ACGC, in collaboration with Dr. Marc Heeg, The Columbus Maennerchor and Damenchor, and Ruedy Leeman, is proud to present a new digital course for choir conductors!
Conductors and Singers
The German Volkslieder Conductor's Course is an on-line course created especially for novice, intermediate, or non-German speaking Conductors of choral Music for choruses singing Volkslieder, and for experienced conductors to help refine the performance of Volkslieder. Responding to a need recognized by German language choral conductors, the American Center for German Culture has funded the creation of a series of 18 lessons containing over 20 hours of training. Many singers have also expressed great interest in acquiring this course as a means of understanding and enhancing their enjoyment of song.
A Masterwork
The German Volkslieder Conductor's course is a masterwork of Dr. Marc Heeg, archiving effective techniques for teaching performance of Volkslieder with proper technique, diction, and expression. The techniques are illustrated in collaboration with the singers of the Columbus Maennerchor and Columbus Damenchor, through video production and editing by Ruedy Leeman.
What is included?
The Conductor's Course currently comprises 18 videos with lecture, demonstration, performance, interviews and photographs. A future version of the Conductor's Course offering will include the option to purchase a collection of public domain musical scores for the performance of the Volkslieder literature featured in the course. Meanwhile, the current materials will introduce and enhance the conductor's confidence in rehearsing and leading German language choruses in the performance of Volkslieder.
Three parts...
The course has three parts. First, brief basic instruction in directing enables all to understand the techniques further illustrated in the training. Then, the course progresses smoothly through increasingly more advanced pieces, of final understanding of the poetic expression of Volkslieder.
The three parts are:
1. "Grundstufe 1: Introduction and Conducting" (Lessons 1-6)
2. "Mittelstufe 2: Die Deutsche Sprache" (Lessons 7-13)
3. "Oberstufe 3: JW von Goethe's influence on poetic interpretation and how that affects the good performance of Deutsche Volkslieder." (Lessons 14-18)
Grundstufe 1 Introduction & Conducting (Lessons 1-6) |
Mittelstufe 2 Die Deutsche Sprache (Lessons 7-12) |
Oberstufe 3 Goethe's influence (Lessons 13-18) |
Complete Conductor's Course (Lessons 1-18) |
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Introduction and Conducting (Lessons 1 -6) |
Die Deutsche Sprache (Lessons 7-13) |
Goethe's influence on poetic interpretation and how that affects the good performance of Deutsche Volkslieder. (Lessons 14-18) |
Complete Course (Lessons 1-18) |
Lessons 1-6 are a brief basic instruction in directing enables all to understand the techniques further illustrated in the training. |
Lessons 7-13 progress smoothly through increasingly more advanced pieces, while navigating the intricacies of the German language. |
Lessons 14-18 showcase a final understanding of the poetic expression of Volkslieder. |
Enjoy the all 18 lessons in the complete conductor's course! |