Main Ways of Vladislav Sokolov’s Heritage Acquisition in the Choir Conduction Class

Abstract

The article reveals the creative portrait of the outstanding Russian choir conductor Vladislav Gennadievich Sokolov and defines main approaches of acquisition of the composer’s complicated heritage. It dwells upon a highly emphasized creativeness component of Sokolov’s conducting practice and – consequently – virtuosity and freedom of performing interpretation at the concerts. The article enlights inclusion of Vladislav Sokolov’s composing oeuvre into the conduction classes repertoire. The author insists that adaptations of folk songs is the genre combining composer’s talent and conductor’s experience of V. G. Sokolov. Each of them is unique, but they are united by their vocal comfortable performance and natural voice leading. The article provides pedagogical tasks related to learning of particular works by Sokolov at various stages of choir conduction education. There is a special emphasis on the necessity to form students’ self­control skills and conductor’s perception, vocal and acoustic understanding and muscular feelings. Among the most effective educational methods and techniques there is a teacher’s demonstrative performance, watching and listening to famous choirs followed by analysis, creative tasks related to formation of a few interpretations of one composition. Another abstract of the article is dedicated to methodical heritage left by V. G. Sokolov. It contains the analysis of “Working with the choir” summarizing the master’s long­term practical. The materials of the book are highly important for studying while preparing for vocal, choral and interpretative analysis of compositions learned at conduction classes.

Keywords

• сreative portrait of v. g. sokolov
• composer’s works
• stages of the choir conduction teaching
• work on a choir composition
• students’ reflexive skills
• conductor’s technique
• conduction and choir skills
• choir conductor’s thinking