Choir Conducting 2

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Subject guarantor:

Jiří CHVÁLA

Name of lecturer(s):

Jiří CHVÁLA

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The course task is to master fundamental issues in choral interpretation in relation to the requirements of modern creative methods and the acquisition of experience in working with a choir.

Mode of study:

Conducting a chorus before the deans' council. Exam

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

none

Recommended optional programme components:

none

Course contents:

Study and conducting Renaissance (Palestrina, Lasso, Vittoria) and Romance (Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms) compositions and selections in Czech literature (Dvořák: Moravian Duets, In Nature´s Realm, Foerster:„Oblačný Ptak“), appropriate for a chamber choir. Study and conducting of challenging choral compositions with a view to serious contemporary music (Eben, Lukáš, etc.)

Recommended or required reading:

Study literature: see Curriculum framework.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

none

Assessment methods and criteria:

Contact instruction. Exam.

Course web page:

Note:

none

Schedule for winter semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2014/2015:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Conducting (Bc) (compulsory subject of the main qualification)