io) ORL > CONDUCTING PND lols CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING GESTURE, VOICE, IDENTITY LIZ GARNETT© Liz Garnett 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Liz Garnett has asserted her moral right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work. Published by ‘Ashgate Publishing Limited Ashgate Publishing Company ‘Wey Court East Suite 420 Union Road 101 Cherry Street Famham Burlington Surrey, GU9 7PT. VT 05401-4405 England USA wwwashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Garnett, Liz, 1970- Choral conducting and the construction of meaning: gesture, voice, identity 1. Choral conducting 2. Nonverbal communication 3. Body language L Title 782.5145 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Garnett, Liz, 1970- Choral conducting and the construction of meaning : gesture, voice, identity / Liz Garett. . em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7546-6379-9 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Choral conducting. 1. Title. MT85.G173 2008 782.5°145-de22 2008041391 ISBN 978-0-7546-6379-9 \” Mixed Sources Kentiedchwareatdicen Printed and bound in Great Britain by FSC Siiienrens’ TJ International Lid, Padstow, CornwallContents List of Figures vit List of Tables it DVD Track Listing xt Acknowledgements xii 1 Introduction: Choral Conducting in Context 1 PARTI How To Study Conducting: Model, Method, Metalanguage 2___ How do People Think about Conducting? 19 3___ From Ethnography to Peer Research 31 4 How to Write about Conducting 43 PART IH Choral Singing and Enculturation 5 Defining Choral Culture: What Counts as Choral? 63 6 Creating Choral Culture: The Dos and Don'ts 77 7 Maintaining Choral Culture: Policing the Boundaries 91 PART III_ Conducting Gesture and Musical Thought 8 ___ Different Styles, Different Gestures 107 9 Different Styles, Common Ground 123 10 Metaphoric Gesture and Embodied Musical Meaning 137 L1__ Spontaneous Gesture and the Ensemble 153