Score Study Tips

Score study is such an important topic, and I've touched on this a few times in the podcast. However, I am going to organize things together for you, so it's a central place for you!In today's episode, I will be sharing 1) how I study scores when I don't have enough time, 2) some tools that I mixed and matched, and 3) great tips from the Girls Who Conduct Discovery Friday series.When I don't have enough time properly study....Tempo, transition, tempo!A lot of listeningBalance, Entrances, and Unification of stylesSome tips given to me by Prof. Schlaefli, Mo. Harth-Bedoya, Mark Gibson, and Ken KieslerBroaden your Knowledge:Instrumentation ChartList of composers’ works, list of works composed around the same times, and list of works in the same keyList of works of similar instrumentationList of works of similar and different themesList of works requiring extra forces (video or audio play along, soloist, speaker/narrator, technology - amped singers, etc)Highlights from Girls Who Conduct Guests:Tianyi Lu, Holly Choe, Lucia Zicos, Meg Zervoulis, Kira Omelchenko, and Julia BaumanisAlso check out the resources for a detailed score study checklist on the website!All About Chaowen Ting