Title of the Study Program
Title of the Module
Faculty, Department
Instructor
Address
Language of Instruction
Required Prerequisites
Suggested Academic Cycle
or Year of Studies
Semester
ECTS Credits
Contact Hours per Week
Compulsory / Elective
Methods of Teaching
Form of Assessment
Music
Conducting
The Institute of Culture and Arts Education, Department of
Music
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rasa Kirliauskienė
Studentų 39, Vilnius LT- 08106, tel. +370 5 275 21 97,
rasakirl@yahoo.co.uk
English
None
Bachelor degree studies
Autumn/Spring
2
2
Compulsory
Lectures, practice and individual consultations
Cumulative mark
Course Description
The course aims at music teacher's preparation for the high school to enable them to
supervise different school choirs, ensembles and be able to use these abilities in music lessons.
The course introduces to technical basics of choir's conducting, conducting "machine" and its
functions (body, arms, legs and head positions), conductor's gestures (mimics, look, arms
coordination).
The topics of the course: Conducting techniques (auflact, its types, conducting
schemes, simple dual, tripal way meters, legato, non legato conducting, fermata, pauses);
Conducting practice; Vocal - choir singing, voicing, choir partiture playing experience; Analysis of
choral piece through theoretical, vocal and artistic aspects; Practical application of conducting skills
in studio group or school choir; Perception of art as artistic valuables, aiming of growing personal
spiritual world based on humanistic virtues.
Readings
1. Brenda Smith, D.M.A. and Robert Thayer Sataloff, M.D., D.M.A. Choral pedagogy, 2006.
Available at: http://www.pluralpublishing.com/publications
2. Masienė V. Choro dirigavimo pagrindai. Kaunas: Šviesa, 2001.
3. Norman Lebrecht, The Maestro Myth: Great Conductors in Pursuit of Power, 2nd Rev & Up
edition, Citadel Press 2001.
4. Žiūraitienė A. Manualinės technikos pratimai būsimam dirigentui. Šiauliai: ŠPI, 1994.