UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON



UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

MUSIC 345: CHORAL CONDUCTING

CREDIT: 2 hrs.

LOCATION: Rm. 104 M(Lab 1-1:50 pm)

W(9-9:50 am)

F (9-9:50 am)

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Robert Jones (robert.jones@notes.udayton.edu)

OFFICE: M/T 129

PHONE: 93909

Requirements for this course need to be satisfied in order to receive a grade. Your in-class performance and tapings will determine a large portion of your grade. Furthermore, you must provide “vocal support” for your classmates as they will for you!

EACH STUDENT SHOULD DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING CONDUCTING SKILLS:

1. Good body posture

2. Standard beat patterns using either and both hands

3. Knowledge of appropriate beat to be used

4. Preparatory motion for attack

5. Use of left hand for standard signals

6. Syncopation

7. Size of gesture

8. Textual understanding and interpretations

SCORE READING AND MUSICAL SKILLS:

1. Study and prepare a choral score for rehearsal purposes

A. Ability to sing and conduct each individual parts of SATB scores

B. Interpret with stylistic understanding choral music of the various styles and periods of choral composition

C. Give verbal directions clearly and concisely

D. Indicate interpretive and stylistic ideas in gesture

E. Diagnose vocal difficulties and offer effective help towards improvement; recognize and correct inaccuracies in pitches and rhythms

F. Change a choral sound appropriately through work on breathing, diction (vowels and consonants), balance, blend and phrasing

G. Encourage participation and a desire for improvement in members of choral group

*You should plan to participate in Pedagogy Lab which meets Mondays from 1-1:50 pm.

PROJECTS

Choose your topic from our text Appendix A (p. 179)

- Your topic must be approved by the instructor by FEB. 15th

- Length of your project should generally be between 6-9 pages.

- Bibliography and footnotes should be included.

TEXTBOOK: CHORAL CONDUCTING: Focus On Communication. H. Decker and C. Kirk. Waveland Press, Prospect Heights, IL,1995.

OBSERVATION EXPERIENCE:

1. 20 hours of Field Experience

a. Local middle/junior or secondary-school observation

b. Festival, All-State, or Honors’ Chorus observation – may substitute for one hour of a class.

LISTENING LIST

Excerpts from several major choral works from each musical era will be included.

Listening quizes will be given.

GRADING

TESTS/QUIZES 30%

PROJECT 30%

VIDEOTAPINGS 30%

LAB PARTICIPATION 10%

100%

*No unexcused absences are allowed. Contact me before a class if you are going to be absent or the absence will be counted as unexcused. After two absences of any type your final grade will drop two points. (If there is a physician’s note for an extended illness, I will not penalize you.) In addition, for every two tardies your final grade will drop a point.

SELECT BOOKS ON RESERVE

Brown, Howard. “Music In the Renaissance,” from Prentice-Hall History of Music Series, H. Wiley Hitchcock, ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1976.

Dart, Thurston. The Interpretation of Music. New York: Harper Colophon, 1963.

Jacobs, Arthur, ed. Choral Music. Baltimore: Penquin, 1963.

Robinson, Ray, ed. Choral Music. New York: W. W. Norton, 1978.

Seay, Albert. “Music in the Medieval World,” from Prentice-Hall History of Music Series, H. Wiley Hitchcock, ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1965.

Simons, Harriet. Choral Conducting: A Leadership Approach. Champaign: Mark Foster, 1983.

Uhlrich, Homer. A Survey of Choral Music. Chicago: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.

Vindquist, M. and Neqal Zaslaw. Performance Practice: A Bibliography. New York: W. W. Norton, 1970.

Young, Percy. The Choral Tradition. New York: W. W. Norton, 1981.

CLASS SCHEDULE WINTER 2008

MUS 345 CHORAL CONDUCTING

Textbook: CHORAL CONDUCTING: Focus On Communication

Jan. 9 Perusal of syllabi/class schedule

Warm-ups/review exercises

Discuss select musical selections to be conducted next class

Assignment: Prepare select pieces for next class

11 Conduct assigned pieces in class

Assignment: Read The Renaissance Era - p. 30-41 in text

16 Discuss the Renaissance Era - p. 30-41

Discuss Ave Maria (Victoria) and Rest Sweet Nymphs ASSIGNMENT: Prepare Rest Nymphs

18 Conduct Rest Sweet Nymphs

ASSIGNMENT: Prepare Ave Maria

21 Martin Luther King Day (No Classes)

23 Conduct Ave Maria

ASSIGNMENT: Prepare Ave Maria & Rest for Error Detection Quiz

25 Score Error Detection Quiz on Ave Maria/Rest Sweet Nymphs

ASSIGNMENT: Prepare Ave Maria and Rest

30 Test: Renaissance Style & Listening Test

Conduct Ave Maria/Rest

ASSIGNMENT: Prepare Ave Maria and Rest for Videotaping

Feb. 1 VIDEOTAPING - Ave Maria & Rest Sweet Nymphs

ASSIGNMENT: Read Chap 2 - The Baroque Era (p. 41-53)

6 Discuss Chap 2 - The Baroque Era (p. 41-53)

Examine But As For His People (p. 278) and He Sent A Thick Darkness

ASSIGNMENT: Prepare But As For His People (p. 278)

8 OMEA in Cincinnati

13 Conduct But As For His People (p. 278)

Style/Listening Discussion

15 Conduct He Sent A Thick Darkness

*Inform me of your project title to be turned in at Final Exam

20 Conduct He Sent A Thick Darkness

ASSIGNMENT: Prepare for Baroque Style Test & Listening Test

22 Conduct He Sent A Thick Darkness & But As For His People

Test: Baroque Style and Listening Test

ASSIGNMENT: Prepare conducting selections for videotaping

27 VIDEO-TAPING - But As For His People & He Sent A Thick Darkness

ASSIGNMENT: Prepare If Music Be the Food of Love-Confitebor (Mozart)

29 Discuss If Music Be the Food of Love-Confitebor

ASSIGNMENT: Read The Classical & Romantic Period (p. 54-55)

March 5 Conduct Confitebor

Style/Listening Discussion

7 Conduct If Music Be the Food of Love in class

12 Conduct Confitebor in class

14 Conduct If Music Be the Food of Love in class

15-23 SPRING/EASTER BREAK

26 Conduct Confitebor in class

ASSIGNMENT: Prep for test on Classical/Romantic style

28 TEST: Romantic/Classical Style & Listening Test

Conduct If Music Be The Food of Love & Confitebor

April 2 VIDEO-TAPING - If Music Be the Food of Love-Confitebor ASSIGNMENT: Read The Twentieth Century (p. 58-68)

4 Discuss Twentieth Century (p. 58-68)

Prepare The Lord To Me A Shepherd Is (p.346)

ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapter 5: Developing the Choral Instrument

9 Chapter 5 Discussion

Conduct The Lord To Me

11 Conduct The Lord To Me

Style/Listening discussion

16 Chapter 5 (Continuation)

Conduct The Lord To Me

18 Examine select high school choral literature

Conduct The Lord To Me

23 Epilogue

TEST: Twentieth Century Style & Listening Test

Prep for final exam

April 29 EXAM - - 2:30-4:20 pm

(TUE) VIDEOTAPING - The Lord To Me A Shepherd Is

PROJECT DUE HERE

*This schedule is subject to change, if needed.

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