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| A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting from Routledge | ||||||
 Routledge has published A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting.Rooted in the experience of a professional choral conductor, this book provides a guide to practical issues facing conductors of choral ensembles at all levels, from youth choruses to university ensembles, church and community choirs, and professional vocal groups. Paired with the discussion of practical challenges is a discussion of over fifty key works from the choral literature, with performance suggestions to aid the choral conductor in directing each piece. Dealing with often-overlooked yet vital considerations such as how to work with composers, recording, concert halls, and choral tours, A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting offers a valuable resource for both emerging choral conductors and students of choral conducting at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Contents includes: Part 1: Leadership, Logistics, and Decision Making 1. Responsibilities and Opportunities 2. Recruiting, Auditioning, and Assessing 3. Choosing and Learning Repertoire 4. Common Conductor Problems and How to Avoid or Fix Them 5. The Importance of Acquiring a Solid Conducting Technique 6. Logistics: Arranging your Singers and Placing your Choir 7. Running Rehearsals 8. Achieving a Better Choral Sound 9. Special Choral Concepts and Techniques 10. Collaborating with Other Performers 11. Collaborating With, and Supporting Composers 12. Concerts and Venues 13. The Concert Experience - Directing and Savoring 14. Choral Tours 15. Making a Recording 16. Breaking Rules: When and Why It Is Acceptable 17. The World of Professional Choristers – An Inside Look at The New York Virtuoso Singers 18. Performing Modern Music 19. Final Thoughts Part 2: Anthology Appendix 1: Interpreting Johann Sebastian Bach’s: Matthäus-Passion (St. Matthew Passion) (Bärenreiter edition) Appendix 2: Interpreting Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem Appendix 3: Executing Fermatas in Haydn’s Die Schöpfung (The Creation) (Oxford University Press edition) Appendix 4: Interpreting Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem (Edition Peters Nr. 4250 or Dover Publications). For more information, visit: * Amazon: http://amzn.to/2jy2eGD * Website: routledge.com |
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