Off the record: 9 tips for aspiring conductors (that have nothing to do with your downbeat)

Holly Mathieson

Approaching the end of your formal studies, and wondering where to set your flag for the next stage of your career? Here are my top 9 tips for aspiring and emerging conductors. TL;DR: be humble, be useful, be flexible.

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Off the record: 9 tips for aspiring conductors (that have nothing to do with your downbeat)

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The three most audacious things orchestral musicians have ever said to me

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The Top 10 Things I'll Miss When I Stop Performing

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Separate concerns: Music, code and the paradox of modularity

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Broken batons - What makes a great conductor?

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Time. Signature. Change.

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Batons, bottles and booties

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Missing Pieces: Hacking the Canon

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formidAble voices

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Art music, inclusion and good intentions

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Where should the podium go?

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I can't, I have rehearsal

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Logic gates and the conductor's brain

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