This is a list of optional steps I’d like to take to get started with my research.

– Interviewing people from my network. Names:

* Igor Gruppman, concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

* Charlotte Potgieter, principal of the second violins of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

* Cécile Huijnen, concertmaster of Het Gelders Orkest

* Tjeerd Top and/or Liviu Prunaru, concertmasters of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

* members from the Valerius Student Orchestra: how do they feel when I’m leading?

* conductor of the Valerius Student Orchestra and North Sea Symphony Orchestra (led by the same conductor): do I lead the orchestra in a good way? What does he like in my leadership and what can be improved?

* Hayato Ishibashi, second year Master student who does a research about concertmaster

* Ian …, second year Master student who does a research about concertmaster

* It might be interesting to speak with a conducting/leading concertmaster: his/her leadership might ask for a different approach!

– Analysing old videos (or recordings) from concerts of the Valerius Student Orchestra and North Sea Symphony Orchestra, where I’m concertmaster. See the blog of last week for the recordings I’ve got at home and for the YouTube link of our last concert, which was broadcasted on television both in The Netherlands and abroad.

– Watch recordings from other orchestras and take a note of the leadership of the concertmaster.

– Do exercises with my orchestra and try several ways of leading to find out what is clear and what isn’t and to see the reaction of the members.