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E-raamat: Practical Guide to Choral Conducting [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

(New York, USA)
  • Formaat: 246 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 19-Oct-2017
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315164281
  • Taylor & Francis e-raamat
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  • Formaat: 246 pages
  • Ilmumisaeg: 19-Oct-2017
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781315164281

Rooted in the experience of a professional choral conductor, this book provides a guide to practical issues facing conductors of choral ensembles at all levels, from youth choruses to university ensembles, church and community choirs, and professional vocal groups. Paired with the discussion of practical challenges is a discussion of over fifty key works from the choral literature, with performance suggestions to aid the choral conductor in directing each piece.

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.

Acknowledgements x
PART 1 Leadership, Logistics, and Musical Insights
1(106)
1 Responsibilities and Opportunities
3(6)
Responsibilities
3(1)
Opportunities
4(5)
2 Recruiting, Auditioning, and Assessing
9(4)
Recruiting
9(1)
Auditioning
10(2)
Assessing
12(1)
3 Choosing and Learning Repertoire
13(8)
How to Find and Acquire Music
13(1)
Choosing Stylistically Appropriate Music for Your Choir
14(1)
Creating a Successful Concert Program
15(2)
Learning the Score
17(4)
4 Common Conductor Problems and How to Avoid or Fix Them
21(3)
Failing to Hear Mistakes
21(1)
Expectations
22(1)
Giving Pitches Incorrectly
22(1)
Teaching Notes Ineffectively
22(1)
Not Cuing Enough
23(1)
Not Having Adequate Piano Skills
23(1)
5 Acquiring a Solid Conducting Technique With No Wasted Motion
24(6)
Specific Wasted Motions
25(4)
Mirror Conducting
29(1)
Kinesthetics
29(1)
6 Logistics: Arranging Your Singers and Placing Your Choir
30(4)
Achieving Balance
30(1)
Arranging the Singers
31(1)
Mixed Formation
31(1)
Special Arrangements
32(2)
7 Running Rehearsals
34(4)
Time of Day
34(1)
Rehearsal Length
34(1)
Running Rehearsals From the Piano
35(1)
The Dress Rehearsal
36(2)
8 Achieving a Better Choral Sound
38(4)
Tone Quality and Dynamics
38(1)
Tone Quality and Vowels
38(1)
Blending
39(1)
Singing From Memory
39(1)
Diction
40(1)
Helping Choirs to Interpret More Fully
40(2)
9 Special Choral Concepts and Techniques
42(16)
Phrasing
42(5)
Clever Breathing
47(2)
Staccatos
49(1)
Interweaving Lines
49(1)
Choral Crescendos and Decrescendos
49(3)
Breaking Habits That Minimize Expressivity
52(1)
"Amen"
53(5)
10 Collaborating With Other Performers
58(5)
Piano Accompanists
58(1)
Mixing Professional and Amateur Singers
59(1)
Soloists
59(1)
Orchestras
60(3)
11 Collaborating With and Supporting Composers
63(6)
Calling for Scores
63(1)
Commissioning
64(1)
Advising Composers
65(4)
12 Concerts and Venues
69(5)
Performance Locations
69(1)
Placing the Choir and Instrumentalists
70(1)
Preparing the Venue
71(1)
The Day of the Concert
72(1)
Practical Considerations on the Day of the Concert
72(2)
13 The Concert Experience: Directing and Savoring
74(5)
14 Choral Tours
79(5)
Working With Tour Companies
79(1)
What to Include in the Itinerary
80(1)
What to Include Regarding Performances
81(1)
Travel Tips for Ideal Rehearsals and Performances
81(1)
Deviations
81(1)
What Can Go Wrong
82(2)
15 Making Recordings
84(7)
Finding a Recording Space
84(1)
Recording Engineers
85(1)
Scheduling Sessions
86(1)
In Session
86(1)
The Session Begins
87(4)
16 Breaking Rules: When and Why It Is Acceptable
91(4)
When Not to Conduct
91(2)
When Not to Follow the Printed Score
93(2)
17 The World of Professional Choristers: An Inside Look at The New York Virtuoso Singers
95(4)
Rehearsals
97(1)
What I Have Learned About Professional Singers
97(1)
What I Have Learned From Professional Singers
98(1)
Further Observations and Thoughts About Professional Singers
98(1)
18 Performing Modern Music
99(5)
Complex Contemporary Choral Music
101(3)
19 Final Thoughts
104(3)
PART 2 Anthology
107(122)
Appendix 1 Interpreting Johann Sebastian Bach's Matthaus-Passion (St. Matthew Passion) (Barenreiter edition)
212(4)
Appendix 2 Interpreting Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem
216(5)
Appendix 3 Executing Fermatas in Haydn's Die Schopfung (The Creation) (Oxford University Press edition)
221(4)
Appendix 4 Interpreting Giuseppe Verdi's Messa da Requiem (Edition Peters Nr. 4250 or Dover Publications)
225(4)
Index 229
Harold Rosenbaum is a critically acclaimed choral conductor who has led numerous choral ensembles over the course of a decades-long career. The founder of The New York Virtuoso Singers and The Canticum Novum Singers, he has collaborated with ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, and the Brooklyn Philharmonic, and has conducted 540 world premieres. Having taught at SUNY Buffalo, the Juilliard School, Queens College, and Adelphi University, he is now active as a guest conductor, clinician, and lecturer, and runs the Harold Rosenbaum Choral Conducting Institute, an annual program of conducting workshops. Visit his website at www.haroldrosenbaum.com to learn more.