Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2011 Learning and teaching conducting through musical and non-musical skills: an evaluation of orchestral conducting teaching methods Jose Mauricio Valle Brandao Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. LEARNING AND TEACHING CONDUCTING THROUGH MUSICAL AND NON-MUSICAL SKILLS: AN EVALUATION OF ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING TEACHING METHODS A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in The School of Music by José Maurício Valle Brandão B.M., Universidade Federal da Bahia, 1994 M. M., Universidade Federal da Bahia, 1999 Ph. D., Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2009 August, 2011 To my wife, Blandina; to my friend, Vladimir; to my advisor, Bill Grimes – none of you let me give up. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost I would like to acknowledge and thank the Louisiana State University and the Huel Perkins Fellowship for giving me the opportunity to study conducting in the United States.