The Modern Conductor

Elizabeth A.H. Green

ISBN 10: 0135902169 / ISBN 13: 9780135902165

Published by Prentice Hall, 1981

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0135902169I5N00

Synopsis:

Contents: (main headings listed) Preface So you want to be a conductor? Section 1: The manual technique The baton Time beating 1: The basic techniques – traditional Beyond time beating; The expressive gestures The development of the left hand The fermata Time beating 2: More advanced techniques (pattern variety, melds, & 20th century demands) Manual technique plus – rehearsing Section 2: Score Study Introduction to score study Clefs & transpositions Mechanics of the choral score Mechanics of the orchestral score Mechanics of the band score Interpreting the vocal score Interpreting the instrumental score: band & orchestra Handling the stylistic traditions: from orchestra to band Memorizing the score Section 3: Mastery Psychological conducting – technical mastery Public performance – musical mastery Creative conducting – ultimate mastery Appendixes Seating charts: chorus, orchestra, band Instrumentation Classification of bowings Synopsis of musical form Terminology for the conductor Additional practice problems, written examination forms, & advanced physical exercises Bibliography Indexes Index to diagrams & musical examples

About the Author:

Mark Gibson. Director of Orchestral Activities at the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), University of Cincinnati, Mark Gibson enjoys a distinguished podium career both as a performer on the concert stage and in the opera pit and as a teacher and observer of the craft of conducting. As professor of ensembles and conducting at CCM, he serves as music director of the CCM Philharmonia Orchestra, one of the world's leading conservatory orchestras, and heads CCM's program in orchestral conducting. During the summers, Mr. Gibson serves as co-artistic director and conductor of the Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca (Italy), sponsored by the University of Cincinnati.

Sought after both for conducting master classes and orchestral appearances, Mr. Gibson has been invited as guest professor of conducting at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, the Hochschule fur Musik and Theater, Munich, and the Indiana University School of Music, visiting professor of conducting and ensembles at the Eastman School of Music.

A former Tanglewood conducting fellow, Mr. Gibson pursued conducting studies with Gustav Meier, Seiji Ozawa and Leonard Bernstein. He attended the University of Minnesota, studying piano with Paul Freed before earning his B.M. in piano at the New England Conservatory of Music with Theodore Lettvin. His conducting and opera studies began with Gustav Meier at the University of Michigan, from which he earned a M.M. degree.

His students occupy podiums around the world, including Xian Zhang, first prizewinner of the inaugural Maazel/Vilar Conductors' Competition.

Prior to joining the faculty of CCM, Mr. Gibson was principal conductor of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, a regular guest conductor with the New York City Opera, and resident conductor of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Modern Conductor
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 3rd Edition