Orchestra School

2024 Orchestra School 

 

Fundamentals of Conducting

 

Target Groups:

(For age 16+, or students with special permission to join)

For orchestra/ choir/ band directors, section/ part leaders, song leaders, teachers, orchestra/ choir/ band members, instrumentalists who want to improve ensemble skills.

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Instructor: Ho-man Choi

• Master of Arts degree from Cambridge University and Master of Music in instrumental conducting from the Indiana University School of Music (Double Masters)

• Former Resident Conductor of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

• an internationally recognized conducting teacher whose private students have been accepted into world-renowned conducting schools and notably to the Instrumental Conducting program at Indiana University School of Music in successive years, and Musicology Doctoral Program at Harvard University

• a faculty member at the Hong Kong Baptist University, teaching Instrumental and Choral Conducting

• co-hosted conducting workshops with Maestro Jahja Ling –Emmy-award winning conductor who holds the longest working relationship with the world-famous Cleveland Orchestra

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Number of Students: 2 – 5 people

The workshop is held similar to a masterclass. Each student will take turn to conduct in front of the class (podium time) accompanied by a piano. The instructor will give comments to each student who is conducting. Meanwhile, the other students will observe as auditors. Each student will have 30 minutes of podium time on average per lesson.

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Course Pre-requisite/ Requirement: None, no pre-requisite/ requirement for all workshops of "Fundamentals of Conducting"

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Repertoire taught previously include:

Beethoven Symphony No. 1

Handel Messiah

Mozart Eine Kleine Nacht Musik

Faure Requiem

Dvorak New World Symphony

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Course Dates: