Original Etudes for the Developing Conductor
Jonathan Caldwell, Derek Shapiro
Editors
- Jonathan Caldwell (UNC Greensboro School of Music)
- Derek Shapiro (Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts)
About
Original Études for the Developing Conductor is a collection of supplemental études designed to enhance contemporary conducting pedagogy by amplifying the voices of composers from historically excluded groups. Each étude was commissioned from and composed by a living composer, the majority of whom are woman-identifying composers and/or composers of color. Each étude also addresses multiple specific pedagogical goals common to all conducting classrooms.
Original Études for the Developing Conductor was announced by Open@VT in May 2023.
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Article ItemCollaboration on music textbook connects students to historically excluded composers , article
For decades, music textbook publishers have relied on music available in the public domain for études — short compositions used to teach performing and conducting techniques. Music in public domain is mostly by the same batch of composers — such as Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav Mahler. This new freely available textbook breaks that mold.
Date: August 2023 -
Recognition
ALPSP Impact Award
In September, 2023 it won a newly created “highly commended” designation in the Impact Award category in the 2023 ALPSP Awards.
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Article ItemOpen textbook project wins prestigious international award , article
University Libraries' Open Education Initiative team received a first-of-its-kind "highly commended" designation for the open textbook project "Original Études for the Developing Conductor" at the 2023 Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers Annual Conference Awards.
Date: January 2024 -