Orchestra
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Headlee: Ensemble musicians must continuously listen to peers, not just conductors
“If you're playing in an orchestra You can't just watch the conductor, right, who's keeping the beat. You have to actually listen to everyone around you. For tuning, you have to be very careful about shifts in tuning, because both choirs and instrumental groups…”
B12 open-sourced Orchestra, a workflow tool integrating human and narrow AI
“One of the things that we're doing at B-Twelve, we open source this tool called Orchestra, which is a human machine based workflow system, and it stitches together narrow pieces of AI with people.”
Conductors act as structural navigators for large-scale musical works
“But with works with bigger structures and longer journeys, I always have an eye on where we're going. That's my job, is also to be the sort of navigator through these bigger works.”
Leaders must exercise authority to prevent paralyzing group indecision
“And frankly, as a conductor, you have to have both elements up your sleeve. It doesn't mean you have to be rude to people, although that's also an option. There have been some very rude conductors, but you have to sometimes just draw a line with an orchestra f…”
Orchestral musicians require uniquely tight real-time coordination and mutual reliance
“Every time you type a letter, someone else has to type it exactly the same time with you, and that through your movement, you have to be able to coordinate in real time, all day, with the people around you. That any time you make a mistake, it immediately has …”
Conductors must maintain inherited standards while expanding an orchestra's repertoire
“One of the jobs of a conductor is, you know, it's like being presented with a beautiful garden. You need to make sure that what you're given remains beautifully trimmed and everything's very healthy, as well as then developing new areas and in that context, I …”
Orchestras globally use musician evaluation forms to determine guest conductor rehires
“What happens is when you have guest conduct, this happens all over the world, when guest conductors come for a week, the orchestra gets forms to fill out where they comment on rehearsal technique, you know, conducting technique whether the, They felt the perso…”
Optimal orchestral listening is 40 feet behind the conductor's podium
“The spot that's better for listening to an orchestra is about 40 feet behind me, because there the sound blends differently. You have, maybe not quite the level of impact that I get where I am, but the blended sound is better out there”