[Menvi-discuss] Strategies for conducting

[Rick Coates]

Hi Kaiti:

Now your getting into the fun classes of music.  Conducting trains you to
be a communicator of music to your performers.  As a communicator, you need
to be able to show control of the ensemble as well as your interpretation
of the music.  In controlling the ensemble, you need to be able to indicate
start/stops of the ensemble, and basic skills related to be a time keeper
of the music (beat patterns, tempo).  Under interpretation, you indicate
dynamic contrasts, articulation, fermatas and special effects.   Generally,
you will practice analyzing a score as part of your preparation, and
conduct music from a recording (live is optional or rare).  If you get a
live ensemble, concentrate on starting/stopping, unison performances and
have fun.

Rick Coates




On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Kaiti Shelton
<crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am planning on enrolling in a fundamentals of conducting course for
> the fall semester, and am trying to be proactive in figuring out what
> I will need to be successful in this course.  This course is taught by
> 2 professors-one is a choral director at my university, and the other
> is the directore of the symphonic wind ensemble of which I am a
> member.  I started talking with my director about conducting last
> week, and he didn't seem very concerned about my ability to
> participate in the class.  He said the textbook will be easy to get,
> as it is fairly small, and the diagrams may not need to even be
> produced in a tactile format so long as we set aside time for me to be
> physically shown the conducting patterns.
>
> I don't think this course is very intense, and am trying to get ahold
> of someone who took the course last semester to see how much scores
> were used, but I'm wondering if there any general tips I can get, or
> if anyone may have ideas for things I should ask about that I have not
> thought of myself.  Any guidance would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Kaiti
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