Acquiring the Art of Conducting: Deliberate Practice as Part of Professional Learning
- esearch was and still is involved in the controversial issue about innate talent or extensive practice as the determinants of excellent performance in a range of domains. This study aims to contribute by presenting an analysis of practice activities in a domain that appears to be particularly suitable—orchestral conducting. Most conductors usually attain expertise in instrument playing prior to commencing conducting studies. Twenty-seven students of German study programs of orchestral conducting (approximately 18.7% of the population) responded to a questionnaire about their practice activities in conducting programs and their instrumental experiences. Descriptive results show the wealth of prestudy experiences conducting students have. A clear influence on practice activities cannot be stated. During study, students rated conducting-specific practice activities as more demanding and devoted more time to them than to general music practice activities. Therefore, conducting-specific practice activities might have been practiced more deliberately than general music practice activities.
Author: | Simon Schmidt, Manuel Längler, Amelie AltenbuchnerORCiD, Louisa Kobl, Hans Gruber |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1932202x21995931 |
Parent Title (English): | Journal of Advanced Academics |
Publisher: | Sage |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2021 |
Release Date: | 2022/02/01 |
Tag: | conducting; conservatory; deliberate practice; expertise; professional learning; talent development; university of music |
Volume: | 32 |
Issue: | 3 |
First Page: | 354 |
Last Page: | 379 |
Institutes: | Fakultät Angewandte Sozial- und Gesundheitswissenschaften |
Begutachtungsstatus: | peer-reviewed |
research focus: | Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik |
OpenAccess Publikationsweg: | Hybrid Open Access - OA-Veröffentlichung in einer Subskriptionszeitschrift/-medium |
Licence (German): | ![]() |