Conducting the Music, Not the Musicians is the first conductor training text to put the primary emphasis on musical expression as it introduces basic technique through the concept of phrase conducting. Among many unique features it examines cueing within the beat pattern in greater detail than is usual in beginning conducting texts. The examples and exercises (drawn from both the vocal/choral and instrumental repertoires), progress to guided practice chorales and etudes and finally to full score rehearsal and guided performance. Jerry and Henry Nowak have produced a groundbreaking book that will help novice conductors solve technical problems, with musical solutions.

Using the Text
Acknowledgments
Preface
Biography
Chapter 1, Preliminary Concepts
Chapter 2, Beat Patterns and Support Breathing
PART I, Legato Style Cueing and Phrasing within the Beat Pattern-Baton Only
Chapter 3, Two, Three, and Four Meter
Chapter 4, Ensemble Application Chorales: Two, Three, and Four Meter
Chapter 5, Entrances on the Offbeat and Application Materials: Two, Three, and Four Meter
Chapter 6, Five-Eight, Seven-Eight, Six-Eight, Nine-Eight, and Twelve-Eight Meter
Chapter 7, Ensemble Application Chorales: Five-Eight, Seven-Eight, Six-Eight, Nine-Eight, and Twelve-Eight Meter
Chapter 8, Five, Six, and Seven Meter
Chapter 9, Ensemble Application Chorales: Five, Six, and Seven Meter
PART II, Dynamics, Articulations, Pauses, Hesitations, and Variations in Tempo
Chapter 10, Dynamics and Articulations
Chapter 11, Ensemble Application Materials
Chapter 12, Pauses, Hesitations, and Variations in Tempo
Chapter 13, Ensemble Application Exercises
PART III, Basic Craft for the Left Hand
Chapter 14, Cueing and Phrase Conducting with the Left Hand
Chapter 15, Ensemble Application Exercises
PART IV, Variations in Groupings within the Pattern, Changing Meter, and Special Situations
Chapter 16, Variations within the Meter and Changing Meter
Chapter 17, Ensemble Application Materials
Chapter 18, Conducting in Special Situations
PART V, Phrasing Concepts and Expressions
Chapter 19, Aesthetic Perception
Chapter 20, Imagery
Chapter 21, Phrasing
PART VI, Score Preparation
Chapter 22, Preparing the Score
Chapter 23, Ensemble Balance
Chapter 24, Aleatoric Music
Chapter 25, Jazz Styling
Chapter 26, Preparations for a Longer Conducting Session
PART VII, Rehearsal Techniques and Application Materials
Chapter 27, Rehearsal Techniques
Chapter 28, Rehearsal Techniques: Problem, Cause, Solution
Chapter 29, Legato
Chapter 30, Rubato
Chapter 31, Animated
Chapter 32, Varied Styles
APPENDIX
Index