Have you ever wondered what other directors hear and prioritize in their rehearsal process? This interactive rehearsal clinic for strings will allow audience members to participate in error detection using their mobile device in real time as a student orchestra performs select musical passages. A word cloud of the most popular performance errors chosen by the audience will be generated and the clinician will then address these common performance issues with the student orchestra.
Target Audience
Orchestra teachers
Additional Notes
Clinician Info
Rebecca B. MacLeod
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Rebecca B. MacLeod is Professor of Music Education and Acting Director of Orchestras at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Author of Teaching Strings in Today’s Classroom and coauthor of Clifford K. Madsen’s Contributions to Music Education and Music Therapy: Love of Learning, she is also a contributing author to Teaching Instrumental Music: Perspectives and Pedagogies for the 21st Century, Rehearsing the Middle School Orchestra, and Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra. Her research on working with underserved populations, vibrato technique, music teacher education, and music perception has been published and presented nationally and internationally. Dr. MacLeod is a former president for the American String Teachers Association and frequently serves as a guest speaker and guest conductor throughout the United States.