Conducting The Music, Not The Musicians

Contents

• Using the Text
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Biography
• Chapter 1
• Preliminary Concepts
• Chapter 2
• Beat Patterns and Support Breathing
• PART I
• Legato Style Cueing and Phrasing within the Beat Pattern-Baton Only
• Chapter 3
• Two
• Three
• and Four Meter
• Chapter 4
• Ensemble Application Chorales: Two
• Three
• and Four Meter
• Chapter 5
• Entrances on the Offbeat and Application Materials: Two
• Three
• and Four Meter
• Chapter 6
• Five-Eight
• Seven-Eight
• Six-Eight
• Nine-Eight
• and Twelve-Eight Meter
• Chapter 7
• Ensemble Application Chorales: Five-Eight
• Seven-Eight
• Six-Eight
• Nine-Eight
• and Twelve-Eight Meter
• Chapter 8
• Five
• Six
• and Seven Meter
• Chapter 9
• Ensemble Application Chorales: Five
• Six
• and Seven Meter
• PART II
• Dynamics
• Articulations
• Pauses
• Hesitations
• and Variations in Tempo
• Chapter 10
• Dynamics and Articulations
• Chapter 11
• Ensemble Application Materials
• Chapter 12
• Pauses
• Hesitations
• and Variations in Tempo
• Chapter 13
• Ensemble Application Exercises
• PART III
• Basic Craft for the Left Hand
• Chapter 14
• Cueing and Phrase Conducting with the Left Hand
• Chapter 15
• Ensemble Application Exercises
• PART IV
• Variations in Groupings within the Pattern
• Changing Meter
• and Special Situations
• Chapter 16
• Variations within the Meter and Changing Meter
• Chapter 17
• Ensemble Application Materials
• Chapter 18
• Conducting in Special Situations
• PART V
• Phrasing Concepts and Expressions
• Chapter 19
• Aesthetic Perception
• Chapter 20
• Imagery
• Chapter 21
• Phrasing
• PART VI
• Score Preparation
• Chapter 22
• Preparing the Score
• Chapter 23
• Ensemble Balance
• Chapter 24
• Aleatoric Music
• Chapter 25
• Jazz Styling
• Chapter 26
• Preparations for a Longer Conducting Session
• PART VII
• Rehearsal Techniques and Application Materials
• Chapter 27
• Rehearsal Techniques
• Chapter 28
• Rehearsal Techniques: Problem
• Cause
• Solution
• Chapter 29
• Legato
• Chapter 30
• Rubato
• Chapter 31
• Animated
• Chapter 32
• Varied Styles
• APPENDIX
• Index