Advanced Instrumental Conducting I

Catalog description

The role of the conductor is to lead, react to, alter, and reinforce the performance of the ensemble. This course will continue in the training for competent musicianship with a focus on conducting gestures and movements, score study, and rehearsal techniques. Lessons will focus primarily on the development of a non-verbal vocabulary that will allow each student to clearly and artistically communicate with the members of an ensemble to solicit a predetermined musical result. Restricted to: MUS majors.