The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 316 Orchestra Academy
The moment Chen Qiu came out, all the students from the orchestra academy backstage were stunned.

They looked at Chen Qiu who was standing at the door of the concert hall in disbelief, and could not believe what they saw.

Everyone knew that Chen Qiu was going to lead the Harmony Symphony Orchestra to compete in Haicheng to improve the orchestra's ranking.

And he is also aware of how intense the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's current performances are.

They had visited the official website of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra and saw that there were three concerts a week, with a different repertoire each week.

Even though many of the works are not particularly large, they are collections of small works, and some works that they have performed before are re-performed to relieve the pressure on the orchestra.

But basically, the amount of music they need to practice per week needs to be maintained at around 1.5 hours.

1.5 hours of work.

Completed within a week.

No, to be precise, it should be completed within 4 days.

If you even think about it, you can see how much pressure the band is under.

Therefore, after joining the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, not many people thought that Chen Qiu could lead the orchestra.

Even if it was said that this orchestra was founded by Chen Qiu alone, and that the reputation was created by Chen Qiu and his subordinates, no one would think of asking Chen Qiu to come back to conduct it.

After all, the pressure on the Harmony Symphony Orchestra is really too great.

As one of the people who has followed Chen Qiu for a long time in the academy, Zhang Yu could not control his emotions at this moment. He quickly took two steps forward and spoke excitedly to Chen Qiu.

"Conductor Chen Qiu, why are you here? Have you finished your work with the orchestra?"

"Of course not."

Chen Qiu walked to the vicinity of the stage, reached out and patted Zhang Yu's shoulder as he came closer, then smiled and said to Professor Li Anguo who was not far behind him.

"I've actually been quite busy recently. The orchestra's first month of performances has ended, and we need to make some adjustments. The subsequent repertoire may need to be changed according to the current audience popularity. At the same time, the orchestra is also performing the opera The Marriage of Figaro with the people from the Haicheng Opera House. It's been a bit busy recently."

"But you came anyway?"

Professor Li Anguo walked calmly onto the stage and asked Chen Qiu.

"Has the issue with the Haicheng Opera House been resolved?"

Chen Qiu nodded: "It's settled. Qi Min has given me the rehearsal rights of the opera house. However, we need to reorganize their vocal group, so if we want to officially perform, it may take a few months."

Li Anguo raised his eyebrows slightly: "Huh? Qi Min actually gave you the control? It's not easy."

"There's nothing we can do. If he continues to control it, the gap between the vocal group and our orchestra will widen and widen, until it becomes difficult to control. So there's nothing he can do."

Chen Qiu spread his hands.

Although it sounds simple, Professor Li Anguo feels that the truth is not as easy as Chen Qiu said.

But after all, he is not a member of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, nor a member of Haicheng Radio. He just plays the role of a bridge.

So he nodded slightly.

"If your opera performance goes smoothly this time, the reputation of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra will be even more famous."

"I hope so, but the prerequisite is that Qi Min and the people from Haicheng Opera House can cooperate, and don't let them suddenly turn against us when the time comes."

Chen Qiu said with a smile.

The conversation between Chen Qiu and Professor Li Anguo was so grand and lofty that the people present were afraid to say a word.

However, Zhang Yu, who had worked with Chen Qiu before, became more relaxed after entering his sophomore year and becoming a senior in the school.

Ignoring Song Ge's eye contact not far away from him, he curiously moved closer to Chen Qiu and asked him.

"Boss Chen Qiu, are you planning to organize some new performances outside of the music season?"

"Well... all we need to prepare for now is probably a simple flash mob and an opera, right? Plus we need to prepare nearly 120 different works as reserves for this music season. In a way, it should be okay?"

Chen Qiu tapped his chin and thought.

When the students heard about the work that Chen Qiu and his team were currently preparing, they froze in place.

Zhang Yu, who had originally said that he wanted to join the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, also shut up at this time.

When he said he wanted to join the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, he was thinking about performing about six times a year, once every two months, and preparing a one and a half hour piece each time.

During the breaks in rehearsal, they still have some time to go to class or do other things.

But he never thought of it.

The orchestra aims to reserve 120 pieces of works a year.

Is this Chen Qiu’s band?
As a sophomore with the busiest course load, Zhang Yu felt held back.

Professor Li Anguo didn't think much about it.

After all, young symphony orchestras don’t have many works in reserve, so they need to prepare a large number of works in the early stages to cope with different performances. This is normal.

When the orchestra has 500 different works at hand and can bring out the corresponding works to commemorate the birth or death anniversary of a composer, the orchestra's performance pressure will be much less.

Of course, if you don’t have high demands on yourself and just want to hang out.

It’s not impossible to prepare dozens of songs.

Play the same pieces every year and tour to different places.

However, such behavior can easily be classified as a water group, which will not receive good reviews online.

It may not be a big deal in the early stages, but with more performances, the band may be unable to make ends meet, leading to its disbandment eventually.

Professor Li Anguo asked Chen Qiu.

"So, will there be any pressure in coming back to lead the Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra this time? I need to perform a new work in a month as a welcome ceremony for the new students, and also show the strength of the orchestra academy to the school leaders."

