Notes from the podium

The Pedagogy of Orchestral Bowings: What Conductors and Students Can Learn from Them

Published on 2nd July 20242nd July 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

Dr. Thomas Dickey, Oklahoma State University Introduction Most university orchestra directors have a love-hate relationship with orchestral bowings. For...

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Conducting in Higher Education

Published on 2nd July 20249th September 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

Questionnaire Results June 2024 In May 2024 Notes from the Podium sent out a questionnaire on conducting in higher education to...

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Issue 28: As Big as it Gets

Published on 2nd April 20242nd April 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

(Photo: Frank Albrecht) Welcome. For a while I have been hoping to publish an issue on one of the […]

Thomas Jung on Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker

Published on 2nd April 20242nd April 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

(Photo: Bastian Hughes) 5th December 2023 Thomas Jung is second prize winner of the 2020 international Gustav Mahler Conducting...

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Charlotte Politi on Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker

Published on 2nd April 202431st December 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

(Photo: Bill Cooper) 8th December 2023 French-Italian conductor Charlotte Politi is currently the London Philharmonic Orchestra Fellow Conductor and...

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Maestro Review

Published on 2nd April 202415th April 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

Introduction It’s not every day that a music academic gets to watch an Oscar-nominated film about their research specialism....

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Issue 27: Behind the Colourful Scenes

Published on 2nd January 20242nd January 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Public Continue reading

Happy New Year! This new issue of Notes focuses on the preparatory aspects of the conductor’s work, as well […]

Tiffany Chang on Rehearsals

Published on 2nd January 20242nd January 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

Image: Tanya Rosen-Jones 13th September 2023 Taiwanese-American conductor Tiffany Chang helps musicians feel valued, seen, and fulfilled, while guiding...

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Chris Hopkins on Bliss’ A Colour Symphony

Published on 2nd January 20242nd January 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

19th October 2023 Equally at home on the concert stage as in the pit, conductor and pianist Chris Hopkins...

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Vasily Petrenko on Mental and Physical Preparation for Concerts

Published on 2nd January 20242nd January 2024 / Dr Hannah Baxter Posted in Notes from the Podium Members Only Continue reading

Image: Svetlana Tarlova 29th November 2023 Vasily Petrenko is Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he...

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