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Celebrating 5 Years

"The Elements of Expressive Conducting" by Michael Haithcock

Instructional Videos

Transposed 4-Part Scores
Sample Syllabi
Pattern Diagrams

ATTN:   Chapter 15 has been revised and may be accessed by clicking HERE.

User’s Guide to the Instructional Videos
2-1 Introducing Three Universal Movement Concepts
3-1 Stand Up from a Chair
3-2 Engagement as Expansion
3-3 Opposition as Expansion
3-4 Engage the Whole Body in Expanding
3-5 Exploring the Center of Gravity – The Torso Twist
4-1 “The Swing”
4-2 The Feet as Tripods and the Knees as Transformers
4-3 “Reach for the Stars”
5-1 The Pelvis as Mix-Master
5-2 “Do the Twist”
5-3 Finding Your Stance
6-1 Wrist Flop to Wrist Drop
6-2 Exploring Three Planes
6-3 "Paint the Wall"
7-1 Same Speed, Changing Space
7-2 Same Space, Changing Speed
7-3 Exploring Weight with a Game of Catch
8-1 Finding an Available Baton Grip
10-1 The “How” – “Now” Game
11-1 The Point Release
11-2 The Point Release After Sustain
11-3 The Loop Release
11-4 The Fading or Intensifying Release
14-1 Angles Patterns
14-2 Figure Eights
14-3 Arches Patterns
15-1 Contour and Contrast in Reshaping Patterns
15-2 Melded Gesture Increases Specificity
15-3 “In Search of 1” Increases Specificity
16-1 Exploring the Kinesphere through Triangles
16-2 Building Left Hand Independence
16-3 Specific Intent through Left Hand Independence
16-4 Left Hand Effort in Flow with the Right Hand
19-1 Even Flow in Simple and Compound Subdivisions
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