Objectives and competences

The objective of the subject is: • to develop disposition for conducting, capacity of concentration and quick manual reaction in music occurence and to spread with intelectual work the disposition of musical comprehension and a manner of expression, • to bild up a proper singing voice, • to develop the voice, • to express the text, • to join text and music, • to recognize harmonical elements, • to interpret folk song, • to bring singers to hear other voices in choir.

Content (Syllabus outline)

• conductor as the main person on the stage, • the technics of hands and arms, • conductors' schemes, • the independence of arms, • implementation of the conductors' technics, with regard to the score, • changing of tactus, • exercises for the interpretation, • technical exercises in conducting, • piano playing in manner of playing piano of the score. Vocal training: • exercises for the diaphragm, • warming up, • vowel equalizing, • register equalizing, • exercises for voice volumenizing, • mezzavoce. Slovene folk song: • connection of word and music, • dialects, • articulation of single vowels and consonants, • dynamics, • agogics, • ritmical specialties, • style, • global interpretation.

Learning and teaching methods

• group and individual work, preparation to work with the choir, • role-playing games, • group singing.

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

On completion of the course the student will be able to: • use the acquired knowledge and manual skillfulness to lead the choir, • to combine theoretical and practical knowledge, • sing properly (vocal technique), • analyse and connect the art of lyrics and music and adopt the interpretation, • transfer the singing of folk song to primary school and into other educational processes, • understanding and performing folk songs, • be able to presentat music on piano.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Readings

• Scherchen, H. (1929). Lehrbuch des Dirigierens: mit zahlreichen Notenbeispielen (Let. 4209, str. 320). Schott. • Vulc, T. (2023). Upevalne zgodbe snežinke Marinke za otroški pevski zbor (1. izd., 1. natis, str. 14). T. Vulc. • Gobec, R. (1971). Dirigiranje: tehnika zborovskega dirigiranja (str. 181). Pedagoška akademija. • Vulc, T. (2025). Izraznost rok - osnove dirigiranja: skripta (str. X f., 74). Pedagoška fakulteta. • Smrekar, B. (2015). Osnove dirigentske tehnike (str. 164). Javni sklad Republike Slovenije za kulturne dejavnosti.

Prerequisits

80% attendance of tutorial is required to take the exam.