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Half-hour lessons in secondary applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Half-hour lessons in secondary applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Half-hour lessons in secondary applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Half-hour lessons in secondary applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Hour lessons in major applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Hour lessons in major applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Hour lessons in major applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Hour lessons in major applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Advanced free composition for graduate study, concentrating on individual creative musical inclinations of each student. Seminar and private study of tentieth century creative concepts.

Continuation of advanced composition pursuing mature, professional creative expression.

Continuation of advanced composition pursuing mature, professional creative expression.

Students will gain the score study skills necessary to conduct top quality repertoire and establish criterion and knowledge of quality repertoires. Students will gain the skills necessary to choose, teach and conduct quality repertoire at the professional level.

Designed to enhance the skills of conductors at every level, topics include repertoire choices, rehearsal techniques, baton technique, ensemble development, and score study. Masterworks will be explored and conducted with development of musical interpretation, movement and conducting technique being the goal. Students will achieve a high level of aural, physical and emotional skill on the podium.

Advanced choral conducting techniques and analysis of choral scores. Students will conduct in class from choral repertoire which will be chosen from representative works of the important style periods in music history, including Gregorian Chant, the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and a variety of 20th century styles. Some class time will also be devoted to presentation and discussion of appropriate choral literature of high quality in the school curriculum. Students should have completed undergraduate fundamentals of conducting classes and all undergraduate theory courses.

Students will read and analyze, in class, a variety of choral repertoire, deemed by the instructor to be of the highest quality. Literature will be chosen from representative works of the important style periods in music history, from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Emphasis will be given to literature that is especially appropriate for junior and senior high school choral programs.