The Best of 2012/2013: CCM edition

Year 1 of the MM in Choral Conducting included the following:

Singing:
Faure and Verdi's Requiems
Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass
Britten's Spring Symphony
a memorial concert for Dr. Elmer Thomas
my fifth Feast of Carols

Conducting (in performance):
Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare by George Shearing
Now is the Month of Maying by Thomas Morley
Selections from Akhnaten by Philip Glass
Va Pensiero by Giuseppi Verdi
and Set Me as a Seal by Rene Clausen

Workshops with CCM Orchestral Studies and Chorus America,

Coaching by:

Duain Wolfe

Rollo Dilworth

Leon Fleisher

Mark Gibson

and Neil Varon

Being coached by Neil Varon in CCM's orchestral workshop: Conducting Beethoven.

Conducting William Mathias's Learsongs for Duain Wolfe and Rollo Dilworth at the Chorus America workshop: Conducting Children's Choirs.

Acknowledging guest musicians who volunteered to play for my first Chamber Singers concert.

Balcony view of the Feast of Carols dress rehearsal. Look closely and you can see Santa Claus (beard, no suit).

Music Circus poster.

Eurhythmics study guide. Valuable rhythm workout for us all.

Final tally-

Major Works: 4

Recordings: 2

Performances Conducted (at school): 2

Music Circuses Participate in: 1

Needs more music circus.