MUS 340 Basic Elements Of Conducting
Principles of conducting and score reading; the conductor's preparation, rehearsal techniques and procedures, basic patterns and gestures such as dynamics, phrasing and cueing, score terminology, transposing instruments. Using the students of the class as a laboratory group, students will prepare and conduct assigned works and exercises. While the emphasis will be on the practical aspects of the discipline of the physical gesture, with and without baton, students will also be tested on score terminology and will arrange a chorale for the instruments available and conduct it. Prerequisites: MUS 104 and MUS 114. Corequisite: Patricipation in a conducted West Liberty ensemble. Meets three times per week.