Instrumental Conducting

MUS 321, Section 1

Three Credit Hours

Winter, 2013

 

IN CLASS: Overview, melding, psychological conducting

ASSIGN: Psychological conducting, America with dynamics


IN CLASS: Psychological conducting, America, preps, cutoffs, intro to exercises

ASSIGN: Exercises, America, with cues


IN CLASS: help with finding out instrument assignments, getting scores

ASSIGN: start working on scores for first Lab


IN CLASS: Exercises, America, fermati

ASSIGN: exciting Star-Spangled Banner


IN CLASS: transposition

ASSIGN: Prepare for transposition test


NO CLASS


IN CLASS: transposition test, Ready for Friday Lab, Free movement

ASSIGN: ready first Lab conducting


IN CLASS: Do It! Everyone in MUS 461 teaches the first two pages

ASSIGN:  Next 4 pages in DoIt!


IN CLASS: pretest

ASSIGN: Continue work on cuing exercises


IN CLASS: Cuing exercise and more transposition work in scores

ASSIGN: cuing and transposition work in scores


IN CLASS: Do It! Everyone in MUS 461 teaches next 4 pages

ASSIGN: self grading of Lab videos


IN CLASS: Score reading gong show, more work on Long cuing exercises

ASSIGN: sing melody of Come Sweet Death, more Long examples , ready Friday Lab


IN CLASS: Score reading gong show, more work on Long cuing exercises

ASSIGN: play any part test on Come Sweet Death on Mon, Chart it by Wed., more Long


LAB: Each group has 8 min for a later page of DoIt! and Balladair and Yorkshire Ballad

ASSIGN: View your video and turn in 2 paragraph reaction


IN CLASS: Long cuing exercises, go over Friday lab Assignments, playing test on Come Sweet Death, turn in video report

ASSIGN: Long exercises


IN CLASS: go over Marking Scores, Long exercises, ready Lab class

ASSIGN for Monday: Mark and Chart Come Sweet Death


LAB: Warmup Sound before Symbol--1 conductor, Yorkshire Ballad--2 conductors and Linden Lea--2 conductors

ASSIGN: View your video and turn in 2 paragraph reaction on Monday


IN CLASS: Long exercises, Conducting Come Sweet Death

ASSIGN: conductors and pieces for Friday lab assigned, Wednesday everyone conduct the introduction to Symphony No. 104 by Haydn


IN CLASS: Conduct Haydn 104, ready lab class

ASSIGN: ready for lab class, more Haydn 104 for Monday


LAB: Warmup Sound before Symbol, Come Sweet Death and Deri’In De,  poll students for new instrument after break


IN CLASS: Conduct Haydn 104 with violinists, ready lab class

ASSIGN: ready for second transposition quiz on Wednesday...written


IN CLASS: Written Transposition Quiz, go over what to do on Friday

ASSIGN: ready Lab Band


LAB:



IN CLASS:  Go over assignments to end of year, final transposition review, Keynote: Score Study by Feldman

ASSIGN: MLR study


IN CLASS: Assignments for final conducting, Practice Rite of Spring for final exam, get music for Lab Band conducting, free movement

ASSIGN: MLR Study


LAB: New pieces conducted by instructor



IN CLASS: (Bring main instrument) Conducting exercises, Labuta examples

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IN CLASS:  (Bring main instrument) Labuta examples, Free Movement

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LAB: more conducting by instructor, Broome 15 min,



IN CLASS:  Check on Friday lab conducting and movments for ensemble conducting, More and Labuta examples

ASSIGN: Score study for final conducting and exam Rite


IN CLASS:  bring Rite of Spring and we will study it for final together

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LAB: Busscher-Simple Gifts, Durand Cajun, Gallagher 3 Ayres (15 min each)



IN CLASS: Labuta examples and Free Movement

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IN CLASS:  Individual Meetings with those conducting orchestra and SWE

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LAB: Gordon Cajun, Grooters Toccata, Hoag-Simple Gifts (15 min each)



IN CLASS: Moving to Bruckner with a real orchestra  6:00 pm Orchestra...Carmen Second Suite Durand, Gordon, Petersmark (10 min each)

ASSIGN: MLR and prep for Final


IN CLASS:  work on Rite of Spring, set schedule for Concert Band conducting, course evaluation

ASSIGN: MLR and prep for Final


4:30 SWE...Holst First Suite Keeney 2, 3, Broome 1 (10 min each)


DUE: Score Marking and Analysis Project LAB: Keeney Simple gifts , Moskwa 3 Ayres, Petersmark Toccata for Band (15 min each)


IN CLASS:  No Class, individual meetings with Concert Band conductors

ASSIGN: MLR and prep for Final


IN CLASS:  noon: Concert Band...Holst Second Suite Busscher, Gallagher, Grooters, Hoag, Moskwa, Rambat, Terkeurst, Trudeau (10 min each)

ASSIGN: Study for final


LAB: Rambat, Terkeurst, Trudeau (15 min each)


EXAM AT 10:00 AM in 1515...FINAL MLR,  individual sessions conducting last part of Rite of Spring

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