Research Catalogue

activities

• Doctor of Arts (2012-2016) connected to: Polifonia
  Degree: Doctorate, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Lithuania), recipient: Egidijus Kaveckas
  
• Lithuanian Choir Conducting Schools: Identifications, Interactions and Modernisation
  Polifonia project, Principal Investigator: Egidijus Kaveckas
  The conductor’s professionalism, creative touch, aspirations, repertoire strategy and other elements of creative work rely quite heavily on the school of teaching. The Lithuanian choir culture is intertwined with the so-called pedagogical school of choral conducting where the teacher transfers knowledge to the student. These links consolidate the models and aspects of creative orientations, technological attitudes, skills of the trade and often sources of the creative position. In this research project, the definition of the pedagogical school of composers formulated in the works of Algirdas Jonas Ambrazas (1969, 1991) adapted to the school of choir conductors is based on the general school components (programme, teacher, students) recording the specific place, time and tradition. The historiographical, comparative, structural-systemic, descriptive-analytical and other research methods are used to reveal the way in which national or individual pedagogical schools of choral conducting emerge; the principles of their functioning and interaction; how the teaching choirmaster, his creative work, specific manual techniques, interpretational attitudes or ideals continue to contribute to the further development of choir art through their students; modernisation of the Lithuanian school of choral conducting, etc. The conceptual framework of the research topic covers not only the problems of schools of choral conducting and Lithuanian choir music art but also a systematic study of the Lithuanian cultural progress. To complement the artistic research and improve practical conducting skills, the author is studying the works of specific creators of music and artistic activities of choir conductors, learning the research-related repertoire consisting of the works of Lithuanian composers created in the 20th century and choir compositions created in other European countries (especially the neighbouring ones).