...The 8 Leadership principles of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra according to Harvey Seifter: 1. Placing the power in the hands of workers. The musicians playing in the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra make their own decisions on their musical program. That is, they decide who leads the group, how the piece will be played and who will be invited to join them (i.e. substitute musicians). They also elect the musicians that will sit on the Board of Trustees and within the management staff. 2. Encouraging individual responsibility for a better product quality . There is a shared responsibility by every musician regarding individual and collective performances. Each musician is welcome to give feedback to a colleague regardless of the instrument they play. In this way, a collective listening approach is encouraged by the common desire to achieve the mission. 3. Creating clearly defined roles. Every musician has a clear understanding of his/her role within the orchestra. Potential roles include: The Concertmaster, the first violin (among equals) who is in charge of assisting the group during rehearsals and performances. The trustees on the Board: three musicians are elected to sit on the Board for the length of three years. Three other musicians are elected to represent the orchestra within the administration staff. 4. Fostering teamwork. 5. Working in shared leadership. Every musician has the opportunity to play leadership roles such as leading rehearsals or directing...
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...Orpheus Background Orpheus was born to Thracian king Oeagrus and muse Calliope in Pimpleia, Olympus. He lived with his eight beautiful sisters and mother. When he was living with them, he met Apollo, who gave him a golden lyre and taught him how to play it. It is said that he worshiped the Goddess Hecate in Aegina. Another source says that Orpheus was the son of the Sun God Apollo, and that is why Orpheus got the musical ability that he had. There is a tradition of mythological origins that says that Orpheus was the most distinguished musician of the “Golden Age”. His songs and music “are said to have been so enticing that they could charm the very birds from the trees soothe Cerberus, and bring the Furies to tears (Metamorphoses, X.48)”. Music “The lyre is a string instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity” (Wikipedia), and Orpheus was taught to play it by Apollo, and with his amazing voice he could charm wild animals (Ancient Greece). Eurydice Orpheus married a nymph named...
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...20th and 21st centuries, the story begins with Orpheus, the male lead, asking for Eurydice’s hand in marriage. Shortly after, however, death claims poor Eurydice. As she lands in the underworld, a strange new place for the young...
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...An aspect of the movie I found interesting was the contrast between Mira and Eurydice. Several things about Mira came to my attention over the course of the movie. The first thing about Mira that came to my attention was her name. In Spanish the word Mira is a command meaning “look”, coming from the verb mirar. Everything about Mira’s character shows that her appearance is a very important to her. In several scenes, she insists that Orpheus should look at her. Even in her first appearance on screen her dress stands out amongst the other characters because of its color and cut. Even Mira’s love for Orpheus seems to revolve around her desire to be noticed. She insists that he buy her a ring, which she then eagerly shows to the other townspeople. During the carnival scene, her costume is the most elaborate of the dancers from that area....
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...In the myth Orpheus, adapted by an unknown author, a man sorrows over his dead wife and tries to get her back. Orpheus was married to Eurydice in Thrace, when she ran into the woods and got bit by a snake. Then he traveled to the underworld and manipulated Hades’ wife (with his music) into letting Eurydice go back to life, but Orpheus lost her a second time. He sorrowed so much that the gods became aggravated with him. The maenads got drunk and attacked Orpheus, throwing his lifeless body and his lyre into the river. The gods let Orpheus live in Elysium with Eurydice and placed his lyre as a constellation of stars with the gods in heaven. Interfering with fate has negative consequences. Orpheus’ interference with fate has negative consequences. At the beginning of the story, Orpheus shows a tremendous talent for music. He can make anyone do anything he wants with his lyre, such as causing animals to fall asleep. Orpheus further displays his talent: “Neither man nor beast lived in his day that could not be swayed by the power of his melody. He played a lullaby and all the things slept.” (1) Orpheus has a special ability and he uses it to help others in his kingdom of Thrace. He also wins the heart of Eurydice, whom he...
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...“And they lived happily ever after.” Sounds great, right? Well, that isn’t what happened in the Greek myth Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, Orpheus’ wife, was tragically bitten by a snake soon after they got married. When she died she went to the Underworld like, according to the Greek legends, all other people. Orpheus, who happened to have the convenient talent to play the most beautiful music possible, was bereft – so he decided to go get her back from Hades. Consequently, he was able to use his music to bribe all the guards into letting him through and made it to the king and queen of the Underworld. Upon arrival, Orpheus sang a song to Hades and Persephone (the rulers of the Underworld and it’s inhabitants), which was so compelling...
