Nik Vasquez Mr.

Schurtz AP English 12 16 April 2012

Choral Conducting

Thesis
From a musical, psychological and reflective lens, I undertook learning how to properly conduct a choir, leading me to develop better technical, leadership and expressive skills.

(Daniel)

ORGANIZED SOUND

(and on that)

PITCH

(Composition 4, Textures)

Duration
(Vila)

INTENSITY
(Cardoso)

Timbre

(Nieto)

Choral Music: The Nature of Human Emotion

(Rover)

THE CONDUCTOR

(Whiz Kid Yoeli)

The conductor possesseshis feeling, more or less distinguishing, more or less just, of the authors, style.

(Choir Practice)

SOME TECHNICAL JARGON

(Wolteche)

(Hawk)

Its All About the Beat

Two Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Two Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Two Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Three Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Three Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Three Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Three Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Four Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Four Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Four Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Four Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Four Point Choral Variation

(Hollis)

Conducting Diversity

(Dooley)

(Hawk)

The Art of Communication

(Smith)

So What Did I Do?

(Times Herald)

(Wilson)

(Wilson)

(Wilson)

(Wilson)

(Wilson)

(Wilson)

(Wilson)

(Wilson)

Repertoire

(Free Eighties Vinyl)

With a Lily in Your Hand

(peachlily still wants)

Beati Quorum Via

(Burgos Cathedral)

Because
(Flower Beetle)

(Flam)

Student

Leadership
(Lincoln)

Starting Things Up

(Vasquez)

Rehearsal

MADNE SS

(Vasquez)

BAD LEADERSHIP
(Louie)

How Do I Conduct?
(Giardino)

(hands)

Polyrhythms

(my heartbeat)

(Brown)

(Green selective color)

Works Cited
Ashley. "History of Music." History of Music. Globalmusic. Web. 16 Apr. 2012. <http://www.globalmusichistory.com/2011/12/historical.html>. Berlioz, Hector. "The Orchestral Conductor. Theory of His Art." The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular 159 (1856): 227-30. Print.

Hassel, Holly, and Jessica Lourey. The Dea(r)th of Student Responsibility. College Teaching 53.1 (2005): 2-13. JSTOR. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
<http://www.jstor.org/stable/27559209>. Hollis, Benjamin. "Practice Techniques." Conducting. Web. 16 Apr. 2012. <http://method-behind-the-music.com/conducting/tips>. Huttunen, Matti. "The Historical Justification of Music." Philosophy of Music Education Review 16.1 (2008): 3-19. Print. Intellectual Reserve. "The Official Site of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir." The Official Site of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. 2010. Web. 16 Apr. 2012. <http://mormontabernaclechoir.org/info/>. Luck, Geoff, and John Sloboda. "Exploring the Spatio-Temporal Properties of Simple Conducting Gestures Using a Synchronization Task." Music Perception 25.3 (2008): 225-39. Print. Luck, Geoff, and Petri Toiviainen. "Ensemble Musicians? Synchronization With Conductors? Gestures: An Automated Feature-Extraction Analysis." Music Perception 24.2 (2006): 189-200. Print. MENC. "A New Book on Conducting." Music Supervisors' Bulletin 1.3 (1915): 30. Print. Olwage, Grant. "The Class and Colour of Tone: An Essay on the Social History of Vocal Timbre." Ethnomusicology Forum 13.2 (2004): 203-26. Print. Vieth Fuelberth, Rhonda J. The Effect of Left Hand Conducting Gesture on Inappropriate Vocal Tension in Individual Singers. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 157 (2003): 62-70. JSTOR. Web. 2 Nov. 2011.

Works Cited Images

Anderson, Mark. MOC-003. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Auer, Jens. Flower Beetle. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Buscemi, Andy. SATB Choral Music. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Cameron, Crash. my jembe... N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Carey, Warner. Free Your Mind! N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Cobbaert, Keon. Michael Wolteche. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Demi, Brooke. [25.365] sphere-itize me, captain. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Dmoz, Marc. Burgos Cathedral Catedral de Burgos HDR 4. N.d. N.p., n.d.

Web. 6 Mar. 2012.

Flam, Danny. Whiz Kid Yoeli Dikman at work. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Lloyd, Harold. peachily still wants to be your friend. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012.

Works Cited Images

McGill, M R. Neurons, In Vitro Color! N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Mom, Luna. The Composer. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Momoy, Harry. retro musical background. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Pruitt, Sharon. Free Eighties Vinyl Record Albums Various Musicians Creative Commons. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Ratcliffe, Trey. Comfortable on the Fourth. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Saber, Hamed. Dancing Peacock. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Smithson, Brian. Choir Practice. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012.

Sofan, Mitt. Ill Be Losing My Mind, Anyway. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012.
Trainor, John. Care Bears line up. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012. Travis, Bob. joe zawinuls birdland. N.d. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2012.

Get Ready to Sing!

(Hollis)