Conducting

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• ways in which to prepare for a rehearsal
• the basic conducting patterns in two, three and four beats, and some asymmetrical patterns
• the gestures associated with entrances, cut-offs, and expression
• what to listen for in rehearsal

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• manage a group of musicians of varying ability, so that you will be able to work with musicians ranging from professional players to schoolchildren.
• make effective use of limited time to achieve a desired result
• cope with the stress of putting together an assessed performance

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• make efficient use of limited rehearsal time
• use manual and facial gestures to help performers enter and exit, to play or sing louder or softer and with specific expression
• mark up a score for rehearsal and performance
• use a baton to indicates 2, 3, 4 and 6 beats per bar, and more complex patterns

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• anticipate problems that are likely to arise in the performance of a work
• apply analytical technique to the score of an ensemble or vocal work
• find imaginative ways of solving problems in ensemble performance

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.