Unlocking the Magic
Jeffrey Grogan
Changing and adding to our conducting gesture vocabulary is essential to conveying our inner artist and self. Ā This session will focus on different ways to show musical ideas, how we feel about the music and how to better harness your inner inspirer.
Covered during the class:
- More gestural vocabulary ideas to eliminate the need to speak
- 10 Levels of Intensity
- A crescendo with every ounce of your being
- Many plains to explore
- Exploring colors with movement through space
Meet Your Professor
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Jeffrey Grogan is an internationally-acclaimed conductor and educator, recognized for his contributions to music education. He currently serves as the Director of Orchestral Activities at the Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University and as the Artistic Director of the Oklahoma Youth Orchestras.
Grogan's distinguished career includes conducting at prestigious venues such as the Musikverein in Vienna, the Sydney Opera House, Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, and in Bangkok and Singapore. He is a Master Educator for the Yamaha Corporation of America and serves on advisory committees for the Midwest Clinic and Music for All.
A visionary in music education, Grogan initiated TeachMusic, a coalition dedicated to addressing the challenges faced by music educators. This initiative works to support and recruit the next generation of music educators through partnerships with organizations including the American Choral Directors Association, the American String Teachers Association, Music for All, the National Association for Music Education, the NAMM Foundation, and many others.
Grogan has conducted alongside Gustavo Dudamel at Disney Hall for the LA Philharmonicā€™s Youth Orchestras of Los Angeles National Festival and collaborated with renowned composers & artists such as Omar Thomas, Amanda Harberg, Eric Whitacre, Lowell Liebermann, Richard Stolzman, Stefan Hoskuldsson, Julian Schwarz, the Boston Brass, and the Canadian Brass. His recording credits includeĀ March of the Gypsy FiddlerĀ on OMAC Records with Mark Oā€™Connor, the Ahn Trio, and New Jersey Youth Symphony, featured on classical music radio throughout the country.