Conducting Techniques and Score Reading III
Course code
KUM6058.FK
old course code
KUM6058
Course title in Estonian
Koori dirigeerimine ja partituuri lugemine III
Course title in English
Conducting Techniques and Score Reading III
ECTS credits
2.0
Assessment form
assessment
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To assist students in acquiring new conducting techniques. To introduce new technical skills in choral conducting and enhance techniques in playing choral scores on the piano according to the repertoire listed.
Brief description of the course
Conducting techniques: enhancing skills acquired in the second semester; broken and divided beat. Conducting combined meters. Conducting with both hands. Singing voice parts and playing choral scores. Formal analysis and interpretation of songs. Working with choral scores: using combined techniques in singing voice parts. Enhancing practical knowledge through playing choral scores. Independent work with the 5 songs listed in the student’s course programme.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- The student can conduct choral songs in changing meters
- Is able to conduct the changes in tempo (ritenuto, accelerando, fermata)
- The student can conduct choral songs in changing meters
- Is able to conduct the changes in tempo (ritenuto, accelerando, fermata)
Teacher
dots Merike Aarma, dots Raul Talmar
Prerequisite course 1
The course is a prerequisite
Additional information
Mid-term colloquiums
- Sing the voice parts of 5 choral songs
- Can play the scores of 5 choral songs
- Submits 1 concert review in writing
- Submits 1 analysis of a choral song in writing
- Sing the voice parts of 5 choral songs
- Can play the scores of 5 choral songs
- Submits 1 concert review in writing
- Submits 1 analysis of a choral song in writing
Study programmes containing that course