The ideal rehearsal conductor displays the behaviors of
Positive Impatience!

Basic expectations of an effective rehearsal:

1. Directions: coherent, clear, concise.

2. Instruction: accurate, engaging.

3. Sequencing: logical, linear.

4. Pacing: fast, efficient.

5. Musicianship & musicality: proficient (errors are detected and addressed), expressive

6. Personality: enthusiastic.

7. Feedback: directly related to instruction.

See Teaching Cycles for structuring of (1) teacher presentation, (2) student response, and (3) teacher reinforcement.

Some observable behaviors of these expectations:

• The conductor delivers all instructions in 7 words or fewer.

• The conductor never phrases instructions in the form of a question.

• The conductor avoids “conductor-centric” language (e.g., “Give me…,” “…for me,” etc.).

• The conductor avoids gender-specific language.

• The conductor consistently gives all voice parts a task.

See more techniques for various steps of the hierarchy at Musical Hierarchy.