A practical guide to choral conducting / Harold Rosenbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenbaum, Harold, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choral conducting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] ; London, [England] : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

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:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Part 1 Leadership, Logistics, and Musical Insights

1 Responsibilities and Opportunities

Responsibilities

Opportunities

2 Recruiting, Auditioning, and Assessing

Recruiting

Auditioning

Assessing

3 Choosing and Learning Repertoire

How to Find and Acquire Music

Choosing Stylistically Appropriate Music for Your Choir

Creating a Successful Concert Program

Learning the Score

4 Common Conductor Problems and How to Avoid or Fix Them

Failing to Hear Mistakes

Expectations

Giving Pitches Incorrectly

Teaching Notes Ineffectively

Not Cuing Enough

Not Having Adequate Piano Skills

5 Acquiring a Solid Conducting Technique With No Wasted Motion

Specific Wasted Motions

Mirror Conducting

Kinesthetics

6 Logistics: Arranging Your Singers and Placing Your Choir

Achieving Balance

Arranging the Singers

Mixed Formation

Special Arrangements

7 Running Rehearsals

Time of Day

Rehearsal Length

Running Rehearsals From the Piano

The Dress Rehearsal

8 Achieving a Better Choral Sound

Tone Quality and Dynamics

Tone Quality and Vowels

Blending

Singing From Memory

Diction

Helping Choirs to Interpret More Fully

9 Special Choral Concepts and Techniques

Phrasing

Clever Breathing

Staccatos

Interweaving Lines

Choral Crescendos and Decrescendos

Breaking Habits That Minimize Expressivity

"Amen"

10 Collaborating With Other Performers

Piano Accompanists

Mixing Professional and Amateur Singers

Soloists

Orchestras

11 Collaborating With and Supporting Composers

Calling for Scores

Commissioning

Advising Composers

12 Concerts and Venues

Performance Locations

Placing the Choir and Instrumentalists

Preparing the Venue

The Day of the Concert.

Practical Considerations on the Day of the Concert

13 The Concert Experience: Directing and Savoring

14 Choral Tours

Working With Tour Companies

What to Include in the Itinerary

What to Include Regarding Performances

Travel Tips for Ideal Rehearsals and Performances

Deviations

What Can Go Wrong

15 Making Recordings

Finding a Recording Space

Recording Engineers

Scheduling Sessions

In Session

The Session Begins

16 Breaking Rules: When and Why It Is Acceptable

When Not to Conduct

When Not to Follow the Printed Score

17 The World of Professional Choristers: An Inside Look at The New York Virtuoso Singers

Rehearsals

What I Have Learned About Professional Singers

What I Have Learned From Professional Singers

Further Observations and Thoughts About Professional Singers

18 Performing Modern Music

Complex Contemporary Choral 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)

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-67367-X

OCLC:

1005684217