Dirigieren – Proben – Singen. Das Chorleitungsbuch
Buch und Praxisband
(Please note: This product is in German. An English version is in preparation.)
A clear conducting technique, the ability to enliven rehearsals and a wide knowledge of voice training are vital factors to ensure successful and productive choral directing. Dirigieren – Proben – Singen. Das Chorleitungsbuch (Conducting – Rehearsing – Singing. The choir conducting book) is the perfect training aid for budding choir directors and is also suitable for all conductors, music teachers and interested amateur choir directors who want to refine and improve their technique and working methods.
In this comprehensive compendium, Anne Kohler, Jan Schumacher and Klaus Brecht focus on three core topics: conducting, rehearsal methods and voice training. In addition to teaching the basics in a highly practical way, the distinguished authors provide valuable further information and suggestions for success in working with choirs. Topics such as communication, dramaturgy, music theory and musicological expertise as well as essential knowledge of the human physiology behind singing are also clearly presented. Das Chorleitungsbuch also features contributions by renowned guest authors such as Matthias Echternach and Olaf Katzer.
Two additional publications ensure holistic choral conducting training. The Praxisband (practical volume) offers numerous exercises with which choir conductors can develop their technical skills through self-study. The innovative Conductor's Coach adds a digital component to the range: The conducting app is the world's first application that aspiring choir conductors can use to practice, refine and professionalize their technique independently.
- Learn practical conducting techniques
- Methods to ensure lively rehearsals and emotional music-making
- Understand and apply the physiology of singing
- Ideal companion and supplementary work for training choir conductors
The e-book of the set (Carus 24.100/00-010-000) also contains the main volume and the practical volume.
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Author
Anne Kohler
| 1967Professor Anne Kohler lectures in choral conducting at the University of Music Detmold, where she also conducts the chamber choir, as well as the vocal ensemble Pop-Up. She is the artistic director of the Bundesjugendchor (National Youth Choir), a project of the Deutscher Musikrat (German Music Council). She is internationally in demand as a conductor, adjudicator and speaker on choral conducting, voice training and jazz choir conducting. Personal details
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Klaus Brecht
| 1953Klaus Brecht spent almost 30 years working as a lecturer, music teacher, choir director and voice coach at the State Academy for Young Musicians in Baden-Württemberg, with which he remains involved through various music education projects. He has edited several songbooks and textbooks, holds a teaching post at the Mannheim University of Music, and is active as a speaker, choir director and adjudicator for various music associations. Personal details
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Jan Schumacher
| 1980Professor Jan Schumacher is Director of Music at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and conductor of Camerata Musica Limburg. He has been teaching choral conducting to beginners and advanced students for over twenty years, regularly leads international conducting courses and master classes and is active worldwide as a guest conductor, adjudicator and seminar leader. He is Chairman of the Choral Advisory Board of the German Music Council and Vice President of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM). As an author and editor he has been associated with Carus-Verlag for many years. Personal details
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I found the clearly described conducting exercises and the many practical tips for rehearsals particularly helpful. The chapters on voice training are also easy to understand and can be put into practice straight away. You can tell that the authors have a lot of experience and love for choral work.
I also really like the practice volume and the Conductor's Coach app. It allows you to try out your technique straight away and develop it further.
For me, the book has become a real companion - inspiring, practical and written with a lot of heart for choral music.
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