Climbing and Conducting with Deanna Tham

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🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In the fall of 2022, the Oregon Symphony hired Deanna Tham as their new associate conductor. Deanna is incredibly talented and she's an expert at drawing out rich sounds from large orchestras. When she needs to let loose Deanna goes rock climbing. You might think that scaling rock faces has nothing to do with conducting an orchestra, but for Deanna, the two disciplines have a lot in common.

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0:00.0	Something about climbing outside, it gives you a respect for the sport that I find in
0:06.9	music as well, you know, that you are up against something so much bigger than you and
0:12.6	all you can do is be thankful that you are part of this and it just gives you a new
0:19.6	respect, a different kind of respect for what you're trying to do.
0:26.0	In the fall of 2022, the organ symphony hired Diana Tham as their new associate conductor.
0:32.8	Diana is incredibly talented and she's an expert at drawing out rich sounds from large orchestras.
0:40.1	Like many classical music fields, life as a conductor can be intense and Diana spends
0:45.6	most of her time studying music, rehearsing and performing.
0:50.6	When she needs to let loose, Diana goes rock climbing.
0:54.4	You might think that scaling rock faces has nothing to do with conducting an orchestra,
0:59.4	but for Diana, the two disciplines actually have a lot in common.
1:04.6	I'm Shelby Stanger and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living, an R.I. co-op studios production.
1:14.7	It takes a lot of work to become a full-time conductor of a symphony orchestra.
1:19.8	The process involves many years of school, thousands of hours of practice and a deep understanding
1:26.2	of instruments and ensembles.
1:29.0	Not to mention, it's a really competitive field.
1:32.4	Diana has dedicated more than half of her life to the art of conducting.
1:37.0	When she was 15 years old, she had the chance to conduct an orchestra for the first time
1:41.7	and she was hooked.
1:45.5	Diana Tham, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living.
1:49.8	Thanks.
1:50.8	It's like a weird dream to be on here because it's just really cool to be able to talk about
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