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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Fundamentals of Rehearsing Music Ensembles by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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    About the Course

    Learn and practice the basic principles of running an effective music ensemble rehearsal. Techniques and strategies are applicable to a variety
    of ensembles, including bands, orchestras, choirs, and chamber groups.
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    Sep 10, 2017

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    This was an interesting and very useful course. Directors responsible for rehearsing ensembles will enjoy learning techniques, and even experienced conductors will benefit from revision and sharing.

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    Aug 8, 2019

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    Greate course to show the bassics of conducting. Also you get a lot of ideas for beign a better teacher as many things on aproaching an ensemble can be apllied to an instrument class.

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    Feb 10, 2017

    Excelente

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    Jun 17, 2021

    LOVE IT

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    Jun 8, 2018

    Tq

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    Jun 14, 2017

    This course was absolutely fantastic. I'm not a conductor but I am a professional musician and instructor in higher ed. The skills I learned in this course will help me teach my students (private lessons) how to be better performers and also stronger leaders when they're working with an accompanist. And, as I play in both professional and avocational ensembles, having all of the tools of this course help me to be the best performer that I can be. The only reason I gave 4 instead of 5 stars is because I feel that there is too much coursework per week. The videos all had helpful insights and information but there were too many; I think this course would be more manageable in an 8- or 10-week format.

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    Jun 18, 2018

    I thought it was a well presented course which covered many useful and relevant topics. My only real criticism is with the recordings of some of the rehearsals where the quality of the sound track is not always clear and I felt that a few of the clips could have been shorter. Also, as someone from the UK, I occasionally had slight difficulty following a few of the references to rhythmic note values. To be honest, even the term fermata was fairly new to me since here the term "pause" is far more common.Thank you for putting the course material online.

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    By Emma W

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    Apr 7, 2016

    Great insight into conducting for people at all levels. It's invaluable as a musician to have as many skills up your sleeve as possible and that's what this course helps with. The video lessons are quite long, but the multiple choice quizzes more than make up for that where other courses have little content and lots of complicated technology requests for submitting assignments. Perfect!

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    By Jessica H

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    Jun 24, 2017

    I enjoyed the course. I found the rehearsal videos helpful, especially the fact that several different ensembles were used. I would have perhaps preferred some quizzes in the middle of the week to pace the video watching a bit more, but everything was very helpful. Thank you!

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    By Marian F P

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    May 1, 2017

    Very good teacher! Since I am a choral conductor, I specially appreciated the interviews and advies from the choral conductor. Picked up quite a few points! i was surprised to learn that Dr. Feldman let his players sing their parts.

    I will definitely recommend this course.

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    By Scott M

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    Jul 15, 2017

    Very informative and well put-together. You should do it if in need of some CPD refresh. One thing that could be improved would be the fact that some videos are duplicated and you watch them a couple of times. All in all, very pleased.

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    By Linda t B

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    Jul 15, 2016

    Mr. Evan Feldman explains and shows the technical asspects on a very pleasant way. The conversations with a choir conductor and an orchestral conductor gives also insights in specific ways of conducting different groups of musicians.

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    By glicenstein

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    Jun 10, 2020

    A lot of very useful informations. The rehearsal parts are great. I only regret that some of the pieces studied are not public domain. Sometimes it is useful to follow the remarks on a score.

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    Sep 3, 2016

    The course contents are great!

    But is such a big subject for a single course. This should be a specialisation.

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    By Ramon d S M

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    Jun 24, 2018

    It is an informative course. The audio quality of some videos could be better.

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    By Gabriel C M

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    Aug 29, 2020

    i learned a lot on this course,i'm really happy for the results obtained

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    By H C

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    Sep 27, 2015

    Very comprehensive.

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    By Abellot a

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    Jan 3, 2019

    Bien, se agradece

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    By Sonia C G

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    Apr 17, 2016

    Very interesting

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    By Jonathan G

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    Feb 15, 2018

    decent course. I learned a lot however, the attitudes of the instructors were somewhat condescending and seemed a little too "Ivy League" for my taste. Conducting an music is not something for the rich, it's for people all walks of life and all classes

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    By Rachel S

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    Mar 21, 2016

    This is an interesting course but I'm disappointed at the lack of female lecturers/interviews. I'm a female and would appreciate leadership/encouragement via role models from educators in this traditionally male-dominated field.

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    By Omowunmi J O

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    Sep 22, 2020

    Very interesting iove it

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