In the morning, Rebecca Miller led a session on score analysis of Mozart 40, exploring the tricky passages and discussing how students could approach this with the musicians. She recommended sources for students to refer to and the importance of having a detailed knowledge of every instrument in the orchestra. They then continued with score analysis - also very detailed - including Schenkerian analysis and focusing on specific bars within the music. This analysis was far more advanced than GCSE/A Level Harmony. 

Students then went through rehearsal technique, and practiced conducting to each other without the orchestra, this is an important skill as is often how conductors rehearse. 

The feedback from both Rebecca and the orchestra, along with the opportunity itself, was extremely valuable for the students and results from the strong partnership between the Foundation and Orchestra of the Swan.