International Saito Conducting Workshop Wayne Toews
The workshop will focus on concepts of conducting motion, expressing musical
ideas and musicianship through baton technique, aural preparation, musical imagination,
and showing musical elements and styles through gesture.
Click here to download the Course goals PDF
Course outline - elements
the field of beat
the constituent elements of a conducting gesture
location, before and after point motions, acceleration and
deceleration
baton grip
posture at the podium
preparatory position
preparatory motion
into-point motion - Shakui
3 - beat pattern
releases
phrasing and use of intermediate preparatory motion
stylistic considerations
imagining performers
showing dynamics
shifting accents
types A and B subdivision
into-point motion - Heikin Undo - conducting along with the ensemble
conducting fermatas
2 - beat pattern
into-point motion - Tataki
simple and compound subdivisions
from-point motion - Sen-Nyu
4 - beat pattern
tempo/beat size relationship
5 and 7 beat patterns
communicating with the performers
rehearsal techniques
communication styles
cautions
score preparation
gestural considerations
from-point motions - Hanneage
conducting in 6/8 compound duple and simple sextuple time
conducting in one
shifting metres
connecting into-point and
from-point gestures
into-point motion - wrist Tataki
from-point motion - Shunkan Undo
stretching motion
conducting asymmetrical metres
use of the left hand
cues
eye contact
conducting multiple metres
roles as conductor
List of study pieces
Because of time contraints some works will be studied in more depth than others. Material subject to change.
First year studies (Memphis 2011)
Studies from the Saito text
(Pieces 1-7 can also be found in the Sonatina Album Vol.1 edited by Köhler,
C.F.Peters)
1. Variation Über "Vien' Qua, Dorina Bella"
von Weber
2. Thema Aus Dem Impromptu Op. 142 No. 3
Schubert
3. Andante Grazioso
Haydn
4. Allegro
Haydn
5. Andante cantabile con moto from Symphony 1
Beethoven
6. Adagio
Haydn
7. Larghetto from Sonatine Op. 20, No. 3
Kuhlau
8. Blue Danube Waltz
Strauss
Supplementary pieces
The following pieces may be used:
Theme Song
Zuckerman
Lullaby Grechaninov
Prelude Tetsel
On the Lawn Grechaninov
March Shostakovich
Dance Goedike
Adagio Shteibelt
An Old French Song Tchaikovsky
Choral du XVI Siecle
Mouquet
The Little Commander Maykapar
Starry Night Maykapar
Change of Time Bartok
In the Style of a Folk Song
Bartok
Largo Corelli
Kopanitsa Kaufman
The Lovely Stara Planina
Kaufman
Waltz Op. 39 #2 Brahms
Waltz Op. 39 #3 Brahms
Waltz Op. 39 #4 Brahms
Waltz Op. 39 #16 Brahms
Slavonic Dances Op. 72 No. 5
Dvorak
Hungarian Dance No. 20
Brahms
Valse a la Chopin Merikanto
Tanz from Carmina Burana Orff
Ball Waltz from The Merry Widow Lehar
Others TBA
Upper year studies (Saskatoon 2011)
Beethoven, Andante cantabile con moto from First Symphony (aka Study 5) score attached
Haydn, Largo from String quartet Op 74 Nr. 3 (aka Study 6) score attached
Kuhlau, Op 20 No 33 arranged for strings (aka Study 7)
Johann Strauss, Blue Danube Waltzes (aka Study 8)
Schoenberg, Verklarte Nacht
Holst, Dargason from St. Paul's Suite
Dvorak, Waltz Op 54, No. 1
Bartok, Roumanian Dances
Zuckerman, Theme Song
Others TBA
Page revised March 28, 2011