Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band Conductor

Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band Conductor

Author: Frank Battisti

Publisher: Meredith Music

Published: 2000-03-01

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1476850674

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(Meredith Music Resource). This outstanding "one-of-a-kind" text was designed to assist the conductor in achieving a personal interpretation of music.


Score and Rehearsal Preparation

Score and Rehearsal Preparation

Author: Gary Stith

Publisher: Meredith Music

Published: 2011-05-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1574632086

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(Meredith Music Resource). This text is sure to provide the most practical approach to orchestra and wind band score study ever published. It methodically simplifies preliminary score study and initial rehearsal preparation for all conductors of band, orchestra and chamber ensembles. It is enormously valuable for practicing conductors from elementary school to those leading professional ensembles. As a supplement to undergraduate and graduate level instrumental conducting classes, it is an extremely effective text. The unique features of this innovative publication include: * an easy-to-read format that systematically walks the reader through the entire score-study process * complete full score to Flourish for Wind Band by Vaughan Williams used as the study score throughout * compositional flowchart of the Vaughan Williams work * Score and Rehearsal Preparation Worksheet that can be reproduced and used with any wind band or orchestral score (and maintained for future use) * seating-arrangement diagrams of nationally renown wind bands and orchestras * comprehensive glossary of standard instrument abbreviations * standard band and orchestra instrumentation reference chart * selective and detailed bibliography containing specific sources that will prove invaluable in the preparation of all instrumental scores.


On Becoming a Conductor

On Becoming a Conductor

Author: Frank L. Battisti

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781574630862

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(Meredith Music Resource). This incredible book by one of the world's foremost authorities on conducting contains no conducting patterns, and no advice on how to conduct any piece. Instead, it focuses on the skills, knowledge and experiences needed to become and function as a conductor-teacher. "This text is a 'must have' for all serious musicians. It captures the legacy and wisdom of one of the most important conductors of our time. This is what can happen when a focused and inquisitive mind meets up with a uniquely creative imagination." Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Director of Wind Studies, College of Music University of North Texas (a href="http://youtu.be/JM6g4KBA4Fk" target="_blank")Click here for a YouTube video on On Becoming a Conductor(/a)


The Score Study Procedures of Three Collegiate Wind Band Conductors

The Score Study Procedures of Three Collegiate Wind Band Conductors

Author: Andrew Dean Feyes

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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This study examined the characteristics of the score study processes implemented by three collegiate wind band conductors. Participants engaged in anticipatory discussion, think-aloud score study session, and a follow up interview to verify researcher inference and observation. Using a multiple case study methodology, the research focused on identifying the individual score study process of each conductor and the impact held beliefs and educational influences had on these processes. The research then compared cases to identify common and unique interactions across participants.


The Conductor's Challenge

The Conductor's Challenge

Author: Frank Battisti

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2016-06-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1574631403

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(Meredith Music Resource). This extension and expansion of Guide to Score Study , co-authored with Robert Garofalo, examines the various stages conductors traverse in arriving at an interpretation. Battisti emphasizes the importance of the conductor's imagination, personality and ongoing study weeks/months/years in developing an interpretation that is personal, well-informed and faithful to the composer's expressive intent. He examines the score analysis process including the role and function of a work's musical elements; the need to balance intellectual understanding and intuitive feelings about a piece and the challenges faced by conductors when transforming an interpretation into a performance. As examples, he traces the procedures he used in forming interpretations of "Lisbon" and "Horkstow Grange" from Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy , Copland's Down a Country Lane and "Sinfonia" from Stravinksy's Octet for Wind Instruments.


Guides to Band Masterworks

Guides to Band Masterworks

Author: Robert Joseph Garofalo

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781574630220

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(Meredith Music Resource). A comprehensive approach to teaching band literature through performance by integrating technical skill development with knowledge and understanding of music structure and style. Includes flexible rehearsal strategies for teaching 6 outstanding grade 4 and 5 works for band that provide for individual differences and learning styles. The end result, enlightened and musically expressive performances!


A Conductor's Interpretive Analysis of Masterworks for Band

A Conductor's Interpretive Analysis of Masterworks for Band

Author: Frederick Fennell

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781574630947

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(Meredith Music Resource). Frederick Fennell, widely acknowledged as the "dean of American band conductors," has freely shared what he called "long-distilled thoughts" about the world's greatest music for band. In this collection, he covers original scores by Persichetti, Hanson, Schuman and Chance, as well as classic works by Wagner and Holst. Fennell's clear and to-the-point analysis/interpretations are based on a lifetime of careful research, rehearsals, and professional performances. In this informative work, you will find inspiration for a truly superior presentation of these masterworks for band. Includes: Divertimento for Band (Persichetti) * Symphony for Band (Persichetti) * Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (Wagner) * Chorale and Alleluia (Hanson) * George Washington Bridge (W. Schuman) * A Moorside Suite (Holst) * Variations on a Korean Folk Song (Chance) * I Really Do Love Marches! (Fennell).