Seminars
Teamwork and Conducting Leadership Seminars are back!
Fall 2022 presentations at The Abshire- Inamore Leadership Academy at The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC and at Deloitte Consulting in Arlington, Virginia sparked joy and insights as each participant conducted the musicians of Musica Aperta.
In this 90-minute workshop/concert and via music and conducting exercises, attendees experience a musical mirror of outside work environments and learn a deeper understanding of universal leadership themes.
The workshop “Teamwork and Conducting Leadership” was originally produced by Ignacio Alcover, Scott Morgan and ma)(4 String Quartet. It is a highly interactive and revealing workshop intended for no more than ten participants.
The Workshop
Part One: the concert
In Part One of the workshop, ma)(4 performs a selected piece of chamber music. The movement is then dissected with the following topics in mind:
- Who leads and when?
- Fluidity of leadership
- Supporting roles and accompaniment
Part Two: the conductor
Part Two begins with the role of the conductor. Does the position require a strong leader, a large ego, a facilitator, a teacher, a tyrant, a psychologist? How are these traits balanced? What about the influence of intuition and improvisation?
Part Three: the debrief
In Part Three Scott Morgan and Adrienne Serkin, personal leadership and communicator instructors facilitate the debrief. A frank discussion of personal strengths or challenges and written follow-up assignments will be the last step of the Teamwork and Conducting Leadership Seminar.
