Course: Practice of Choral Conducting

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Course title Practice of Choral Conducting
Course code KMU/SBP
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kopecký Jiří, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1-3. Different techniques of singing. 4-7. Tact schemes and independence of hands. 8-10. Playing four-part choral texture on piano. 11-12. Working with musical memory.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course is loosely related to the course Fundamentals of Choral Conducting 1. The course is taught in constant contact with the choir, the student will master the conducting of choir rehearsals, including split rehearsals. Depending on the possibilities of the choir, the student will be able to prepare appropriate repertoire. The student will consolidate the necessary habits of the choir director, from the care of each singer's voice and the rehearsal of individual parts to the mastery of conducting by heart.
The student will consolidate a basic knowledge of choral leadership in order to further improve his/her independent work with the choir.
Prerequisites
Reading of violin, tenor and bass clefs; knowledge of the ranges of children's, women's and men's voices; orientation to common bar patterns; knowledge of common choral repertoire from the Renaissance to the present.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Reading of violin, tenor and bass clefs; knowledge of the ranges of children's, women's and men's voices; orientation to common bar patterns; knowledge of common choral repertoire from the Renaissance to the present.
Recommended literature
  • Brož, Jaroslav - Kaňák, Zdeněk. (1982). Základy dirigování. Praha.
  • Hons, Miloš. Česká sborová tvorba 20. století: analytické stylové sondy, Ústí nad Labem 2000..
  • Kolář, Jiří, Štíbrová, Ivana, Rob, Josef. Sborový zpěv a řízení sboru, Praha 1998..
  • Pecháček, Stanislav. Česká sborová tvorba 1800?1950, Praha 2002..
  • Pecháček, Stanislav. Základy taktování. Praha. 2003.
  • Stašek, Čeněk. ABC začínajícího sbormistra. Praha 1981..
  • Vrchotová-Pátová, Jarmila. Hlasová výchova. Praha. 1963.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2022) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -