1 - 5 Days:

        Guest Conducting

                Major Choral Festivals

                College & University Choirs

                National, Regional, State Collegiate

                        Honors Choirs

        Guest Coaching: Graduate Students

                Conducting

                Rehearsing

1 Week - 1 Semester:

        Guest Conducting at Colleges & University

                A Cappella Repertoire 15th – 21st Centuries: Mixed, Men, Women

                        Concert Choirs

                        Chamber Choirs

                Masterworks with Chorus and Orchestra

                        17th – 20th Centuries: Mixed, Men, Women

        Artist in Residence/Guest Residencies/Sabbatical Leave Replacement
                Conducting Collegiate Choral Ensembles

                        A Cappella, Concerted, Choral-Orchestral

                Oratorio Choruses, Concert Choirs, Chamber Choirs, Vocal Ensembles

                Mixed, Men, Womens’ Choirs

Festivals & Events 

Choral Festivals

        International

        National

        Regional

Choral – Orchestral Performances

        Festivals

        Colleges & Universities

Collegiate & High School Honors Choirs: National, Divisional, All-State

        Mixed Choirs

        Men’s Choruses

        Women’s Choruses

Guest Conductor: Festivals

        Choral-Orchestral Masterworks

        A Cappella Gems & Masterpieces: Renaissance, Recent, Romantic

        Concerted Works of Monteverdi & Schütz

        Chamber Choirs, Soloists, & (Period) Orchestras

                Concerted Works of Bach & Händel

                Masses of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

Colleges & Universities

Mixed Choirs: Oratorio, Concert, & Chamber Choirs

        Choral-Orchestral Masterworks

        A Cappella Repertoire

Renaissance Choirs

        Gems & Masterworks: Sacred Repertoire 

        Vocal Chamber Music: Secular Repertoire

Chamber Choirs, Soloists, & (Period) Orchestras

        Concerted Works of Monteverdi & Schütz

        Concerted Works of Bach & Händel

        Masses of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

Men’s & Womens’ Choruses:

        A cappella Works: Renaissance, Romantic; 20th & 21st century music from:

                U.S., Canada, West & East Europe, Asia, Scandinavia, South Africa,

                South America

        Choral-Orchestral Repertoire: 17th, 19th, 20th  Centuries

Coaching Conductors

How to Prepare for the Rehearsal

        Score Study & Preparation: Development of the Mind’s Ear

        Reflections of the Mind’s Ear of the Score: Marking the Score for Rehearsal

        Preparing the Score & the Ear for Rehearsing

        Foundations for Rehearsals: Philosophy, Psychology, Energy

Rehearsing: Techniques for Hearing (Rehearing), Listening, & Fixing

        Measuring the Sound & Progress of the Choir against your Mind’s Ear of the Score

                Specific Techniques for Fixing: Intonation, Balance, Ensemble Rhythm, Vowels

                Specific Techniques for Clarifying: dynamics, phrasing, articulation, line, rubato

                Choral Standing/Seating Positions for Hearing & Attaining Rehearsal Goals

        Choral Rehearsal Preparation for Choral-Orchestral Rehearsals

Conducting:

        Principles & Perspectives

        Technique: Clarity & Precision

                Pulse, Ictus, Tempo, Meters, Patterns

                Starts, Stops, Subdivisions, Merging, Fermatas, Cues

                Right arm/Left arm coordination & differentiation

                Posture, Energy, Eyes: seeing the score/looking at the choir

        Technique: Expressivity

                Dynamics, Phrasing, Articulation, Linear Direction, Rubato

                Highlighting, Minimizing, Reinforcing, Differentiating

                Gestural Conducting – the mental-aural image of the score

                Reactive and Supportive Conducting – the choir

                Leadership, Presence, Authority

                Conducting the Score/Conducting Your Interpretation/Conducting the Choir

        Style & Performing Medium:

                Conducting Renaissance Choral Music

                Conducting Major Works with Chorus & Orchestra

                Conducting: Recitatives, Ariosos, Arias

Mixed Choirs (40 years)

        Vassar College Choir

        Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir & Orchestra

        Bard College Community Choir

        Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum

Mens’ Chorus (33 years)

        Lehigh University Glee Club

        Harvard Glee Club

Womens’ Chorus (24 years)

        Vassar College Chorus

        Radcliffe Choral Society