Table of Contents
PART ONE: Becoming a Choir Director............................. 10
Chapter 1 In Front of the Choir........................................... 11
Chapter 2 Why We Sing............................................................ 17
Chapter 3 The Musical Connection................................... 27
PART TWO: The Mechanics of Conducting 34
Chapter 4 The Patterns............................................................ 35
Chapter 5 Conducting Different Meters......................... 44
Chapter 6 Preparation.............................................................. 57
Chapter 7 The Left Hand......................................................... 64
Chapter 8 The Baton.................................................................. 81
Chapter 9 Stops and Starts..................................................... 90
PART THREE: Preparing for Rehearsal...................................................... 102
Chapter 10 Before the First Rehearsal........................... 103
Chapter 11 Approaching a New Score............................ 115
Chapter 12 Developing the Rehearsal Plan................ 129
PART FOUR: The Rehearsal........................... 142
Chapter 13 The Warm-Up..................................................... 143
Chapter 14 In the Rehearsal................................................ 152
PART FIVE: The Rest of the Story............. 161
Chapter 15 What Else Do We Do?...................................... 162
Chapter 16 If You Build It.................................................... 172
Chapter 17 Coda........................................................................ 183
Further Reading................................................ 188
Acknowledgements........................................ 189
About the Author............................................. 193
