Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

Students are capable of conducting an amateur choir and are able to employ adequate conducting technique and musical skills to master relatively demanding choral scores. They master the principles of independent and purposeful work with a choir and appropriate rehearsing methods for the repertoire. They are familiar with choral literature and understand the psychological regularities of choral singing.

Content (course unit)

Conducting technique: beat patterns, changing metres, mastery of left hand gestures, expression ja communicativeness in conducting.
Rehearsing a choir, giving the starting pitches, warm-up techniques, analysis of choral scores, playing choral scores. A repertoire of 5-8 works, which represents different eras and consists of 2-3 pieces with demanding harmonic structures and musical form.
Conducting and rehearsing of a skilled chamber choir.

A Recital concert of minimum 20 min with a choir provided or approved by TAMK.

Studying a wide range of choral repertoire on C-level and mastering it technically and artisticly. Concert performance.

Further information (course unit)

Studying in English is possible

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

The student knows the basic techniques of choral conducting, rehearsal practices, and score analysis. They can logically and efficiently rehearse a choir by responding to what they hear. The student has technical and artistic mastery of the selected program and can express the distinctive features of different musical styles.

Assessment scale

0-5