Course: Choir Conducting I

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Course title Choir Conducting I
Course code KHV/4021
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Kuželka Vladimír, doc. PaedDr.
  • Hána Luboš, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The bases of the conducting technique - the conducing poise, the poise of the hands, the preparative, the starting and the closing gesture, the motional independency of the hands. The basic conducting scheme in the middle movement, in the slur and the staccato performance. The parts of it are vocal practice and the start-singing models in the up and down order and the play of the scores.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Obtaining of the basic acquirements of the conducting technique. The bases of the conducting technique - the conducing poise, the poise of the hands, the preparative, the starting and the closing gesture, the motional independency of the hands. The basic conducting scheme in the middle movement, in the slur and the staccato performance. Conducting of folk songs and chosen choir arrangements in different meter signature. The parts of it are vocal practice and the start-singing models in the up and down order and the play of the scores.
Expanding orientation in the compositions in the arrangement for one or even three, and after the switching techniques, plays keyboards and analysis of songs from the formal, singing technique and methodology. Harmonic, intonation and rhythmical analysis.
Prerequisites
Playing instrument, hearing and rhytmical knowledge, knowledge of basic music theory and harmony.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
regular attendance and activity during seminar, preparations
Recommended literature
  • Brož, J. - Kaňák, Z. Základy dirigování, Panton, Praha, 1982.
  • Buček, M. Sborový zpěv, MU, Brno 1990.
  • Eberhardt, C. Praxis der Chorprobe, C. F. Peters, Frankfurt, 1973.
  • Fischer, E. Příspěvek k teorii dirigování, Hudební fakulta AMU, Praha, 1993.
  • KOLÁŘ, J., ŠTÍBROVÁ, I. Sborový zpěv a řízení sboru. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1993.
  • Pecháček, S. Základy taktování, Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Pdf., Praha, 2003.
  • Pivovarský, L. Základy sbormistrovské techniky, PFO, Ostrava 1986.
  • Stašek, Č. ABC začínajícího sbormistra, Supraphon, Praha, 1981.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Music Education (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer