
However, due to the relative ease of using only music from the public domain, most examples found in commercially published books are excerpts of larger works composed by deceased cisgender white men of European descent.


Each étude also addresses multiple specific pedagogical goals common to all conducting classrooms.Ĭonducting textbooks commonly include musical examples to expose student conductors to various musical challenges and situations. Each étude was commissioned from and composed by a living composer, the majority of whom are woman-identifying composers and/or composers of color.

Original Études for the Developing Conductor is a collection of supplemental études designed to enhance contemporary conducting pedagogy by amplifying the voices of composers from historically excluded groups.
