Conducting: Choral: Start Here!

This book provides a concise and practical introduction to choral techniques and conducting for potential choral conductors. The author-America's premier choral conductor, mentored by Robert Shaw-brings 43 years of teaching and workshop experience to this book.

Evoking Sound takes a fresh look at the critical link in the choir—the conductor. And it starts from the very first breath. The importance of such a ground-zero approach is fundamental: before one can conduct, one must inspire those being conducted. Only then can the desired end result—a performance that lives up to its full potential—be achieved. Evoking Sound introduces the subtle but important premusical factors that determine a choir’s performance. These include the conductor’s stance, breathing, and movement. You’ll come away from Evoking Sound feeling a renewed sense of the totality of the conducting endeavor, as well as a grasp of how to better evoke sound from many unique human instruments.

This book presents the fundamentals of the choral experience, vocal production, choral diction, ensemble singing, basic musicianship that will be useful to the choral conductor & student training in a choral career.