Choir Conducting 2 (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

The students are able to start and finish the work and conduct the essential tempo, dynamic and interpretative happenings in the music.
They know now to give pitch, how to rehearse the demanding places. They learn to tune the choir and to find different sound nuances. The students learn to conduct even and combined tempo signatures. The students learn to comprehend and interpret choral scores. they can conduct ensembles and choirs. They command conducting skills in performance and concert.They can work with students of different age and from different cultures. They are able to apply their skills in the work-life challenges.

Content

Development of pitch giving
Polishing of conducting technique in agreement with ergonomics
Score analysis and playing
Development of oral communication
Development of performance skills
Team-work
Acquaintance with main choir repertoire composed from 1600 to 2013
Conducting of practice-choir

Materials

To be agreed upon with teacher; scores, using pitch fork . material available in the internet, Sulasol 1,2, 3,

Teaching methods

Lectures, small group semesters, distance teaching , you conduct several times the rehearsal choir

Completion alternatives

autumn and spring conducting test 60% lesson attendance 30% self-evaluation 10%

Student workload

lectures, workshops 35-45 h video feedback co-student evaluation 10-20 h singing in rehearsal choir 30-50 h conducting in rehearsal choir 10-20 h independent work 20-30 h web based working 20-30 h altogether 135 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1 Accepted:
The students have a fair command of the main technical facts in conducting.The students are not capable of evaluating their skills. In relation to the level of studies the course's knowledge and skills are not in command. The students do not take sufficient resposibility of their learning and of ther many-sided self- development.

2 Satisfactory:
The command of the students' main technical and interpretative basics in conducting is passable. The student are not capable of evaluating their skills. Some of the course's knowledges and skills are in command. The students assumption of responsibility in their learning and in their many-sided self-development is somewhat weak.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3 Good:
In relation to their level the students' performance shows good technical ability and in the best moments a touching interpretation is achieved. The students are capable of evaluating their skills well and have the readiness for continued development in their instrument. The knowledge and skills connected with the course are sufficiently under control. The students assume responsibility of their learning development during the course.

4 Praiseworthy:
The students show in their conducting a good technical and interpretative skills at their level. The course's knowledge and skills are at their level under command in a praiseworthy manner. The students assume responsibility of their learning and of the many-sided self-development during the course.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5 Excellent:
A promising professional approach is obvious in their conducting. Their performance is musical as evidenced by their good rhythm and tempo handling, by a natural sense of phrasing, pitch accuracy, dynamics. The course's knowledge and skills are at their level under command in an excellent manner. The students assume responsibility of their learning and of the many-sided self-development during the course.

Qualifications

Good solfege and music theory skills and basic skills in conducting (Choir Conducting 1)

Further information

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