[Fmpro] Opera

[Marinho Nobre]

Thank you John... You're too much...It's not as big of a deal as it seems. I tookconducting and Composition there and for a few years, and I guess I just took my picksin a favorable way as far as what choices on conducting repertoire. Mozart is considered theeasy part on conducting, believe it or not, so Iwent to the Maestro and showed him a book with allof his overtures and said I'd do the whole book(7 of them all together). He frowned and then said ok,but that I would have to jump into other stuff that'sharder after that. That's when my troubles started...My first assignment was Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony(another one you should definitely check out, although not Opera, a trully amazing masterpiece) It took me four classes and 30 days studying straight to get through the first movement alone (almost 19 minutes). It changesfrom 9/8 to 3/4 then 2/2 at least twice during it's courseand that's the real crash test. Once I was done, I then realizedwhat a rookie I really was compared to many other conductors.Today, I got a little better, good enough to conduct my ownstuff, which is why I started doing it anyway. But I have learned that becoming a skilled conductor is a lifetime affair, filled with tons of work, passion and dedication. People like Herebert Von Karajan on my book, came literally from another planet !*****************************************Holy crap - along with being a skilled composer you've conducted Mozart at Julliard? I am worthy to 
sit at your feet. I'm sorry but such accomplishments I hold in very high 
regard. - JohnB

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