Conducting Course: Choir with Orchestra
in Week 2
There may come a moment in the life of every musician, music teacher or person involved in music when they have to conduct an amateur or professional ensemble of students, colleagues or friends – either independently or as part of a choral production. This conductor course introduces applicants to the basics of this and prepares them for the challenges arising from such a situation.
The course consists of a theoretical and a practical part. During the practical sessions, the participants conduct each other, on their own instruments and on the piano.
Course content:
– choir or band? Differences between choir leadership and conducting
– the different instrument groups and their nature
– with or without a wand? A brief history of the conductor’s baton
– basic knowledge of control technology
– practical training
Course material:
– Pergolesi: Stabat mater
– Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik Kv. 525
Hungarian born Huba Hollókői is a young, dynamic operatic and symphonic conductor. He has already worked with many leading orchestras, including Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherland Philharmonic Orchestra, Residentie Orkest, Noord Netherland Orchestra, Holland Ballet Orchestra, and was assistant conductor of Semyon Bychkov with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. He recently had his debut in Amsterdam Concertgebouw with Philharmonie Südwestfalen, MAV Symphony Orchestra and Danubia Symphony Orchestra in Budapest, with Sonderjollands Symfoniorkester (DK), Sinfonia Lahti (FI), Filharmonica Banatul Timisoara and Arad Filharmonia (RO) and with Orkest van het Oosten in Enschede. As an opera conductor, he received excellent reviews with Mozart’s Magic Flute, Marriage of Figaro, Verdi’s Rigoletto, Beethoven’s Fidelio in Finland, and with Don Giovanni in the Netherlands. He frequently leads orchestras with his violin, and is founder of Taiga Quartet. Read more about him on his website at https://www.hubahollokoi.com/.
Photo by Kata Gyenes