Prowadzenie zespołów „pomiędzy nutami” na przykładzie Big Bandu Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego
Directing of ensembles “between notes” based on an example of the Big Band of the Uniwersytet Zielonogórski

Author(s): Jerzy Szymaniuk
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: jazz; the directing of bands; the Big Band of the Uniwersytet Zielonogórski; conductor; rhythm-related issues
Summary/Abstract: The present article discusses two crucial areas of the work of a conductor with a big band type of band: the musical area (the concept and the interpretation-related area) and the extra-musical (organisational) area. It also indicates the substantial role of the competence of the leader in the work with an orchestra as far as the musicianship, the organisation-related skills and interpersonal communication are concerned.The thesis which was put forward in the considerations is the following: at the stage of the particular skills of the band which are acquired (when the comprehension of sheet music is taken for granted), the weight of the directing of a band is shifted to the sphere of other competences of the conductor.The author emphasises the verbal commentaries and the indications contained in sheet music which are crucial for the process of interpretation. He also explains the role and the tasks of the conductor in the context of the art of conducting on the basis of an example furnished by the work with a jazz-profile orchestra (The Gestures of the conductor).The many years of experience of the author with big band-type orchestras, and particularly the activities and the achievements of the Big Band of the Uniwersytet Zielonogórski became a basis for the presentation of the conductor also in the role of an organiser and an educator.

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