SKU: HL.237719
Berklee Guide. Conducting
Reference, Instrumental
Reference. Softcover
Video Online. 204 pages.
Published by Berklee
Press (HL.237719).
ISBN 9781495097911.
UPC: 888680698522. 9x12
inches.
Learn the
essential practices of
contemporary conducting.
This book will teach you
to use the motions, cues,
patterns and practices
used to lead ensembles,
whether for orchestra,
band, musical theater,
opera, film orchestra, or
other type of ensemble.
You will learn techniques
for keeping time,
signaling musicians, and
crafting your unique
interpretation of the
score, as well as how to
command the stage
presence necessary to
lead a large ensemble
– whether for
concert performances or
synching live performers
to other media, such as
film, recordings, musical
theater and
dance.
Video
demonstrations and
annotated scores of
orchestral excerpts from
Beethoven, Mozart,
Tchaikovsky, and others
illustrate and let you
practice various
conducting challenges,
such as cadenzas, rubato
and quickly changing time
signatures. Also included
are interviews with some
of the most accomplished
conductors of your time,
such as John Wiliams,
Lalo Schifrin, JoAnn
Falletta, John Morris
Russell and others,
providing perspective
from the concert hall
podium to the Broadway
pit to the Hollywood
sound stage.
John Morris
