Instrumental Conducting
MUS 321, Section 1
Three Credit Hours
Winter, 2013
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
ASSIGN:
IN CLASS: (Bring main instrument) Labuta examples, Free Movement
ASSIGN:
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
ASSIGN:
LAB: Busscher-Simple Gifts, Durand Cajun, Gallagher 3 Ayres (15 min each)
IN CLASS: Labuta examples and Free Movement
ASSIGN:
IN CLASS: Individual Meetings with those conducting orchestra and SWE
ASSIGN:
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
Mon, Jan 7
Wed, Jan 9
Fri, Jan 11 LAB
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Jan 18, Jan 21
Wed, Jan 23
Fri, Jan 25 LAB
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