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Conducting Intensive in Chicago

June 16-19, 2025
GIA Seminar Space, Oak Park, Illinois
15 spots available
New York City
March 3-5, 2024
Dr. James Jordan
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What you can expect
Important Dates
Deadline for registration:
June 6, 2025. Registration will be closed after June 6, 2025.

Workshop schedule:
June 16-19, 10am - 4pm each day
Registration Cost
The total course fee is $650.00 (including deposit).

In order to secure your spot, you must pay a non-refundable deposit of $50.00↗.

You may also pay the course fee in full↗ if preferred.
Required Course Materials
In order to participate, you must have a copy of Evoking Sound: A Second Edition. Click here if you need to purchase a copy. Music for class study will be provided for all participants for IPads via PDFs.
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Note: Other books and the books required for this class by James Jordan will be available at the Intensive and through the on-site bookstore!
About the venue
GIA Publications Inc.
7404 S Mason Avenue
Chicago, IL 60638
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This seminar will be held in the vibrant city of Chicago, at the GIA Seminar Space in beautiful Oak Park.
Description
For over twenty years, James Jordan pioneered and “invented” this unique conducting intensive course at Westminster Choir College where hundreds of students came to study and to learn first-hand from the author the pedagogy contained in his 10 books on conducting and Conducting Technique that is used around the world! While many others call their courses “intensives,” this IS the course that is based on pedagogy that has been shared for 30 years!Now, this unique intensive course provides technical “tools” for conductors at all levels. This seminar also allows you learn Laban Effort Shape from the pioneer pedagogue that first applied Laban’s Teaching to Conducting This Intensive course provides both theory and practical application of the following:

• Fixing Your Bodymap (Alexander Awareness Study) that directly changes the sound of your choir.
• Pattern Architecture and Gesture that causes musical line
• The Use of Breath in conducting
• Listening: What it IS and Is Not!
• Conducting and Teaching Phrase Shape Through and Understanding of Chant and Its musical Architecture
• Causing Choirs to Sing beautifully through the understanding and use of Laban Effort Shape
• How to Trust your Singers
• Conducting Gesture that supports healthy vocalism is all levels of choirs
• Gestural Applications to the Choral Warm-Up.
• Score Marking and How to Learn a Score Through Audiation.

Participants completing this course will receive an official Choral Academy Certificate.
"Life-changing. That’s the only way I can describe my three experiences with the Oxford Conducting Workshop. Each time, I was moved and inspired, listening to breathtaking voices shaped by world-class artists. The learning is unparalleled—not just about conducting but about connecting with yourself in ways you didn’t think possible. It’s a place that leaves you thirsty for more, pushing you to grow and transform. If you’re looking for inspiration, there’s truly no place like it."
Krystel Dib
Singer, Choir Conductor and Vocal Coach
Beirut, Lebanon
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ABOUT JAMES JORDAN
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James Jordan
Grammy-nominated Conductor James Jordan is recognized and praised throughout the musical world as one of America’s preeminent conductors, recording artists, writers, music psychologists, innovators and master teachers in choral music. Daniel Hyde, Conductor of The Choir of King’s College Cambridge has described choirs conducted by Jordan as “The Rolls-Royce of Choirs.” His innovations in both choral pedagogy and conducting pedagogy have been lauded worldwide, and he has effectively led changes in choral conducting and pedagogy that have impacted choral music and conducting around the world.

He was described as a “visionary” by the Choral Journal, which cited his book Evoking Sound as a “must read.” His more than 65 books explore both the philosophical and spiritual basis of musicianship, as well as aspects of choral rehearsal teaching and learning, and conducting pedagogy. Resources authored by him are considered to be essential references in the conducting profession around the world. Jordan is Professor of Conducting and Director of Choral Studies at Westminster Choir College of Rider University where he holds the Scheide Chair in Conducting. He serves as the 7th conductor of the renowned 103 year-old Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. He now leads the largest masters degree program in choral conducting in the United States.
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How can I register for this? Is it easy?

We have made the registration process as easy and seamless as possible. Click the "Enroll me now!" button above to add to cart and follow the steps to checkout using your credit card. Once you have successfully checked out, you can expect to hear from one of our team members within 24-48 hours with more information to prepare you for your course or workshop.

My preference is to learn virtually at my own pace. Do you have any asynchronous learning options?

All of our online courses are asynchronous and can be completed at your own pace. Once registration has officially begun and you have successfully enrolled for the course of your choice using credit card, you will receive an invitation from course director James Jordan to join the course platform.

Who is James Jordan?

James Jordan is recognized and praised around the musical world as one of the nation’s pre-eminent conductors, writers, and innovators in choral music. The most published performer/author in the world, he has authored more than 30 books on all aspects of the choral art, and he has been described as a “visionary” by The Choral Journal. His book Evoking Sound was named as a “must read” on a list of six books by The Choral Journal. At Westminster Choir College, he is Professor and Senior Conductor and conducts the Westminster Schola Cantorum and the Westminster Williamson Voices.

Who is GIA Publications?

Founded in 1941, GIA Publications, Inc. is a family-owned company with more than 10,000 choral and instrumental editions in print, as well as hymnals, recordings, a licensing division, and a wide variety of music education resources. The esteemed choral publisher Walton Music became part of GIA in 2013. Both World Library Publications (WLP) and Meredith Music joined the GIA family in 2020.

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