Artistic Score Study: Conductors' Approaches to Discovering and Communicating the Composer's Intent

Rudy, Hannah

Artistic Score Study: Conductors' Approaches to Discovering and Communicating the Composer's Intent

dc.contributor.advisor	Lamb, Marvin
dc.contributor.advisor	Simon, Shanti
dc.contributor.author	Rudy, Hannah
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Baumgartner, Christopher
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Enrico, Eugene
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Palmer, Allison
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-02T21:11:45Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-02T21:11:45Z
dc.date.issued	2022-05-13
dc.date.manuscript	2022-04-28
dc.description.abstract	By interviewing master conductors in the field, through this study I aim to find promising practices and approaches for conductors to create more meaningful and powerful emotional connections with the score to communicate a more complete image of the composer’s intent. It is my hope that these practices will begin to guide conductors of all levels toward more meaningful music-making experiences for themselves, the ensemble, and the audience. Utilizing a qualitative, multiple case study design, one-on-one semi-structured interviews with four long-term successful wind band conductors revealed personal methods of artistic score study providing insight into how conductors approach discovering and communicating the composer’s intent, as well as approaches to guiding the ensemble toward their interpretation. Score study is a highly personal process conductors use to internalize the music, build a personal interpretation, and prepare for rehearsals and performance. One will quickly find limitations in conducting textbooks in approach to defining how conductors study a musical score in relation to revealing emotive content. As a conductor, it is vital to have a clear aural image of the music to be conducted; however, how does one uncover the emotive content of the score and synthesize it into an emotionally connected gesture? This study seeks to provide promising practices to aid conductors in discovering emotive content, transferring inner knowledge to outward physical gesture, and recreating the composer’s intent through a collaborative rehearsal and performance process.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11244/335465
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Conducting	en_US
dc.subject	Score Study	en_US
dc.subject	Interpretation	en_US
dc.subject	Composer Intent	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	D.M.A.	en_US
dc.title	Artistic Score Study: Conductors' Approaches to Discovering and Communicating the Composer's Intent	en_US
ou.group	Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts::School of Music	en_US
shareok.orcid	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3613-2860	en_US