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 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 further publications are available for the comprehensive training of choir conductors. The Praxisband (volume of exercises) offers numerous different self-study exercises to help choir conductors develop their technical skills. These volumes are complemented by our innovative Conductor’s Coach app, which is the first app specially designed to help budding choir conductors practice, refine and professionalize their technique on their own.
- 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 (Carus 24.100/00-010-000) contains the set of book and practice 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 worked for almost thirty years as a lecturer, music teacher, choir director and voice coach at the Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Württemberg State Academy for Young Musicians), where he remains involved in various music education projects. He is the editor of several songbooks and textbooks, holds a teaching position at the Mannheim University of Music and is active as a lecturer, choirmaster and adjudicator for various music associations, including the BMCO (Federal Association Choir & Orchestra) and the BMU (Federal Association for Music Education). 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
Reviews
... Im Carus-Verlag ist nun ein großartiges Buch für Chorleiter erschienen, das aber für interessierte Sänger nicht minder reizvoll sein kann, sofern sie über musikalische und physiologische Grundkenntnisse verfügen. ... Es könnte so etwas wie die Bibel der Branche werden.
Dr. Wolfram Goertz, Rheinische Post, 22.06.2024