Hello, conductors!
Welcome to the Choral Conducting Track! Get ready for a week of immersive music-making with masterclasses, roundtable discussions, rehearsals with Dr. Lisa Wong, and ample podium time with our choral staff while working with the SCI Lab Choir and Cleveland Orchestra musicians.
conducting fellows
Kate Cremean
Meghan Nardella Konkle
Byron De Leon
Emanuelle Brunson
Katie Drybrough
Jinho Cho
Alberto de la Paz
Jonathan Lucas Wood
Nathan Zadzilka
repertoire
You will receive a physical copy of Considering Matthew Shepard at check-in, which is yours to keep. A PDF* of only our movements in CMS can be downloaded here. Study tracks for Considering Matthew Shepard are available on the Chorus Member page​. Please have all notes and rhythms prepared prior to your first rehearsal.
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​​*Please do not share this download with anyone outside of the Summer Choral Institute.
Full and piano-vocal scores for conducting sessions (see below) will be provided at check-in, although you are welcome to purchase your own scores ahead of time.
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Conducting Sessions Repertoire​
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I, Too by Undine Smith Moore (SATB + piano; Oxford)
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Jesu, Meine Freude (Jesu, thou my pleasure) by Felix Mendelssohn (SATB, strings, continuo; Carus)
A free, full score is available on IMSLP here​
"Et incarnatus" and "Crucifixus" from Mass in B minor by J.S. Bach (SATB, strings, continuo; Barenreiter)
A free, full score is available on IMSLP here​
To the Hands, movements 1-3 by Caroline Shaw (SATB + strings; free online)​
All scores for this are free on Shaw's website here​
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O Love by Elaine Hagenberg (SATB, piano, strings; Beckenhorst)
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My Heart Be Brave by Marques Garrett (SATB div.; Oxford)
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"Invocation" from Modern Oaths by Alex Berko (SATB + strings; self-published)