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...Watching the movie, Black Orpheus, I realized that it had many similarities and connections to the other movies that we have seen in class. Most of the movies that we have watched deal with a love and death situation including: The Fly, La Jetee, Harold and Maude, and now this one. There was a lot of drama, conflicts, and difficult times throughout this movie that made the movie more enjoyable to watch and comprehend. The movie was about a man named Orfeu who was to be engaged to a woman named Mira, but did not want that at all. A woman named Eurydice, came to visit her cousin in this village to escape a man that was trying to kill her, also known as death, and where Orfeu also happened to live. Talking more and more with each other, the...
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...The most unforgettable moment in my life is the day when my pet dog died. Being just a young innocent boy, I really never understood the meaning of death or the purpose of it. All I could understand is that it comes uninvited unexpectedly and it is inevitable, for all life will come to an end one day. The tragic moment happened when I took my pet dog out for a walk. It was when we reached an intersection and was crossing a pedestrian line when a car turning left immediately rushed to turn after I passed him and all of sudden a loud cry came from my dog. As I look behind me, I saw my dog got run over by the car which did not stopped at all and just drove off. I was there standing, looking and waited for my dog to get up and run around just like he always does, even though blood are gushing out of his mouth and eyes. Tears started to pour out like a waterfall as I carried him to the side of the road. The smell was nauseating and the sticky feeling of the blood on my hand, yet I could not stop holding him as he takes his last remaining breath with agony. I don’t know if it’s because of my tears or the smell of the blood that makes everything around me seems so dull and dark with his emotionless and motionless body in my tiny arms as I rushed home. To know that just a few hours ago he was whining and giving me the puppy eyes so I could take him to walk but now all of that is over as my dad and I buried him in our yard. I thought of all the good time we had together. He was adorable...
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...Target Level: This assessment tool is designed for grade 8 advanced level students. Their language and literacy skills are proficient for their grade level and the level of engagement for reading is also excellent. Nature of Assessment: Formative assessment Target Skills: making inferences, drawing conclusions, analyzing, organizing paragraphs, synthesizing Time Frame: 60 minutes Other pertinent information: The assessment tool will be administered individually inside the class. It is a form of formative assessment which gauges the target skills and their level of understanding of the components of a short story. It is also a good instrument to prepare them for the summative test which is writing a fractured short story. PLANNING FRAMEWORK Assessment Objective/s(Guide Question in filling this column: What do you want to assess?) | Assessment 1 | Assessment 2(Multiple-Choice: Total of 15 items)Rationale: Though the course asks you to think of alternative ways to assess your students, you also have to consider that the traditional way of testing is still being used. Develop a 15-item Multiple Choice test that assesses your student’s knowledge of the target skills you’ve identified. For the early grades, please state clearly if you will administer this individually & if you will read them to your students | | Assessment Activity(Guide Question in filling this column: What will you have your students do in order to achieve your assessment objectives?) | Rationale(Guide...
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...represents the lyre of Orpheus, the musician and poet in Greek mythology who was killed by the Bacchantes. When he died, his lyre was thrown into a river. Zeus sent an eagle to get the lyre and placed both of them in the sky. Orpheus was the son of the Thracian King Oeagrus and the muse Calliope. When he was young, god Apollo gave him a golden lyre and taught him to play it, and his mother taught him to write verses. Orpheus was known for his ability to charm even stones with his music, for his attempts to save his wife Eurydice from the underworld, and for being the harpist and companion of Jason and the Argonauts. Without Orpheus and his music, the Argonauts would not have been able to make it past the Sirens, whose song enticed sailors to come to them, which usually resulted in sailors crashing their ships into the islands on which the Sirens lived. When the Argonauts approached the islands, Orpheus drew his lyre and played music that drowned out the Sirens’ calls....
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...Case Study 15.1: Rotating Leaders: Orpheus Orchestra This week’s case study is look into what makes the Orpheus Orchestra and the leadership methods are so unique. This group of musicians are unique in the fact that they do not have a conductor to lead them. They lead themselves. With this method being so unique a lot of top companies have hired them to go into their organization and how they accomplish what they do with no one leader. This group came about by a few professional musicians that were looking for something different then the standard conductor lead symphony The founder of Orpheus that the musicians needed to be able to express themselves where in traditional settings they are only doing as they were told. So he selected a few people in the beginning to try his idea out. The biggest key to being successful is having members that know how to give and take with ideas and criticism. The dynamics of making this group work took a lot of work. In fact it took twice as many rehearsals to work out all the particulars that a conductor would normal dictate. The one risk the group had using a method of anyone giving ideas how to play the piece was that they would never land on a clear set direction for playing the piece. So the founder came up with the idea of coming up with small groups, which the members changed often. This group’s members would change often, but they would practice together to work out the particulars then present them to the group at...
