MMED 644 Rehearsal & Repertoire Foundation for Concert Band

3 credits 45.0 hours
600 level graduate course

This course will provide foundations and understandings of pedagogical approaches and methodologies for use in ensemble rehearsal and repertoire study with concert band. Class participants will learn and apply strategies, tools and techniques to develop teaching capacity as ensemble leaders for all age groups and ensemble abilities. This class will function as a concert band in rehearsal each day addressing pedagogical approaches to rehearsal, establishing ensemble sonority, and realizing/addressing repertoire selection and demands. This class will utilize concert band instrumentation, and class participants are expected to bring their primary instrument for the concert band setting so that immersion in rehearsal and repertoire studies can both be understood and applied.

This course is not repeatable for credit.