Score Study Tips

The Conductor's Podcast

Score study is such an important topic, and I've touched on this a few times in the podcast. However, I am going to organize things together for you, so it's a central place for you!
In today's episode, I will be sharing 1) how I study scores when I don't have enough time, 2) some tools that I mixed and matched, and 3) great tips from the Girls Who Conduct Discovery Friday series.
When I don't have enough time properly study....

• Tempo, transition, tempo!
• A lot of listening
• Balance, Entrances, and Unification of styles

Some tips given to me by Prof. Schlaefli, Mo. Harth-Bedoya, Mark Gibson, and Ken Kiesler

Broaden your Knowledge:

• Instrumentation Chart
• List of composers’ works, list of works composed around the same times, and list of works in the same key
• List of works of similar instrumentation
• List of works of similar and different themes
• List of works requiring extra forces (video or audio play along, soloist, speaker/narrator, technology - amped singers, etc)

Highlights from Girls Who Conduct Guests:

• Tianyi Lu, Holly Choe, Lucia Zicos, Meg Zervoulis, Kira Omelchenko, and Julia Baumanis

Also check out the resources for a detailed score study checklist on the website!

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