1st Edition

Leading Musically

By Dag Jansson Copyright 2018
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

274 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Musical leadership is associated with a specific profession—the conductor—as well as being a colloquial metaphor for human communication and cooperation at its best. This book examines what musical leadership is, by delving into the choral conductor role, what goes on in the music-making moment and what it takes to do it well. One of the unique features of the musical ensemble is the simultaneity... Read more

1. The muse within Part I: Enactment of musical leadership 2. The choral conductor role 3. Situational-relational mastery 4. Existential foundation 5. The intersubjective space of leading and following Part II: Developing artful leadership 6. Expanding the leadership repertoire 7. Music in team development 8. The choir as the conductor’s mirror Part III: Agency and surrender 9. Authority and musical leadership 10. The locus of charisma 11. Leading musically: power and senses in concert

Biography

Dag Jansson is a choral conductor and associate professor of arts management at Oslo Business School, Norway. He earned his PhD at the Norwegian Academy of Music, a master degree in musicology at the University of Oslo and an MBA from INSEAD in France. Prior to his music career, he was the global leader of a telecom and media consulting practice.