Advanced Choral Conducting & Field Experience I

Catalog description

This class includes an integrated field experience with choral conducting. In the field experience, candidates learn about the complex processes of planning choral music instruction, engaging K-12 learners, and assessing student learning. This class includes the study of advanced problems in choral conducting and a more advanced approach into effective rehearsal techniques in the choral classroom. Topics covered include refining the conducting gesture, score preparation, score analysis, interpretation, rehearsal techniques, and proper procedures. 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.