Leadership Styles…of Conductors

This TED video couldn’t have come at a better time for me, personally. Having just had my conducting debut (I conducted NMSU’s opera scenes, and I really enjoyed it…and enjoy saying “conducting debut”), I really appreciated this talk given by Itay Talgam about how various conductors lead. It’s complete with videos

Opera Scenes: Mozartiana

Last night, the Dona Ana Lyric Opera’s (DALO) Opera Workshop presented its Fall opera scenes program. I have been helping Prof. Zimmerman with the organization, and last week I became the conductor for the scenes. That means that I made my conducting debut last night.

The scenes are a ton of