"One month to complete one set of works?" Chen Qiu couldn't help but laugh when he heard it. "Even when we were in the second orchestra, it was enough for us. Now that Professor Li and you have started the orchestra academy, the time will be much faster."

"But Qin Xian is not in the orchestra right now."

Li Anguo added to Chen Qiu.

Zhang Yu's eyes lit up and he quickly straightened his chest, motioning Chen Qiu to look at him. Although his strength was not as good as Qin Xian's, he was also capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility.

Unfortunately, Chen Qiu didn't notice him.

Chen Qiu shook his head at Professor Li Anguo and said, "Qin Xian is raising the upper limit of the orchestra. Our orchestra's previous victories were not due to Qin Xian, but to everyone in the orchestra. So although I don't know much about the orchestra's current situation, since it has passed your review, Professor Li Anguo, then there must be no major problems."

After saying that, Chen Qiu asked Professor Li Anguo.

"By the way, what piece are you going to perform at this welcome concert? Do you choose it or do I choose it?"

"We choose, we plan to play the Yellow River selection."

"Yellow River?"

Chen Qiu laughed when he heard this.

"This is interesting. Is it Yellow River Cantata or Yellow River Concerto?"

"Yellow River Concerto, the piano is..."

"I am Yan Yiyi."

Not far away, a boy with a slightly embarrassed expression stood up from his seat, raised his hand cautiously towards Chen Qiu, and spoke.

"Well, I'm sorry, Chen Qiu is conducting. I think you may be a little disappointed. I'm the one playing the piano this time..."

Chen Qiu looked at Professor Li Anguo in front of him and gave him a puzzled look.

Chen Qiu first got to know Yan Yiyi during the previous competition.

Whether it is the exchanges among the three eastern schools or the nine-school league.

Yan Yiyi showed a surprisingly... poor performance.

He even gave Chen Qiu a stereotype that he would fail whenever he was on the court.

Chen Qiu really didn’t know how he had managed to make his poor performance so popular.

Chen Qiu pinched his eyebrows and asked Professor Li Anguo beside him without giving Yan Yi any face.

"By the way, can we change one? Yan Yiyi's performance is really a bit..."

"Too disappointing?" Professor Li Anguo seemed to know what Chen Qiu wanted to say and explained to Chen Qiu.

"There's nothing I can do. Yan Yiyi is the best student in the piano department. He may be good at internal battles but not external ones, but it's undeniable that he is the strongest in our school. If you don't want him, I'm not sure if other students can be stronger than Yan Yiyi."

Yan Yiyi stood cautiously not far away, listening to Professor Chen Qiu and Li Anguo's comments on him, without daring to say a word.

If someone else commented on him like this, he would definitely fight with him no matter what they said.

Who the hell are you? What qualifications do you have to judge me like that? Do you deserve it?

Come on, let’s have a competition to see who is stronger?
But facing Chen Qiu, he could only give in.

Chen Qiu encountered two of his bad performances, and each time he solved them perfectly.

This made him act like a coward in front of Chen Qiu.

Not to mention, Chen Qiu is also the conductor who collaborates with the world-class pianist, Fu Diao.

Fu Diao cooperates with Chen Qiu, and he cooperates with Chen Qiu.

Rounding off, he is equal to Fu Diao.

Thinking of this, he immediately showed a flattering look to Chen Qiu and said with an awkward smile.

"Ahem, well, how about Chen Qiu directing you to listen to how I play first?"

"You play the piano well... Is there any necessary connection between this and the problems that occurred on the day of your performance?" Chen Qiu looked at Yan Yiyi with a questioning look on his face.

Yan Yiyi could only scratch his head in embarrassment and dared not speak.

Professor Li Anguo sighed and said to Chen Qiu.

"Okay, don't embarrass him here. After all, this is not a competition. This is just a welcome event for freshmen in the school. So to some extent, this can be considered a civil war. Given his expertise in civil wars, there might not be any problem with this performance."

Yan Yiyi immediately nodded vigorously and smiled at Chen Qiuhan.

Chen Qiu looked at Yan Yiyi in front of him with a look full of suspicion.

But since Professor Li Anguo has said so, it would not be good for Chen Qiu to keep holding on to this point.

Therefore, Chen Qiu agreed.

"Okay, that's it. But the school better keep a record of it. I'm afraid he'll have problems again and I'll have to clean up his mess again."

"Well, that's not a problem. I'll go discuss this with my piano teacher."

Professor Li Anguo nodded in agreement.

After the two continued to discuss the future development of the orchestra, Chen Qiu took out a pencil from his pocket, walked to the conductor's seat under the gaze of everyone, stretched out his hand and knocked on the music stand in front of the podium, and said to everyone.

"Okay, if that's the case, then let's get started. We only have one month now, which may be enough for me, but I'm not sure about you guys."

Chen Qiu looked at everyone in the orchestra with a smile and said to them.

"But since many of you are familiar with me, I won't say too much. Everything will remain the same as before. I will be in charge of directing and you will be in charge of performing. Let us continue our cooperation."

