Spring 2027

Introduction to Conducting and Pedagogy

Introduction to basic conducting elements, covering elementary skills, score study, rehearsal preparation, teaching techniques, and professional marketing.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Herb Payung

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.78 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate elementary conducting skills and techniques.

  • Apply effective score study methods.

  • Prepare and structure rehearsals effectively.

  • Utilize effective teaching techniques in a conducting context.

  • Implement professional marketing skills for a music career.

  • Communicate musical ideas and expression to an ensemble using non-verbal communication from the podium.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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MUSIC 212, 221, and 271

MUSIC 252

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.78 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

HERB PAYUNG is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.78 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Elementary conducting technique
  • Score study
  • Rehearsal preparation and structure
  • Private studio construction
  • Teaching techniques
  • Professional marketing

Skills

  • Elementary conducting skills and techniques
  • Effective score study methods
  • Rehearsal preparation and structuring
  • Teaching techniques in a conducting context
  • Professional marketing skills for a music career
  • Non-verbal communication of musical ideas from the podium

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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MUSIC 252 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Conducting and Pedagogy

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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