Music

Students will learn conducting patterns, proper posture and stance, cueing and cutoffs.

Students will be required to conduct the class in selected musical examples, and engage in score analysis.

Beginning band pieces and choral pieces will be used along with selected exercises to prepare the student to conduct school ensembles.

The proposed textbook is "The Art of Conducting" by Donald Hunsberger, and other readings and textbooks may be incorporated as well.

Further, the use of beginning band and choir music will be incorporate to give the students an opportunity to use pieces they might use in their own classrooms as music educators.

Prerequisites: MUSI 1117 and MUSI 1312 with a minimum grade of B.

Semester Hours 2 (2 lec).