Syllabus for Instrumental Conducting: APST 261
Joanne Erwin
O: B106, 775-8267
H: 774-2762
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MWF 10:00-10:50
Credit hours: 2
Room C-25
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Catalog description:
Designed to emphasize the development and refinement of baton and rehearsal technique, score preparation, and interpretation. Bowing styles, transpositions, and score analysis are included in the orchestral score study. Applied Study 260 is prerequisite to 261.
Materials:
Baton
Instrument to participate in class ensemble.
Mini DV for taping class work.
Texts Required:
Mozart Later Symphonies, Dover pub.
Beethoven Ouvertures, Dover pub.
Recordings on reserve in the Conservatory library:
CD 425 - Unfinished Symphony, Schubert
CD300 - Symphonies 1 and 5, Beethoven
Art of Conducting videotapes
Books on reserve in the Conservatory library:
Blatter, Instrumentation and Orchestration
Green, The Modern Conductor, fifth edition
Green, Conductor and Score
Kennan, The Technique of Orchestration
Kohut and Grant, Learning to Conduct and Rehearse
Malko, Conductor and His Baton
Piston, Orchestration
Rabin and Smith, Guide to Orchestral Bowings Through Musical Styles
Rudolf, The Grammar of Conducting
Objectives: After completing this course, students will be able to:
1. complete a score preparation including harmonic and form analysis, translation of any foreign terms, and style requirements.
2. reduce the full instrumental score to keyboard for preparation to conduct.
3. elicit desired musical results through effective rehearsal techniques.
4. demonstrate effective conducting gestures.
Evaluation:
| Class work: preparation, participation |
30% |
| Worksheets and conferences and quizzes |
20% |
| Mid-semester exam (written and conducting) |
20% |
| Final exam (written and conducting) |
30% |
Attendance policy:
The class serves as the laboratory group for each conducting student. Therefore, regular and punctual attendance is important for all sessions. When illness prohibits class attendance, the instructor should be informed. After two unexcused absences the student's total grade will be lowered a letter for each absence following. Absolutely no cuts are permitted on days when the mid-semester and final sessions are scheduled: March 23 and 25 (class time), and the last week.
Course Schedule and Assignments:
| Week |
Topic |
Assignment (due Mon.) |
| 1 |
Approach to Conducting
Long chapter 10-12 |
Analyze score |
| 2 |
Right Hand Technique |
String assignment |
| 3 |
Left Hand Technique |
Woodwind assignment |
| 4 |
Score Preparation |
Brass assignment |
| Conference I- individual appointment on score preparation of Mozart before lab orchestra session |
| 5 |
Videotape self-analysis |
Percussion assignment |
| 6 |
Videotaping continued |
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| 7 |
Midterm
on Mozart |
Written midterm |
| 8 |
Rehearsal techniques
Kohut reading |
Beethoven ouvertures |
| 9 |
Beethoven |
Analysis |
| 10 |
Beethoven |
Observation of rehearsal |
| Conference II - individual appointment on your choice of piece and rehearsal plan |
| 11 |
Rehearse your final piece |
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| 12 |
Rehearse your final piece |
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| 13 |
Rehearse your final piece |
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