1st Edition

Expressive Conducting Movement and Performance Theory for Conductors

By Jerald Schwiebert, Dustin Barr Copyright 2018
210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

Expressive Conducting: Movement and Performance Theory for Conductors applies the insight of movement and performance theory to the practice of conducting, offering a groundbreaking new approach to conducting. Where traditional conducting pedagogies often place emphasis on training parts of the body in isolation, Expressive Conducting teaches conductors to understand their gestures as part... Read more

Chapter 1 A Context for Expressive Conducting: Lessons from Drawing and Tai Chi

Chapter 2 The Conductor’s Body

Chapter 3 Moving with Availability

Chapter 4 Performance Theory and Technique: Acting and Conducting

Chapter 5 The Body Is Your Instrument: Maximizing Expression and Moving Weight

Chapter 6 The Performance Sequence

Chapter 7 Coaching Notes

Chapter 8 Availability Exercises

Chapter 9 A Language for Expressive Conducting

Biography

Jerald Schwiebert is a performance coach and author, recently retired from the University of Michigan (emeritus) after more than twenty years on the faculty of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance. 

Dustin Barr is Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at California State University, Fullerton.