The Practice Volume (Praxisband) complements the compendium Dirigieren – Proben – Singen. Das Chorleitungsbuch (Carus 24.100/10), providing a complete course in choral conducting. The authors Anne Kohler and Jan Schumacher offer numerous practical exercises that can be used in both taught courses and independent study to help conductors improve their technical skills. This volume also contains a carefully prepared collection of choral works suitable for practicing specific aspects of conducting and rehearsal technique. The works include well-known classics of choral literature as well as unknown and contemporary pieces.
- For use in both choral conducting lessons and self-study
- Exercises on practical problems
- Carefully curated choral collection for working on practical challenges such as upbeats, time changes and tempo changes
- A must-have for teachers and students!
The Praxisband is available separately or as part of a set together with the compendium Dirigieren – Proben – Singen. Das Chorleitungsbuch. Until 31 October 2024, the set consisting of the main volume and the practice volume (Carus 24.100/00) is available at a particularly attractive introductory price of just EUR 49.90.
The Praxisband is also available digitally as part of the e-book for the set (Carus 24.100/00-010-000).Contents
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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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Author
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