SARA STEVANOVIĆ HAS PLOWED THROUGH STACKS OF CONDUCTING SCHOOLS AND VIDEO TUTORIALS FOR AMATEURS IN PREPARATION FOR HER PIECE. INTERESTINGLY, THESE OFTEN DID NOT FOCUS ON MUSICAL ABILITY BUT RATHER ON LEADERSHIP SKILLS. THE CRASH COURSE TAILORED SPECIFICALLY FOR MANAGERS, "THE SOUND OF LEADERSHIP", AIMED AT BECOMING MORE MINDFUL OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION, TAKES THIS TO THE EXTREME. WITH NO SMALL DOSE OF IRONY, THE COMPOSER TURNS THIS FORMAT INTO LIFE COACHING FOR EVERYONE. SHE INCORPORATES PEDAGOGICAL CONCEPTS, SUCH AS "IMAGINE YOU HAVE A STRING BETWEEN YOUR FINGERS..." OR "... YOU ARE JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLINE." THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE METAPHORICAL LEVELS REPRESENTED IN THE TITLE CRASHCOURSE: HOW TO META-METAPHOR. IN THE SCORE, SHE BREAKS IT DOWN:

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METAPHOR 1: SOUND AS A METAPHOR

METAPHOR 2: GESTURE REPRESENTED BY A METAPHOR

METAPHOR 3: CONDUCTING AS A METAPHOR FOR COMMUNICATING / LEADING

 

--> META-META-METAPHOR (BUT META-METAPHOR IS ALREADY ENOUGH FOR THE TITLE)

 

JOHANNA DANHAUSER