The Complete Conductor: A Comprehensive Resource for the Professional Conductor of the Twenty-First Century

For a one/two-semester course in Basic Conducting, Introduction to Choral Conducting, Introduction to Instrumental Conducting. Direct, practical, and comprehensive, this text addresses the conducting needs of beginners through working professionals. Using a modular structure that allows a focus on either choral or instrumental content – or both – it covers conducting theory, style periods, technical problems, and conducting patterns – using examples ranging from short works to multi-movement masterpieces.