After saying that, Chen Qiu pointed the baton in his hand at the oboe not far away and nodded at him.

"So, oboe, 440 Hz, standard A!"

hum!
The sound of an oboe rang out.

What followed was the sound of calibration of the instruments of everyone in the student orchestra.

Some of them had already started working with Chen Qiu, while others entered the orchestra academy later.

Now, all of them are musicians under Chen Qiu.

They all have to carry out their rehearsal today according to Chen Qiu's requirements.

Professor Li Anguo sat under the stage, watching the orchestra begin rehearsing. Comparing the performance of Chen Qiu's orchestra before, he had to admit one thing.

Chen Qiu's strength has increased again.

It seems to be much stronger than before.

He still remembered that when Chen Qiu first rehearsed with the orchestra, the orchestra would go on autopilot and simply abandon him to perform, or some other situations would occur. In short, although it was strong, it was only at the level of a normal professional conductor.

but now.

Faced with a half-baked student symphony orchestra, Chen Qiu could already easily mobilize everyone in the orchestra.

Even before the musicians noticed, he had already stirred the emotions of everyone in the orchestra, making everyone follow Chen Qiu's steps in the performance.

If some people in the student orchestra were not unfamiliar with the pieces, they would often fail to keep up with the orchestra.

Professor Li Anguo believed that Chen Qiu would be able to lead this group of students on stage directly after the first rehearsal.

Is this the current top five commander in Haicheng?

Professor Li Anguo touched his chin and couldn't help but chuckle.

While he provided Chen Qiu with resources, Chen Qiu also gave him perfect feedback.

He now felt that choosing Chen Qiu in the "Conductor Training Program" was the best move he had ever made in his life!
Under the sight of Professor Li Anguo, the orchestra was performing exceptionally crazily.

Yan Yiyi next to him was also trying hard to follow the orchestra.

As the strongest piano student in this year's Haicheng Conservatory of Music.

He finally proved his ability during a rehearsal.

Proved that I am not the kind of person who only fails.

Just a pity.

This is just a rehearsal.

……

……

When Chen Qiu was rehearsing the welcome repertoire with everyone from the orchestra academy at Haicheng Conservatory of Music.

Various group chats at Haicheng Conservatory of Music have been flooded with messages from Chen Qiu.

Countless people were there frantically discussing everything they had seen today.

When he saw me, he asked me to practice piano: "【Picture】【Picture】【Picture】, wow, Chen Qiu is so handsome! This jawline, this profile, this figure, this temperament, it's really amazing!"

Traitor from the piano department: "No? What did I miss? I just went to see off a few female students. How come Chen Qiu went back to school? Didn't Chen Qiu go to run his symphony orchestra?"

Lach called you a coward: "It seems that Chen Qiu returned to school as the conductor of the school's orchestra academy, and will lead the school's symphony orchestra in the future? I heard this from my friend in the school's newly established orchestra academy, but I'm not sure. I just sent him a message and he didn't reply."

Playing the piano is not as good as talking about love: "Damn it! I regret it. Why did I study music engineering? I can also play the violin? I also want to join Chen Qiu's orchestra!"

Chopin, I want to improve so much: "If Chen Qiu serves as the conductor of the orchestra academy, does that mean that Chen Qiu will also become a teacher in our school? This should be the first person in our school who has become a teacher before graduating from undergraduate studies, right? Does this really comply with the regulations?"

Playing the piano is not as good as talking about love: "Let's not talk about this for now. The school will definitely find an opportunity for Chen Qiu to exploit loopholes. Don't worry about this. The most important thing to pay attention to now is... what competitions will there be this year? I feel that our school may have another Grand Slam this year, right?"

Practicing piano? Even dogs don't practice! "There won't be any competitions this year. There may be a national college student art exhibition next year, which is also a national competition. Then there may be a music festival in Europe that will invite our school. However, the orchestra has undergone a major change. I think it will be no problem to win the championship in the national competition, but the European music festival..."

Rach scolded you Nof: "Okay, my classmate just replied to me. He said that Chen Qiu will lead the school orchestra to perform the Yellow River Concerto at the freshman concert. The piano player is Yan Yiyi from the piano department. I am looking forward to it."

When he saw me, he called me to practice the piano: "Great! I want to get a front row seat! Ahhhhh, Chen Qiu Chen Qiu, Sihasihasiha..."

Playing the piano is not as good as talking about love: "A turtle carries a barber shop"

……

While the school group chat was swiping the screen like crazy, in the concert hall of Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Qin Xian, who was rehearsing a flash mob with the orchestra, was taking a break.

He took the water that Li Miaomiao handed to the band members with a smile, and began to casually flip through his mobile phone.

Seeing the news on his phone that Chen Qiu was going to lead the school symphony orchestra, Qin Xian's pupils widened and he almost spit out water.

He glanced at the people rehearsing in front of him, and then glanced at the Haiyin Student Symphony Orchestra that he was discussing on his phone, his eyes full of confusion.

etc? what's the situation?
Passed by yourself?
Or……

Chen Qiu was secretly forming a small band outside without telling him?

(End of this chapter)