MUM4320

Conducting I

Andre de Quadros

12 points -2 hour per week -First semester -Clayton

Objectives On completion of the course students should have acquired a professional level of expertise in conducting, including the ability to create an aural picture of a musical score, a fundamental baton technique able to be used for a variety of ensembles, and independence of hand movements; developed a comprehensive knowledge of the musical content and style of the available repertoire for a specified ensemble - choral, band or orchestral; acquired appropriate supplementary skills in research, writing and criticism.

Synopsis Guided by supervisors, the student chooses and submits a unified program of works to be studied and conducted, with an essay containing a fully developed justification of the program, and a discussion of the performance practice, analysis and history of the repertoire. Students should receive an individual conducting lesson each week and attend masterclassses, the nature of the masterclasses will be determined by enrolments. Each student arranges and presents a lecture demonstration open to the public and writes a program booklet for distribution at the lecture demonstration. Programs should be of approximately an hour in length and will be presented before a team of examiners.

Assessment Essay on selected program works (2000 words): 20% -30-minute lecture-demonstration and program booklet (2000 words): 30% -Practical conducting exam: 50%

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