Handing On the Baton
The Conductor as Musicianship Mentor
- Arts & Literature
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
How can conductors best mentor students in developing their musicianship skills? This book describes the experience of young musicians rehearsing and performing Bach’s cantata Himmelskönig Wilkommen and explores what they found most helpful from their conductor. It asks why they found five musicianship elements—solfege, inner hearing, musical memory, sight-singing, and intervals—most important. It explores the conductor’s self-mentoring process during preparation for a performance of Fauré’s Requiem. Further, it asks how students learned to self-mentor during a rehearsal and performance of Karl Jenkins’s The Armed Man: Mass for Peace. It advocates the Conductor as Musicianship Mentor (CMM) model, in which a pedagogically sequential, voice-based musicianship program is intentionally aligned with an ensemble performance program, creating a synergy with a unique impact on learning.
Endorsements (2)
“A very fine, eclectic study with valuable descriptions of music educational practices, particularly the development of the essential skill of ‘inner hearing.’ A pleasure to read.”
“The fresh connections unearthed in King’s literature review will be of particular value to those interested in the nexus between theology and music. Her practical research will be welcomed by those seeking to grow as musicians, conductors, and music educators from elementary to tertiary levels.”
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