Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Decoding Belshazzar's Feast

I spent my flights either reading about Decoding the Choral Arts or staring at Belshazzar's Feast. During my layover in Salt Lake City, I did some conducting as well. But I really have to finish marking my score the way I want it to be marked... otherwise I miss important things... like accelerandos or dynamics. The reason I miss them if I don't mark them, at least in this score, is because there are so many instruments that at times the full score gets really tiny. Colored pencils will be a great asset in this score. Today, other than marking the score with colored pencils, I will also review the couple pages of notes at the beginning of the score. And I will conduct some of it. Tomorrow my goal is to sing through the entire song, each part. And do some more conducting. I think I am slowly developing any idea of how I want to prepare scores (what order to do what and how to use my time most efficiently).

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