• search hit 217 of 284
Back to Result List

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.

Export metadata

Additional Services

Share in Twitter Search Google Scholar Statistics
Metadaten
Author:Simon Schmidt, Manuel Längler, Amelie AltenbuchnerORCiD, Louisa Kobl, Hans Gruber
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):Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International