In what feels like a\ndifferent world to the last time I wrote one of these introductions, I\u2019m really\ndelighted to welcome you to Issue 12, which will be FREE ACCESS until further\nnotice. There was a delay with the third interview, due to the unforeseen\nschedule changes of two of the possible conductors that were going to be\nincluded. But never fear, it is in production and will be added in due course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A while back I was virtually housebound with Epstein-Barr virus for around three years, and have had complications ever since (which are now, thankfully, improving a lot more). Research was one of the main things that boosted my health when I was convalescing, and it also reduced anxiety enormously. I hope that if anyone reading is in a similar situation, getting absorbed in these interviews will offer a welcome distraction or comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First of all, we have (the\nwonderful, wonderful) Dave Arch, Musical Director of BBC\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing<\/em>. What a clever guy. A graduate of Guildhall\nSchool of Music, and a very familiar face to Strictly superfans, Dave not only\nconducts the orchestra, but arranges every piece of live music for the players\nin the week leading up to the show. He kindly agreed to speak with me earlier\nthis year about his work on the programme, and I hope that our conversation\nprovides valuable information for those keen to branch out from purely\norchestral\/classical conducting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And secondly, there is the equally wonderful Ormsby Wilkins \u2013 Music Director of American Ballet Theatre. Ormsby has been conducting ballet for around forty years, and his choice of piece was Stravinky\u2019s Apollo<\/em> (with choreography by George Balanchine). This work is one of Ormsby\u2019s all time favourites \u2013 the final Apotheosis would be one of his \u2018Desert Island Discs\u2019! Very many of us are familiar with Stravinsky\u2019s music, but it is less common to understand his pieces as interdisciplinary works. This interview will shed light on how a conductor must also consider Balanchine\u2019s choreography alongside Stravinsky\u2019s neoclassical score to ensure a successful performance. See also Issue 4: Conducting for Dance if you would like to read more about this subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What a treat. As ever,\nhuge thanks to both Dave and Ormsby. It\u2019s been a real pleasure and I hope you\nall enjoy reading our conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stay safe and keep well,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Hannah Baxter<\/p>\n\n\n\n Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In what feels like a different world to the last time I wrote one of these introductions, I\u2019m really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public","pmpro-has-access","clearfix"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8YX8Q-ak","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notesfromthepodium.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notesfromthepodium.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notesfromthepodium.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notesfromthepodium.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notesfromthepodium.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=640"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.notesfromthepodium.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643,"href":"https:\/\/www.notesfromthepodium.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640\/revisions\/643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notesfromthepodium.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notesfromthepodium.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notesfromthepodium.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}