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Conducting Technique by Brock Mcelheran Publisher Comments For beginners and professionals, this edition starts at the very beginning to include the most basic conducting principles and ends with insightful advice on coducting subtleties. This latest edition takes into account avant-garde music and new music... (read more) List Price $24.50 Your price: $23.25 New - Trade Paper 
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Directing the Choral Music Program by Kenneth H. Phillips Publisher Comments This practical introduction to developing and managing choral music programs from the elementary through the high-school level provides a solid basis for a career in choral directing. Structured around three basic units--the administrative process... (read more) List Price $83.25 Your price: $79.25 New - Hardcover
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Wagner on Conducting by Richard Wagner Publisher Comments Wagner initiated Romantic image of the conductor as fiery, omniscient dictator of the podium. Here are his eloquent essays on role of the conductor, musical interpretation, many other topics. Still exciting and valid for the modern reader.... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $4.00 Used - Trade Paper
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On Becoming a Conductor: Lessons and Meditations on the Art of Conducting by Frank L. Battisti Publisher Comments This incredible book by one of the world's foremost authorities on conducting contains no conducting patterns, and no advice on how to conduct any piece. Instead, it focuses on the skills, knowledge and experiences needed to become and function as a... (read more) Your price: $27.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Virtuoso Conductors by Raymond Holden Publisher Comments An expert's guide to the skills of the greatest conductors... (read more) Your price: $45.75 New - Hardcover
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The Compleat Conductor by Gunther Schuller Publisher Comments A world-renowned conductor and composer who has lead most of the major orchestras in North America and Europe, a talented musician who has played under the batons of such luminaries as Toscanini and Walter, and an esteemed arranger, scholar, author, and... (read more) Your price: $42.25 New - Trade Paper
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Teaching Music with Promise: Conducting, Rehearsing and Inspiring by Peter Loel Boonshaft Synopsis Written by one of today's most prolific author/educators, Boonshaft's new book is sure to top the charts following the international success of his first two best sellers. Filled with motivational anecdotes, quotations, and ideas on how to improve your... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Trade Paper
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Simon Rattle by Nicholas Kenyon Publisher Comments The biography of Simon Rattle, the new music director of the Berlin Philharmonic, updated for paperback publication. Still in his mid-forties, Simon Rattle is a musician for the new century: he is equally at home conducting Beethoven symphonies, the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $11.75 Used - Trade Paper
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The Score, the Orchestra, and the Conductor by Gustav Meier Publisher Comments Known internationally for his work as a teacher of conducting, Gustav Meier's influence in the field cannot be overstated. In The Score, the Orchestra and the Conductor, Meier demystifies the conductor's craft with explanations and illustrations of what... (read more) Your price: $113.95 New - Hardcover
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A Conductor's Guide to Choral-Orchestral Works, Classical Period by Jonathan D. Green Publisher Comments This text provides conductors with the information necessary to select choral-orchestral suitable to their needs and the abilities of their ensembles. It also provides them with the history of each piece and a detailed evaluation of performance issues... (read more) Your price: $69.95 New - Hardcover
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Beyond the Baton: What Every Conductor Needs to Know by Diane Wittry Publisher Comments Seasoned conductor Diane Wittry draws a comprehensive roadmap to a successful career in Beyond the Baton. With first-hand understanding of how the role of the conductor has changed across the years, she expertly examines the new set of duties--both on... (read more) Your price: $49.99 New - Hardcover
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Maestro: Conductor or Metro-Gnome?: Reflections from the Rostrum by Myer Fredman Synopsis This book explains what is actually involved in being a conductor and unravels some of the mystique that surrounds this intensely public profession. The author, who has worked with orchestras and opera companies all over the world, writes about all... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $12.47 New - Trade Paper
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Herbert Von Karajan: A Life in Pictures by Jurgen Otten Publisher Comments The official book supporting Karajan 2008, a worldwide campaign to celebrate Karajan's centenary. Herbert von Karajan, arguably the greatest and most flamboyant conductor and musical director of his time, remains today as one of the giants of 20th... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $23.95 Used - Hardcover
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On Conducting by Richard Wagner Publisher Comments The older conductors of this stamp if they happened to be less gifted than those mentioned, found it difficult to cope with the complications of modern orchestral music--mainly because of their fixed notions concerning the proper constitution of an... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Conducting Beethoven by Norman Del Mar Publisher Comments Following on from his reflections on conducting the nine Beethoven symphonies, Del Mar now gives his views on the remainder of Beethoven's orchestral output. He offers analyses of the music's structure, pointing out key events in the score, and gives... (read more) Your price: $36.25 New - Trade Paper
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Basic Conducting Techniques by Joseph A. Labuta Synopsis This competency-based workbook provides sound and practical hands-on procedures for beginning and advanced conducting enthusiasts. It features a broad repertory of musical excerpts, and-since most are reduced to a four-part format-users can practice... (read more) Your price: $98.75 New - Trade Paper
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On Conducting by Richard Wagner Synopsis Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper
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Rehearsing the Band by John E. Williamson Publisher Comments This book provides one huge room where everyone can gather to ask questions on the art of rehearsing and listen to answers from people who know. In his foreword, Frederick Fennell says, If you are a conductor, or are in training to be one, or are... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Study of Orchestration (3RD 02 Edition) by Samuel Adler Synopsis The new Third Edition retains the elements that have made the book a classic while embracing new technology and responding to the needs of today's students and teachers. The Study of Orchestration ensemble-text, workbook, and enhanced compact discs-is... (read more) List Price $105.25 Your price: $84.65 New - Hardcover
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Basic Techniques of Conducting by Kenneth H. Phillips Publisher Comments Systematic, practical, and thorough, Basic Techniques of Conducting offers a clear instructional strategy and a basic methodology for teaching the physical gestures and concepts essential for the development of a convincing conducting technique. Taking a... (read more) Your price: $83.25 New - Spiral
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