MUS 503A Repertoire for Conductors
A survey of basic and selected repertoire with which conducting students should become familiar. Genres: symphonic, opera, ballet, and oratorio, repertoire for young peoples concerts, pops concerts, outdoor and other special event concerts. The class will become familiar with repertoire most needed for assistant conductors: symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikowsky, Dvorak, and others; ballets: Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Appalachian Spring, and others; operas: Hansel and Gretel, Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, La Bohème, and others; oratorios: Messiah, selected Bach cantatas, Fauré Requiem, and others. This course will assist students in developing a basis for further and detailed study of the music they are most likely to encounter as performers, conductors, and assistant conductors in their formative years. Departmental consent. Prerequisite: Harmony IV, Basic Conducting.