Course: Choir Conducting I

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Course title Choir Conducting I
Course code KHV/7123
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kuželka Vladimír, doc. PaedDr.
Course content
The aim of the course is to acquire skills in clock technique. Basics of tact technique - conductor's position, holding hands, preparatory, starting and closing gestures, movement independence of hands. Basic clock schemes in medium tempo, legate and staccato versions. Conducting folk songs and selected choral compositions in 2, 3, 4 and 6-time time. It includes vocal exercises and models of singing ascending and descending, and playing scores of relevant songs and choral scores. Basics of tact technique - conductor's attitude, holding hands, preparatory, starting and closing gesture, movement independence of hands.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquire skills in clock technique. Basics of tact technique - conductor's position, holding hands, preparatory, starting and closing gestures, movement independence of hands. Basic clock schemes in medium tempo, legate and staccato versions. Conducting folk songs and selected choral compositions in 2, 3, 4 and 6-time time. It includes vocal exercises and models of singing ascending and descending, and playing scores of relevant songs and choral scores. Basics of tact technique - conductor's attitude, holding hands, preparatory, starting and closing gesture, movement independence of hands.
The aim of the course is to acquire skills in clock technique. Basics of tact technique - conductor's position, holding hands, preparatory, starting and closing gestures, movement independence of hands. Basic clock schemes in medium tempo, legate and staccato versions. Conducting folk songs and selected choral compositions in 2, 3, 4 and 6-time time. It includes vocal exercises and models of singing ascending and descending, and playing scores of relevant songs and choral scores. Basics of tact technique - conductor's attitude, holding hands, preparatory, starting and closing gesture, movement independence of hands.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
attendance 70%, activity in class, conducting and rehearsing selected compositions for the choir
Recommended literature
  • Kolář, J., Štíbrová. I. Sborový zpěv a řízení sboru II., Jc-Audio, Netolice 2011.
  • Pecháček, S. Základy taktování, Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Pdf., Praha, 2003.


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