Perspectives on Conducting

Introduction

Roisin Blunnie and Ciaran Crilly

I. Becoming a Conductor

1. Teaching the Unteachable: Postgraduate Orchestral Conductor Training in European Conservatoires

Sinead Hayes

2. The Conductor as Apprentice: The Kapellmeister Route to Opera Conducting

Killian Farrell

3. Thoughts on the Role of the Assistant Conductor

Gavin Maloney

4. The Kodaly Route to Becoming a Choral Conductor

Bernie Sherlock

II. Conductors in Practice: Orchestral Perspectives

1. From Concept to Concert: A Journey of Choosing, Learning, and Performing a Score

Rebecca Miller

2. "This Will Be the One!": Strategic Programming and Repertoire Selection for Non-Professional Orchestras

Ciaran Crilly

3. The Role of the Conductor in US Orchestras: A Concise Guide

Peter Shannon

4. Fostering the Next Generation

Gerhard Markson

5. How to Help Musicians Feel More Valued and Fulfilled at Work

Tiffany Chang

6. Intuition: The Missing Piece?

Hannah Baxter

III. Conductors in Practice: Choral Perspectives

1. Playing the Long Game: Strategies for Building Consistency in the Chamber Choir

Orla Flanagan

2. The Other Side of Programming: How to Shape a Choral Concert Programme

Kari Turunen

3. Together from the Start: The Collective Power of the Choral Warm-Up

Roisin Blunnie

4. Rehearsal Techniques for Contemporary Choral Music: The Use of the Movable-Do System in the Teaching of Non-Tonal Repertoire

Laszlo Nemes

5. Facilitating Connections: Leading and Developing University Choirs

Amy Ryan

6. Innovative Choral Approaches: 'The Intelligent Choir' and the 'HyFlex' Method

Jim Daus Hjernoe

IV. Changing Perspectives

1. The 'Maestro Myth' Revisited

John Andrews

2. "You Are Now One of the Boys": Congratulations?

Nadya Potemkina

3. Cracking Open the Conducting Closet: Shared Experiences Among Queer Conductors

Thomas Dickey

4. Voices for Change: Socially Responsible Programming in Youth Choral Music Education

Lynsey Callaghan