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Leadership Styles…of Conductors

October 24, 2009 By Ian Sidden

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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 of great performances and lots of good humor.

Enjoy!

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