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A week in Dublin with the Irish Chamber Choir and Gabriel Crouch
1st Day This was my first time in Ireland and my first encounter with Chamber Choir Ireland. I arrived in Dublin early in the morning on the day of rehearsal, so I was a little tired, but that did not stop me from absorbing every bit of information from the very first day. My mentor is Gabriel Crouch. Already on the first day, I realized how much I would be able to learn from him. During rehearsal breaks, we discussed the repertoire, and he asked me to conduct a few excerpts from it in front of him. Afterwards, he gave me extremely useful feedback on my conducting. I greatly enjoyed watching him work with Chamber Choir Ireland. He was very friendly, yet at the same time demanding. As we studied the scores together, I discovered that our musical perceptions were very similar, as we had independently made identical markings in our…