Advanced Instrumental Conducting & Field Experience I

Catalog description

This class includes an integrated field experience with instrumental conducting. In the field experience, candidates learn about the complex processes of planning instrumental music instruction, engaging K-12 learners, and assessing student learning. Conducting topics include baton technique, score analysis and preparation, and interpretation. Students study band and orchestral literature in relation to its performance and practice. This course teaches students how to connect on a higher level with young musicians through advanced score preparation and provide an array of effective rehearsal techniques and teaching strategies. A multi-day, consistent schedule in the field experience classroom is established by the course instructor in consultation with the teacher candidate and cooperating teacher. Prerequisite: MUS 203 , MUS 211 , MUS 370 ; admission to teacher education. Consent of department. Offered Fall - Even Numbered Years.