practice of conducting after a master class at New York University. Topics include ensemble leadership, the differences between conducting for voice and conducting for instrumental ensemble, and preparing to conduct a score.
