Maestro

"If you have a crescendo and [cello soloist] is playing, just lean forward. Give the appearance of a crescendo but don't get louder." 11/1

"For young conductors...If it seems too slow, it's perfect. If it seems perfect, it's too fast. If it feels fast...you're in trouble." 10/12

"Tomorrow is Poulenc, which we haven't touched. And the leader of our school is playing the solo. The man who controls your scholarships?"

"You have dolce, and then he has /piu/ dolce. Like, you want sweet? Oh yeah? I'll give you sweet." 4/16/16, Flute and Oboe

"Then you get worried, because the strings are agitated - as usual." 4/16/16

"Then it's a beauty contest. Who can be more beautiful? Violins? Vio-violas. Yes." - Brahms Symphony 4, Movement 4

"This part is never on auditions, but it should be." - Brahms Symphony 4, Movement 3, m. 294 - m. 316

"177. Don't all the bassoons play at 177? That was rhetorical." - Brahms Symphony 4, Movement 3

"Every downbeat is going from major to minor, so listen for that. Vive les differences." - Brahms Symphony 4, Movement 3

"Were I you, to use the subjunctive, after listening to it a bunch with your music, you should think 'maybe I should look at this part.'"

"We need some drama! Your parents should be sitting there like" [moves head back and forth, looking at diff. instruments] - Brahms s4, m3

"This here, this is the most fun that German people can have." - Brahms Symphony 4, Movement 3

"It has to have so much panache - which is another word for swag." - Brahms Symphony 4, Movement 3, 4/22/16

"It doesn't have to be like, 'Yo! We're the melody!'" - Brahms 4, movement 2

"It needs to sound exactly like the beginning. Your mom should look at her score and say 'I don't have the repeat in here?'" - Brahms s4, m1

"It can't sound confident. Like 'Here we are at the recap, Mom!'" - Brahms Symphony 4, movement 1, 4/13/16

"I'm sorry, I thought. I thought the last note was dotted too, and I'm right. It is." 4/11/16

"Molto piu mosso, he says. And molto softer." - 4/20/16

"Letter O! Oh boy, we need this. Oh, that wasn't. That wasn't even - I'm just naturally funny." 4/22/16

[It's 80°F] "It's so warm, I know. I'm sweating. I'm not sure if it's the Brahms or the weather. Or a combination thereof." 4/18/16