UP College of Music Extension Program

Choral Conducting Lesson Schedule and Syllabus

Prepared by Kevin Mikhail H. Gomez

I. Introduction
The UPCMUEP Choral Conducting program is a crash course program
which will tackle basic conducting techniques, gestures, and choral
literature.

II. Things to bring

a. Pencil
b. Colored pencils or highlighters
c. Assigned pieces
d. Music Writing Notebook

III. Schedule

Session Topic Resources

1. Musicianship
- Scales
Major, minor (natural, melodic,
harmonic)
- Pitch and interval test
- Major and minor 2nds and 3rds
- Perfect 4ths and 5ths
Lesson 1
- Major, minor, diminished and augmented
triads
2. Basic Conducting Techniques
- ictus and rebound
- Levels and rooms
- Cueing on different beats
- Conducting in 2, 3, and 4
1. Basic Conducting Technique
- Conducting in 2, 3 and 4 with
1. The Heavens are
subdivisions
Telling the Glory of
- Playing around with the levels and
God by Joseph Haydn
Lesson 2 rooms.
2. In stiller Nacht by
- Conducting exercises in 2, 3 and 4 with
Johannes Brahms
rooms and levels.
- Conducting 6, 9, and 12
- Conducting Haydn and Brahms
 1. Basic Conducting Technique
- Conducting exercises in 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 and 1. Flower of Beauty by
12. John Clements
Lesson 3 - Compound meters 2. Lacrimosa from
- Conducting 5 and 7 Requiem, Wolfgang
- Conducting Clements and Mozart Amadeus Mozart

1. The Heavens are

1. Conducting Gestures Telling the Glory of
- Finding what works (which gestures God by Joseph Haydn
work best for piano forte and everything 2. In stiller Nacht by
in between) Johannes Brahms
Lesson 4
- Conducting the legato, staccato and 3. Flower of Beauty by
marcato, John Clements
- Application on the pieces 4. Lacrimosa from
Requiem, Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart
1. Locus Iste by Anton
1. Introduce new pieces and score study
Bruckner
Lesson 5 - Marking the score with colors!
2. If Ye Love Me by
- Apply and Conduct
Thomas Tallis
Final lesson
Lesson 6
Conduct a surprise piece! Secret muna