Beginning Conducting

Catalog description

Explores the rudiments of conducting and gesture as it relates to sound. Students should obtain competency in beat patterns, cues, cutoffs, ictus, and other rudimentary skills. Ongoing growth, through frequent podium time, is expected in the areas of left-hand independence, score preparation and rehearsal techniques. The course regularly engages skills obtained in previous courses: music theory, music history, and aural skills especially. An emerging presence as a consummate musician should develop during each student’s podium time.