Marin Alsop’s conducting students were taking turns on the podium recently in a rehearsal room at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.
Alsop, who spent untold hours at Meyerhoff Hall during her 14 years as music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, a tenure that ended in 2021, teaches in technical, tangible details.
In a measure with 11 beats, she suggested using the last as a pickup to the following bar, to give the players an extra bit of clarity.
“You’re not accompanying,” she told a rising maestro who seemed to be giving an invisible musician too much leeway.
“You’re in charge.”
Persons:
Marin Alsop’s, Stravinsky’s, Alsop, “ You’re, ”
Organizations:
Meyerhoff Symphony, Meyerhoff, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Locations:
Baltimore