000			03094cam a2200241 4500
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008			211117n 000 0 eng u
020			_a 9781579527267
035			_a(Sirsi) a95320
035			_a(Sirsi) a95320
050			_aMT 85 .J63 2009
100	1		_aJordan, James Mark.
245			_a Evoking sound : _b fundamentals of choral conducting / _c James Jordan ; foreword by Morten Lauridsen ; with chapters by Robert W. Rumbelow, James Whitbourn.
246			_i Title on DVD menu screen: _a Anatomy of conducting : _b architecture & essentials
250			_a 2nd ed.
260			_a Chicago : _b GIA Publications, _c c2009.
300			_a xxxii, 466 p. : _b ill., music ; _c 27 cm. + _e 1 DVD-video (sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.)
500			_a DVD contains discussion and demonstration of instrumental and choral conducting techniques by the author and Eugene Migliaro Corporon; in part, animation.
505			_a The foundations of conducting : spirit, consistent tempo, alignment, and breath. Beginnings ; The role of self for beginning conductors ; The essences of gesture : to advocate and connect ; Alignment : creating the inner space for breath ; Essential understandings : primal building blocks of conducting technique -- Consistent tempo : a prerequisite and essential skill -- The mechanics and architecture of conducting. The anticipatory process : readiness to receive sound and breath ; Breathing and dropping in : gesture informed by breath ; The architecture of conducting patterns ; Initiating sound through the breath impulse gesture : definition and importance of the ictus ; Understanding the Saito conducting method ; Pattern mechanics and geometry -- Additional understandings to refine conducting technique, skill, and awareness. Your movement potential and conducting : an application of the work of Rudolf von Laban ; Teaching body awareness to conductors : the use of the Swiss ball ; Adding weight to conducting gesture : experiencing kinesthetic transfer ; Creating integrative conducting technique through core distal connectivity ; The morphology of sounds : conducting note attacks, releases, and fermatas ; Listening ; The left hand ; Receiving, listening to, and reacting to the sound ; Initiation of the musical line ; Music aptitude : realizing your music potential as a conductor -- Score analysis and instrumental conducting. Preparing the score : allowing the music to speak ; Preparing for the kinesthetic of conducting : the principles of Laban score movement analysis (LMSA) ; Basics for choral conductors working with instrumentalists / Robert W. Rumbelow ; Facing the orchestra : a choral conductor's guide to the orchestra / James Whitbourn ; Giving meaning to the music through the text ; Trust and conducting : interpreter or transmitter? -- Supporting materials for conducting study. 'The anatomy of conducting' DVD : a companion to 'Evoking sound' ; 'Music for conducting study' : a companion to 'Evoking sound.'
650			_aChoral conducting.
650			_aConducting.
999			_c138081 _d138081