A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting

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"There can be no one better qualified to write a practical guide to conducting than Harold Rosenbaum.... This is an invaluable guide to conducting by a musician whose interpretations seem always on the mark and whose reverence for music is both keen and infectious."

-Clara Longstreth, New Music Connoisseur, Volume 23, No. 2

"Maestro Rosenbaum has produced an aptly named and very useful addition to the conducting bibliography ... it is a compendium of accumulated wisdom from an accomplished and deeply experienced practitioner of the art. ... A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting is an excellent textbook for choral techniques or choral conducting classes. It would also be a valuable asset for orchestral conductors developing competence with choirs. For experienced choral conductors, this is a rewarding read as a valedictory filled with many thoughtful nuggets and a sincere celebration of how lucky we are to do this work."

-Jonathan D. Green, for the Conductors Guild

"Harold Rosenbaum has a wealth of experience with professional choral ensembles, teaching at the collegiate level, and presenting choral conducting master classes. One of the standout topics in this book is working with other musicians, accompanists, solo singers, and orchestral players. A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting sheds light on lesser-discussed subjects and topics relevant to and useful for all choral musicians, and provides vital insight into all aspects of the choral art, and would be a welcome addition to the bookshelf of any choral conductor."

-Alan Davis, Choral Journal

"This book is a gem, a must read for all serious choral conductors. It describes how to deal effectively with all the different challenges (some expected, some unexpected) that confront any choral conductor. Harold Rosenbaum is an outstanding and truly dedicated musician: very experienced, sensitive, and indeed, thoroughly practical."

-Thea Musgrave, composer

"In rehearsal and performance, the hallmark of Harold Rosenbaum's conducting is simplicity-minimum intervention with no impedance to the flow of understanding between conductor, performer, and listener. A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting reveals much about how he achieves his results. Rosenbaum offers astute, experienced, no-nonsense routes through the places we all find most challenging. There is illumination in this book."

-John Harbison, composer and Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Mr. Rosenbaum is a consummate master of his craft, with a keen ear, an insightful intellect, and a profound musical sensitivity. It's a great gift for him to share his wisdom from a lifetime of deep commitment to choral music-making, one from which we all can benefit."

-Robert Spano, Music Director, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra