CONDUCTING RATING SCALES

WORK CONDUCTED ______________________________________________

NAME__________________________________________

DATE___________________________________________

Below you will find continuous rating scales that will be used for the evaluation of your conducting and
your own self-evaluation. In order for the scales to have some degree of validity and reliability, the
following rules must be followed when using the scale: This is a five-point rating scale, so the scale criterion
are used in the following way:

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When evaluating yourself, the grade of “2” is assigned is the criterion being evaluated is, to your
judgement, of “average” achievement. 4 would represent a perfect score in that criterion, while a “0”
would denote under achievement of no achievement on that criterion.

1.Breath Preparation Opening 01234 _______

Criterion Description:
Visible AND Active opening takes place before inhalation

COMMENTS

2. Conductor does not seal and “close” to the sound of the 01234X5 _________
by closing mouth
Criterion Description
Conductor at NO time closes mouth, grips lips with tension or hold their breath.

COMMENTS

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3. Breath Impulse and/or Breathing for Each Entrance 01234 X3
_______

Criterion Description
A Clear and active breath inhalation begins each new entrance in the contrapuntal texture; Notice the weighting of the score in this
category

COMMENTS

4. Phrase Projection 01234 ________

Criterion Description
Student is able to demonstrate a clear musical idea of the overall architecture and phrase shape of the Phrase

COMMENTS

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5. Tracking of Individual Lines 01234 _________

Criterion Description
Student appears to be able to track all lines rather than focusing on a single line

COMMENTS

6. Use of Laban Efforts in Combination 01234 _________

Criterion Description
Student demonstrates a clear gestural understanding of the use of weight as it relates to density and the forward movement of sound.
Criterion also demonstrates that student has made decisions about how to cause the sound to move forward.

COMMENTS

7. Onset 01234 _________

Criterion Description
Student demonstrates sensitivity to vocal onset for each vocal entrance

COMMENTS

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8. Avoidance of Weight on Beat One 01234 _________

Criterion Description
Student clearly is aware of conducting musical line and the forward movement of sound and is NOT conducting the meter!

COMMENTS

9. Double Bar “fermata” 01234 _________

(Brahms Only)

Criterion Description
Student is clearly able to conduct fermata at the double bar by using only a vertical gesture and breathing

COMMENTS

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10. Final Release 01234 _________

Criterion Description
Student is able to allow sound to “still” and Tune, and executes a release appropriate to sound and dynamic at the moment

COMMENTS

TOTAL POINTS ________________

Divide By 15 for Grade ______________

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 SPECIFIC GOALS/OBJECTIVES FOR NEXT ROUND OF
CONDUCTING ON THIS WORK (SELDF DEFINES STUDENT
GOALS).
In this section the student must identify, IN RANK ORDER, the specific improvements they will
master for the next round.