Introduction: Choral conducting in context
How to study conducting : model, method, metalanguage. How do people think about conducting? ; From ethnography to peer research ; How to write about conducting
Choral singing and enculturation. Defining choral culture : what counts as choral? ; Creating choral culture : the dos and don'ts ; Maintaining choral culture : policing the boundaries
Conducting gesture and musical thought. Different styles, different gestures ; Different styles, common ground ; Metaphoric gesture and embodied musical meaning ; Spontaneous gesture and the ensemble
The conductor-choir bond. Monkey see, monkey do ; Making use of the conductor-choir bond ; Conclusion.

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