354 Advanced Conducting (0.50)

Students study advanced baton techniques, including meter changes, asymmetrical meters, advanced fermata situations, pattern variety, melds, and 20th-century demands (including the contemporary score and aleatoric music). Students also study the art of programming, score preparation, score reading, score interpretation, memorization, handling different stylistic traditions, and conducting recitative. Students practice conducting an ensemble and observe rehearsals on and off campus. Prerequisite: Music 252 or 253, and permission of instructor. Offered Fall Semester.