Conductor’s Coach. The App

Like any art, conducting requires the practitioner to possess a complete set of skills. The individual movements of a legible and efficient conducting technique must be well practiced. Conductor’s Coach. The App is the first such tool for aspiring choir conductors to practice, hone and professionalize their technique. After all, not everyone has a patient ensemble to support and accompany their first attempts at conducting.

Link to the app

The app teaches the basics of a good conducting technique through almost 70 tutorials. The described techniques can be practiced by viewing the training videos of experienced conductor and choral conducting professor Jan Schumacher. The app’s various functions allow you to study your own movements in detail and thus correct any mistakes. As learning progresses, musical examples from the choral literature are integrated to teach conducting techniques not only in the abstract but realistically in a live performance situation.

The conducting app is equally useful for aspiring choir directors, church musicians and all conductors and music teachers who want to refresh and train their existing skills. 

• 69 tutorials on conducting techniques and 73 training videos to practice complex sets of movements
• Tools for effective learning: webcam overlay, activate metronome, show beat pattern, mirror video
• By and featuring Jan Schumacher, the experienced conductor and professor for choral conducting
• No installation required for the browser-based application: we recommend practicing on a PC or tablet

Test the free trial version for 24 hours to familiarize yourself with all the topics and tools included in the Conductor’s Coach!

Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag, and Choral TIES, co-funded by the European Union.