The conductor of the JMU Concert Band, Amy Birdsong, allowed some of the students in the ensemble to conduct some grade 2/3 pieces for the ensemble to sightread for the last two rehearsals of the semester. I was lucky enough to have been able to conduct a piece called "Tranquility" by Gary Fagan. Though I don't have a video seeing as this was a very impromptu thing, a friend of mine snapped some pictures while I was on the podium.
This was my very first time conducting a group of more than 6 musicians, let alone an entire ensemble, and I personally feel like it was the happiest 2-ish minutes of my musical career thus far. I had never previously had the opportunity to hear an ensemble from that standpoint, and it really reassured me in my career choice, and got me very genuinely excited to continue studying music.
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