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Course Syllabus

MUSC 2350 Beginning Conducting

  • Division: Fine Arts, Comm, and New Media
  • Department: Music
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 2; Lecture: 2; Lab: 0
  • Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
  • Semester Approved: Spring 2019
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2024
  • End Semester: Fall 2024
  • Optimum Class Size: 18
  • Maximum Class Size: 25

Course Description

The fundamentals of baton technique are addressed, as well as the basics of score preparation. Students will be introduced to the application of theoretical formal and historical knowledge to the process of conducting and musical problem solving.

Justification

This course satisfies the basic conducting requirement for music majors and provides nonmajors with an opportunity to learn basic conducting techniques that can be used in a variety of community or religious functions. Utah four-year college music departments expect this course to be taught in the two-year colleges.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will master basics of posture, and meter patterns.
  2. Students will learn basics of score preparation.
  3. Students will understand and demonstrate various musical styles as they relate to conducting.
  4. Students will understand and demonstrate preparatory gestures and cueing.
  5. Students will learn appropriate left-hand gestures.
  6. Students demonstrate dynamic changes.
  7. Students develop a vocabulary of useful conducting terms.

Course Content

Students will study methods of conducting vocal and instrumental scores using appropriate meter patterns, cues, and baton techniques. They will also study notation, musical vocabulary, and instrument transpositions.