“How do you want us to do XXXX in measure 17?”
An all-too-common question. How often do you respond by saying, “What do YOU think?”
Ask that question more in your rehearsal. Empower your students as musical decision-makers. They have insights to offer, and musicality that they can rely on. They won’t always make the same decisions as you, but they will take the decision seriously, and they will learn.
What could be better than that?
What do YOU think?