As with every Conducting II class, my professor always uses a bizarre anecdote that relates to a technical issue of a particular student's conducting.
This week, a student conducted the group in a four-part choral arrangement of "O Nata Lux" by Morten Lauridsen, an excerpt from his cycle Lux Aeterna. One thing the student conductor failed to do is breathe with the singers on their entrances. Instead of immediately launching into a discussion on synchronized breathing/cueing techniques, he began to describe his experience with the following commodity:
As a father with two infant children, my professor explained how the apparatus was a "life-saver" for him and for his children. And the student gained a newfound understanding on the importance of breathing correctly. Meanwhile, the rest of the class had a laugh for 5 minutes or so.
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