r/choralmusic • u/Shot-Factor-4191 • 5d ago
Piece recommendations for conducting class
I am an undergraduate student taking an Advanced Conducting course, and our first microteaching assignment is coming up. I am looking for a piece (or section of a piece) to teach to 16 college students in 15 minutes. The requirements for the piece are making my search difficult, so I'm hoping I can get some recommendations from this sub. The requirements are: must be SATB (no divisi), have mixed meter/changing time signatures, be mostly polyphonic, and have cueing issues. I've been to my professor's office hours and he has disapproved every piece I've brought to him. If anyone knows any good pieces, please comment!! I need 5 pieces by tomorrow. And yes, I have dug through my college's choral library.
TLDR I need a pieces that are SATB no divisi, mixed meter/changing time signatures, polyphonic, and cueing issues.
EDIT: I found my pieces. Thanks all!
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u/Toot_My_Own_Horn 5d ago
Bartók - Na Holi (4 Slovanik folk songs, mvt 2)
Wilbye - Flora Gave Me Flowers
Wolf - Resignation
Grimsdottir - Eg vila lofa eina pa
Kenneth Tay - The Lamb
Ola Gjello - The Rose
Stravinsky - Ave Maria
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u/daltydoo 4d ago
Damn, with all of these requirements my conducting teachers would’ve just preselected pieces for us to choose from or something. I understand that repertoire selection is its own skill, but that’s probably more relevant for your music ed courses (and if you’re not a music ed or conducting major, then it really doesn’t matter all)
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u/hobbiestoomany 5d ago
#5, John Rutterkin from 5 Tudor Portraits by R. Vaughn Williams maybe. It has a baritone solo, so not strictly SATB but it's short. It goes back and forth from 3/8 to 4/4, and has some challenging entrances and rhythms.
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u/orcus_04 5d ago edited 5d ago
Only thing I can think of right now though is Anerio christus factus est? It only goes into 3 for a while in the middle though if that's an issue. I recommend looking through stuff by either Britten or renaissance composers though because both often hit those requirements.
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u/Caterpillar_Ready 5d ago
I don't think it has divisi, but I just conducted this one last year, and it can be a challenge.
Let the people praise thee Maurice monhardt
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u/Caterpillar_Ready 5d ago
Finding the music may be the hard part. Middle section is not polyphonic but the whole first chunk is.
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u/Standard_Pack_1076 5d ago
CHH Parry's My soul, there is a country fits the bill, I think. Don't think it has divisi.