for conductors: september 15 - session #1: basic
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2020 - 2021 Virtual Sessions
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Session #1: BasicConducting Technique I
Right arm only. All thepatterns.
Session #2: BasicConducting Technique II Left arm only. Crescendo,decrescendo, cueing, cutoffs,etc.
Session #3: Advancedconducting Technique I Wasted motions.
Session #4: Advancedconducting Technique IIFermatas.
Session #5: PreparingBach’s St. John PassionPreparing Bach’s St. JohnPassion for rehearsals andperformances.
SEPT
Session #6: Verdi’sRequiemPreparing Verdi’s Requiemfor rehearsals andperformances.
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OCT
2020 - 2021 Virtual Sessions
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01Session #7: BrahmsRequiem
Preparing the BrahmsRequiem for rehearsals andperformances.
Session #8: Mozart’s AveVerum Corpus and GrandMass in CPreparing Mozart’s AveVerum Corpus and GrandMass in C for rehearsals andperformances.
Session #9: Bach’s St.Matthew Passion Preparing Bach’s St.Matthew Passion forrehearsals andperformances.
Session #10: Haydn’sCreation Preparing Haydn’s Creationfor rehearsals andperformances.
Session #11: Bach’smotet Jesu Meine Freude Preparing Bach’s motet JesuMeine Freude for rehearsalsand performances.
Session #12: Mozart’sRequiem Preparing Mozart’s Requiemfor rehearsals andperformances.
08NOV
DEC
Session #13: Vivaldi’sGloria and Monteverdi’sSfogava con le Stelle
Preparing Vivaldi’s Gloriaand Monteverdi’s Sfogavacon le Stelle for rehearsalsand performances.
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2020 - 2021 Virtual Sessions
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Session #15: Writing forChoirs II
Session #16: Writing forChoirsTips by four professionalchoristers.
Session #17: Masterclassfor singers Tips by four professionalsoloists. Session #18: Bach's
Christmas OratorioPreparing Bach's ChristmasOratorio for rehearsals andperformance.
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FEB
Session #14: Writing forChoirs I
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Session #21:Performance Clinic II Analyzing your conductingand your choir’sperformance.
Session #22:Performance Clinic III Analyzing your conductingand your choir’sperformance.
Session #23:Performance Clinic IVAnalyzing your conductingand your choir’sperformance.
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MAR
Session #19:Mendelssohn's ElijahPreparing Mendelssohn'sElijah for rehearsals andperformance.
Session #20:Performance Clinic I Analyzing your conductingand your choir’sperformance.
16 Session #24: ConductingTechniques IObserving and analyzingconducting techniques invideo performances byRosenbaum and conductorsof the past. Continued in thefolloing session.
23 Session #25: ConductingTechniques II(Cont. ) The following (and muchmore) will be discussed:wasted motions, prepgestures, rebounds,subdividing, conducting inthree vs. one, bending knees,shaking left arm, mouthingwords, mirror conducting,and conducting below thewaist.
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Session #28: Choir Toursand Recording SessionsAchieving successful andgratifying choir tours andrecording sessions.
Session #29:Accompanists,Orchestras, and SoloistsWorking with accompanists,orchestras, and soloists.
Session #30: Ask theChoral Doctor!During this grand finale, youcan bring up any musicaltopic that Harold might beable to advise you on,whether it is something notdiscussed in previoussessions, or a review orexpansion of conceptsalready discussed.
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Session #26: How does aconductor approach apiece from the start? Part IISurprise Maestro HaroldRosenbaum with pieces youthink he has never studied orperformed. Classical worksonly please.
Session #27: How does aconductor approach apiece from the start? Part IISurprise Maestro HaroldRosenbaum with pieces youthink he has never studied orperformed. Classical worksonly please.