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...1- What would business organizations such as Kraft Foods gain from observing Orpheus in action? There are common factors between Kraft Foods as a business and the Orpheus as an Orchestra. Kraft Foods is a traditional company that contains a usual board of directors’ chief executive officer, and it also has a host of other executives. Moreover, every officer has his own subtle role in the company. On the other hand, Orpheus also contains many musicians who are capable to participate in the decision-making process. That is to say, each musician is able to use his leadership skills by becoming the concertmaster at one point. Kraft Foods’ leaders could take a cue on new ways of managing and leading as they allow their executive to observe how Orpheus can function without a conductor. In other words, Kraft Foods can learn to build a core group that is responsible for each project of the company, and these core groups should contain executives and ordinary employees who are going to be in charge of researching the primary plan to the company’s investors. In addition, by allowing and inviting other employees sometimes to the core groups, new ideas of managing and leading will be born. Moreover, by being able to see the relationship between running an orchestra and running a business, Kraft Foods can gain new framework of values and approaches that can help the company to reassess their management and leadership ways. In other words, while allowing new employees to join the core...
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...ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR April 29, 2012 Rotating Leaders: Orpheus Orchestra Case study Week 8 What would business organizations such as Kraft Foods gain from observing Orpheus in action? Kraft could see first hand how an organization like Orpheus works in a self governed, collaborative team environment where there is no set leader. Orpheus is committed to excellence and it is a leadership by committee organization. This atmosphere enhances creativity amongst its members but not in a chaotic fashion. This is because they are all committed to the mission of bring fine music to their constituencies. A company like Kraft and others can observe and figure out a way to structure parts of their organizations in order to create the same atmosphere of accountability, teamwork and shared leadership. This would flatten the organization and create a more entrepreneurial spirit in an otherwise traditional organization. Orpheus rotates the concertmaster position among core-group members. What is the logic of rotating the leader? The rationale behind the rotation is that everyone in the group is heard and as they stated, it alleviates some of the pressure of people getting their way all the time. By rotating the core-group members, there is no power base or cliché that is formed that could potentially dominate the course and direction of the group. It also enables different members of the group the opportunity to develop their leadership skills. It is imperative...
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...Kraft could see firsthand how an organization like Orpheus works in a self-governed, collaborative team environment where there is no set leader. Orpheus is committed to excellence and it is a leadership by committee organization. This atmosphere enhances creativity among its members but not in a chaotic fashion. This is because they are all committed to the mission of bring fine music to their constituencies. A company like Kraft and others can observe and figure out a way to structure parts of their organizations in order to create the same atmosphere of accountability, teamwork and shared leadership. This would flatten the organization and create a more entrepreneurial spirit in an otherwise traditional organization. Orpheus, through time, has come to understand that in to function and perform as a group without a conductor, it is necessary for each member to experience being a leader and being a supporter depending on the individual’s musical expertise. By rotating the leaders, each member will learn how to actually organize rehearsals, moderate and resolve debates and conflicts among members. Also, not being leader all the time, Orpheus believes that it would take the pressure off from wanting to get your way all the time. Musicians who got bored and felt constricted in a regular orchestra decided to create a group where ideas and creativity will flow. Because of that premise, Orpheus was created as the first orchestra without a conductor and a permanent concertmaster....
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...As I looked through my favorite quotes for leadership and motivation I was trying to find one that best describes me as a leader and the leader I push myself to become. The following is the quote that I picked as my favorite leadership quote. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” Max Lucado The reason I picked this quote is because it really hit a note inside of me. If you start with the first part of the quote “A man who wants to lead the orchestra...”. You have passion for what you do not just as a Marine but also as a man. That internal drive do know everything you can about your MOS but even more than that the motivation to learn and become proficient at all tasks pertaining to the billet description you are trying to fill. As a man you must learn to hold certain things close to your heart. These things are not limited to but include passion for those that rely on you, selflessness and professionalism. Now when you take the second half of the quote “...must turn his back on the crowd”. This is a powerful statement all by itself. When you are a leader you have to focus your attention on the mission at hand and not focus on what everyone else thinks about you. Your attention needs to be focused on mission accomplishment and the growth technically, mentally and physically of those under your charge both as Marines and...
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