# PY.330 (Conducting)
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## Courses
**PY.330.311.** **Conducting.** **1 Credit.**
A basic course in orchestral techniques. Offered fall and spring.
Distribution Area: P, Y
**PY.330.411.** **Conducting (Intermediate).** **1 Credit.**
Designed for the student who desires more intensive study in conducting. Literature will be sequenced with the more difficult works in the Advanced Conducting course. Prerequisite: Basic Conducting or permission of instructor.
Distribution Area: P, Y
**PY.330.412.** **Conducting (Intermediate).** **1 Credit.**
Designed for the student who desires more intensive study in conducting. Literature will be sequenced with the more difficult works in the Advanced Conducting course. Prerequisite: Basic Conducting or permission of instructor.
Distribution Area: P, Y
**PY.330.413.** **Conducting (Advanced).** **1 Credit.**
Designed for the student who desires more intensive study in conducting. Prerequisite: Intermediate Conducting or permission of the instructor.
Distribution Area: P, Y
**PY.330.414.** **Conducting (Advanced).** **1 Credit.**
Designed for the student who desires more intensive study in conducting. Prerequisite: Intermediate Conducting or permission of the instructor.
Distribution Area: P, Y
**PY.330.511.** **Choral Literature 1: Renaissance & Baroque.** **2 Credits.**
A survey of the a cappella vocal ensemble and choral-instrumental repertoire of the Renaissance and Baroque eras, with attention to historical performance practice.
**Prerequisite(s):** PY.001.330[C]
Distribution Area: P, Y
**PY.330.512.** **Choral Literature 2: Classical & Romantic.** **2 Credits.**
A study of choral literature for a capella, accompanied, and choral-orchestral ensembles from the Classical and Romantic eras.
**Prerequisite(s):** PY.001.330[C]
Distribution Area: P, Y
**PY.330.513.** **Choral Literature 3: 20th-Century and Contemporary.** **2 Credits.**
A study of choral literature for a capella, accompanied, and choral-orchestral ensembles from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
**Prerequisite(s):** PY.001.330[C]
Distribution Area: P, Y
**PY.330.841.** **Choral Conducting Seminar.** **4 Credits.**
A seminar in all aspects of conducting as a profession, from conducting technique, to ensemble management, to commissioning and programming. Each student will conduct the lab ensemble at least 30-60 min per week. Video recordings of each week's session will facilitate reflection and instructor feedback. Required of all conducting majors with a choral emphasis
**Prerequisite(s):** PY.001.330[C]
Distribution Area: P, Y
**PY.330.842.** **Choral Conducting Seminar.** **4 Credits.**
A seminar in all aspects of conducting as a profession, from conducting technique, to ensemble management, to commissioning and programming. Each student will conduct the lab ensemble at least 30-60 min per week. Video recordings of each week's session will facilitate reflection and instructor feedback. Required of all conducting majors with a choral emphasis.
**Prerequisite(s):** Open to majors only.
Distribution Area: P, Y
**PY.330.845.** **Conducting Seminar.** **4 Credits.**
A seminar in all aspects of conducting as a profession, from orchestra management to program making. Videotapes of each week’s rehearsal with the conductor’s orchestra will be discussed. Required of all conducting majors
**Prerequisite(s):** Graduate Conducting majors only
**PY.330.846.** **Conducting Seminar.** **4 Credits.**
A seminar in all aspects of conducting as a profession, from orchestra management to program making. Videotapes of each week’s rehearsal with the conductor’s orchestra will be discussed. Required of all conducting majors.
**Prerequisite(s):** Graduate Conducting majors only
**PY.330.849.** **Wind Conducting Seminar.** **1 Credit.**
The Graduate Wind Conducting Seminar provides an environment for listening, discussion, analysis, and historical perspectives of wind literature both new and ‘standard.’ It is a lab class, attendance is required.
**Prerequisite(s):** Graduate Wind Conducting majors only
**PY.330.850.** **Wind Conducting Seminar.** **1 Credit.**
The Graduate Wind Conducting Seminar provides an environment for listening, discussion, analysis, and historical perspectives of wind literature both new and ‘standard.’ It is a lab class, attendance is required.
**Prerequisite(s):** Graduate Wind Conducting majors only
**PY.330.851.** **Wind Conducting Seminar (DMA).** **1 Credit.**
The Graduate Wind Conducting Seminar provides an environment for listening, discussion, analysis, and historical perspectives of wind literature both new and ‘standard.’ It is a lab class, attendance is required.
**Prerequisite(s):** Graduate Wind Conducting majors only
**PY.330.852.** **Wind Conducting Seminar (DMA).** **1 Credit.**
The Graduate Wind Conducting Seminar provides an environment for listening, discussion, analysis, and historical perspectives of wind literature both new and ‘standard.’ It is a lab class, attendance is required.
**Prerequisite(s):** Graduate Wind Conducting majors only