Consolidation of existing manual techniques and their automation. Creating and developing other conducting skills and their practical application in performing choral repertoire. Combining gestures, a recitative way of conducting, conducting "una battuta, di due, di tre, di quatro battute" and combining them in compositions. Application of the fundamentals of conducting techniques in the management of small choral compositions. Implementation of piano scores. The aim of the course is also to create a system of singing skills for use in collective voice education in the choir, in training and interpretation of the choral repertoire. Choir singing and its importance, respiratory and vocal tract, singing breathing, breathing exercises to improve the economy of the breath. Mistakes in breathing. Correct use of tone, types of voice beginnings, brumendo, soft start, induction of head resonance, articulation technique. Characteristics of vocals and consonants. Song articulation. Types of singing weave. Exercise in legato, staccat, jumps, runs. Exercise for balancing vocals. Practical outcomes in the seminar - voice exercises with the use of piano focused on certain voice issues, their evaluation and subsequent performance in one of the faculty choirs. The course also includes the basics of auditory analysis for the improvement of auditory analytical abilities and skills of future choirmaster.
Last update: Kateřina Esserová, DiS. (03.03.2022)
Consolidation of existing manual techniques and their automation. Creating and developing other conducting skills and their practical application in performing choral repertoire. Combining gestures, a recitative way of conducting, conducting "una battuta, di due, di tre, di quatro battute" and combining them in compositions. Application of the fundamentals of conducting techniques in the management of small choral compositions. Implementation of piano scores. The aim of the course is also to create a system of singing skills for use in collective voice education in the choir, in training and interpretation of the choral repertoire. Choir singing and its importance, respiratory and vocal tract, singing breathing, breathing exercises to improve the economy of the breath. Mistakes in breathing. Correct use of tone, types of voice beginnings, brumendo, soft start, induction of head resonance, articulation technique. Characteristics of vocals and consonants. Song articulation. Types of singing weave. Exercise in legato, staccat, jumps, runs. Exercise for balancing vocals. Practical outcomes in the seminar - voice exercises with the use of piano focused on certain voice issues, their evaluation and subsequent performance in one of the faculty choirs. The course also includes the basics of auditory analysis for the improvement of auditory analytical abilities and skills of future choirmaster.
Literature -
Last update: Kateřina Esserová, DiS. (03.03.2022)
McElheran, Brock: Conducting Technique for Beginners and Professionals. OUP USA, 2004.
Schuller, G.: The compleat conductor. New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-506377-5, 1997.
David, Julia & La Tour, Stephen: Vocal Technique: A Guide for Conductors, Teachers, and Singers, ISBN-13: 978-1577667827.
Duane S. Crowther: KEY CHORAL CONCEPTS: Teaching Techniques & Tools to Help Your Choir Sound Great (Techniques For Teaching & Conducting High School & Adult Choirs), Horizon Publishers & Distributors, Inc.
Pimmer, H.: Kleine praktische Chorfibel für Chorleiter und Chorsänger. München: Akademischer Verlag, 1994. ISBN 3-929115-41-7.
Dimon, Jr. Theodore: Anatomy of the Voice. North Atlantic Books,U.S., ISBN: 9781623171971, 2018.
Last update: Kateřina Esserová, DiS. (03.03.2022)
McElheran, Brock: Conducting Technique for Beginners and Professionals. OUP USA, 2004.
Schuller, G.: The compleat conductor. New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-506377-5, 1997.
David, Julia & La Tour, Stephen: Vocal Technique: A Guide for Conductors, Teachers, and Singers, ISBN-13: 978-1577667827.
Duane S. Crowther: KEY CHORAL CONCEPTS: Teaching Techniques & Tools to Help Your Choir Sound Great (Techniques For Teaching & Conducting High School & Adult Choirs), Horizon Publishers & Distributors, Inc.
Pimmer, H.: Kleine praktische Chorfibel für Chorleiter und Chorsänger. München: Akademischer Verlag, 1994. ISBN 3-929115-41-7.
Dimon, Jr. Theodore: Anatomy of the Voice. North Atlantic Books,U.S., ISBN: 9781623171971, 2018.
