Your Biggest Struggle in Conducting during Training Years

Hi there! Happy March and welcome to the third edition of the Conductor’s Podcast Wisdom series, a new series full of shared life experiences and, of course, wisdom! This month’s question that I am asking my people is, “𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀?” For me, physically it was to stand up straight. Mentally it was not to be afraid of doing the job when working with professional ensembles.𝕄𝕪 𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖:Alice Farnham (conductor and Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Women Conductors with the Royal Philharmonic Society, episode 26)Kiernan Steiner or Dr. Kiki (Decolonization consultant and choral conductor, episode 17)Kristin Roach (opera conductor, Episode 12)JoAnne Harris (film composer and conductor, episode upcoming)Kira Omelchenko (Conductor, Wilfrid Laurier University Symphony Orchestra, episode 22)Jennifer Kane (Founder, NOVA Women's Choral Project - episode 16)Noreen Green (Conductor, Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, episode 27)Margaret Flood (Founder, Frost Young Women Conductor Symposium)Michelle Rofrano (conductor, founder, Protestra, episode 3)and my friend Tiffany Chang (opera and orchestra conductor, episode 4)All About Chaowen Ting