tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86814032984566567892024-02-18T18:51:52.089-08:00A Musician's JourneyMandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199297892680913211noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681403298456656789.post-18639066425123371742012-02-28T20:28:00.006-08:002012-02-28T20:38:12.300-08:00Senior Recital<div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" id="yiv682197495yui_3_2_0_21_1330113099605495" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" id="yiv682197495yui_3_2_0_21_1330113099605495" style="background-color: white; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZjNoJJp-zw7310AXSMSLArU0YNti81GWU0qkzfo1I6z7_MlbWXGviI74zLOgDvsZGE42ruerTJ3FnotrzPE5AgNq8vBK5put3yHVxn4JuvZQbY1Mu1srpfJ0bTEflevH34zvxQtyzbNO/s1600/454_piano+poland+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZjNoJJp-zw7310AXSMSLArU0YNti81GWU0qkzfo1I6z7_MlbWXGviI74zLOgDvsZGE42ruerTJ3FnotrzPE5AgNq8vBK5put3yHVxn4JuvZQbY1Mu1srpfJ0bTEflevH34zvxQtyzbNO/s400/454_piano+poland+pic.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: SaffronToo; font-size: x-large;">You are invited to</span></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: SaffronToo; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">An Evening of Music</span></div></div><div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: SaffronToo;"><span class="yiv682197495Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">performed by</span></span></div><div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615517" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615578" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615577" style="font-family: SaffronToo; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Amanda Liu</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: SaffronToo; font-size: x-large;">Saturday, </span><span class="yiv682197495yshortcuts" id="yiv682197495lw_1296188523_0" style="background-color: white; font-family: SaffronToo; font-size: x-large;">March 31, 2012</span></div><div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615563" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615562" style="font-family: SaffronToo;"><span class="yiv682197495Apple-style-span" id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615561" style="font-size: x-large;">5:30 pm</span></span></div><div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615560" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615406" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615405" style="font-family: SaffronToo;"><span class="yiv682197495Apple-style-span" id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615404" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="yiv682197495yshortcuts yiv682197495cs4-visible" id="yiv682197495lw_1330115389_0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer;"><span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1330489229_0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">Samford University</span></span> ~ Brock Recital Hall</span></span></div><div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: SaffronToo;"><span class="yiv682197495Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt</span></span></div><div class="yiv682197495MsoNormal" id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615583" style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615582" style="font-family: SaffronToo;"><span class="yiv682197495Apple-style-span" id="yui_3_2_0_5_1330489249615581" style="font-size: x-large;">and more</span></span></div>Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199297892680913211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681403298456656789.post-82466627746196907402011-01-30T20:51:00.000-08:002011-01-30T20:51:06.847-08:00Conducting Entry 3This third entry is my overall big picture and opinion of Stephen Covey's book.<br />
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Private Victory<br />
Habit 1-Be Proactive<br />
Habit 2-Begin with the End in Mind<br />
Habit 3-Put First Things First<br />
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Public Victory<br />
Habit 4-Think Win/Win<br />
Habit 5-Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood<br />
Habit 6-Synergize<br />
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Renewal<br />
Habit 7-Sharpen the Saw<br />
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These 7 habits form a well-rounded paradigm. It's not realistic to have all 7 in mind at once, but to at least be conscience of 2-3 each day can make a huge impact. Differentiating between leadership and management is vital with those I work with. Developing these habits and making them a part of my life, I feel certain, will build long-lasting relationships and friendships. Christ embodied all of these habits perfectly and it is His example I want to follow.Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199297892680913211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681403298456656789.post-6729208367893601082011-01-29T22:22:00.000-08:002011-01-29T22:22:29.159-08:00Conducting Entry 2Habit 5 in Stephen Covey's book is my favorite: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.<br />
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Communication is the most important skill in life. It is how we relate to one another, understand or misunderstand each other, and build relationships. Covey writes, "Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They're either speaking or preparing to speak. They're filtering everything through their own paradigms, reading their autobiography into other people's lives."<br />
How often I do this! I actually just did it the other evening when talking with a friend. She was explaining a very hard situation she was going through and I replied with how I had in a similar way encountered the same situation. My reasoning for doing this was trying to relate to her, but I see how I really wasn't. Instead I need to do more empathic listening.<br />
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When someone is speaking to us, we either ignore, pretend, use selective listening, or are being attentive. Few actually practice empathic listening, the listening with the intent to understand. Seeking first to understand, to really understand. It's an entirely different paradigm. We tend to probe, evaluate, advise, and interpret, instead we really need to focus on receiving the deep communication of another human soul.Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199297892680913211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681403298456656789.post-24402465025840959442011-01-24T22:03:00.000-08:002011-01-24T22:07:52.230-08:00Conducting Entry 1We are currently reading <i>The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People</i> by Stephen Covey. At first, I thought, how in the world does this pertain to conducting, but in every way it does in some shape or form.<br />
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In the Introduction/Overview, Covey shows 3 pictures. One of a young lady, one of an old lady, and then one combining the 2. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=18914&stc=1&d=1240514260" /></span><br />
After looking at this picture and seeing only the young lady, I continued to read the description of how to "see" the old lady and had that "aha" moment. Covey's point was that many times we have to shift our paradigm and see other's. We have to see the perspectives of the people we work with. Applying this to conducting, as a conductor I have to understand the paradigms of my audience, my choral ensemble, my instrumentalists, and myself. It is then I can become a more effective conductor, communicator, and leader. Very fascinating chapter!Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199297892680913211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681403298456656789.post-58048786465785004002011-01-24T16:14:00.001-08:002011-01-25T21:33:42.632-08:00Welcome/Intro/First Ever Blog Entry :)So this is my first blog. I've always wanted to start one, but never really got around to it. My first conducting assignment was to start one. So, being in Dr. Copeland's conducting class has opened more doors than imagined. Why have a blog for a conducting class? Not quite sure, but I'm sure Dr. Copeland has his reasons. I'm glad to finally have one...so please enjoy the ramblings of an aspiring pianist. :)Mandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199297892680913211noreply@blogger.com0