A course using a summation of knowledge and skills acquired in previous course work while developing choral/instrumental conducting and rehearsal techniques. Various patterns and subdivisions, control of basics, including preparations, cutoffs, cueing, fermatas, dynamics, articulations, tempo gestures, complex and mixed meters, phrasing and expressive gestures will be studied. Attention will also be given to score study skills, ear training, and ensemble and rehearsal concepts from the podium. A course using a summation of knowledge and skills acquired in previous course work while developing choral/instrumental conducting and rehearsal techniques. Various patterns and subdivisions, control of basics, including preparations, cutoffs, cueing, fermatas, dynamics, articulations, tempo gestures, complex and mixed meters, phrasing and expressive gestures will be studied. Attention will also be given to score study skills, ear training, and ensemble and rehearsal concepts from the podium. Prerequisite: Music Ministry II and Music Theory II.

Music Ministries II and Music Theory II