Conducting 2 with Live Keyboard Ensemble
This course assumes basic conducting technique and covers four areas:
1) Symphonic conducting with an instrumental soloist (concerto) or chorale
2) Symphonic conducting with a vocal soloist
3) Symphonic conducting of a major modern work involving frequent meter changes
4) Symphonic conducting to a motion picture cue
Works used include a romantic instrumental concerto, an operatic aria, a mixed-meter piece such as L’Histoire du soldat or The Rite of Spring, and a motion picture score. There is an intermediate pedagogical focus on music leadership skills, rehearsal techniques, rubato, collaboration, and interpretation.
All students perform instrumental parts on keyboards to create a virtual orchestra for the student conductor.
The course is similar to COND-212 Conducting 2 with the addition of live keyboard performance and a motion picture cue, and it can be taken as a substitute for COND-212.