| Preface |
| Introduction |
| How This Book Is Organized |
| Chapter 1: The Immersed Musical Mind |
| Metacognition |
| The Conductor's Responsibility |
| Chapter 2: Designing Effective Rehearsals |
| Questioning Traditional Rehearsal Techniques |
| Designing A Rehearsal |
| Importance of the Warm-Up |
| Infusing Variety |
| Establishing Mental and Physical Readiness: The Warm-Up |
| Exercise 2.1. Teaching from the Circle of 4ths |
| More Thoughts on Removing the Notation |
| Chapter 3: Entrainment: The Invisible Communication System |
| Exercise 3.1. Aligning Ensemble Pulse |
| Exercise 3.2. |
| Exercise 3.3. Making a Mind-Body Connection |
| Exercise 3.4. Apply Chord Qualities |
| Exercise 3.5. Breath Support |
| Chapter 4: Teaching Musical Artistry and Expression |
| Chapter 5: Connecting The Nuance and Inflections of Language With Music |
| Exercise 5.1. The Energy of Rhythm |
| Chapter 6: Connecting Feeling To Rhythm |
| Exercise 6.1. Expression Through Rhythm |
| Chapter 7: Developing and Exercising Musical Expression |
| Exercise 7.1. Discovering the Soul of Musical Expression |
| Exercise 7.2. Dynamics: Reading With True Expression |
| Why Practice Expression |
| Three Natural Laws of Musical Expression |
| Exercise 7.3. Expanding and Contracting Sound: Dynamics |
| Chapter 8: Shaping Ensemble Tone Quality and Sonority |
| Seating Arrangements |
| Shaping Ensemble Tone Quality |
| Step 1. Dynamic Balance |
| Step 2. Blend |
| Step 3. Intonation |
| Tone Quality |
| Exercise 8.1. Balance, Blend, and Intonation |
| The Problem With Tuning |
| Tuning By The Law of Sound: Overtone Series |
| Tuning an Instrument |
| Tuning With the Circle of 4ths |
| Full-Ensemble Tuning |
| Exercise 8.2. Full-Ensemble Tuning |
| Scales: Developing Ensemble Skills |
| The Problem With Scale Teaching |
| The Grand Master Scale |
| Coda |
| Appendix A. Circle of 4ths |
| Appendix B. Warm-Up Exercises |
| Appendix C. Spontaneous Reaction to Scales |
| Appendix D. Other Scale Variations |
| Appendix E. Dynamic Variations |
| Appendix F. Tuning Exercises |
| Appendix G. Scale Mastery |
| Appendix H. Articulation Exercises |
| Bibliography |
| About the Author |
