Score Study Intensive — January 2026

What it is

This two-session intensive is designed for conductors who already have experience and a working approach to learning a score, and who want to go further.

It is not a textbook method or a quick-fix system. The focus is on improving how you use what you already know: how you see what is truly on the page, how you internalise it (aurally and physically), and how that deeper perception changes what you transmit to players — through your presence, your gesture, and the priorities you choose in rehearsal.

The aim is that you leave able to see the score more clearly, hear it more vividly, and therefore communicate with greater precision and authority in real rehearsal conditions.

Who it’s for

  • Conductors with conducting experience (student, emerging professional, or early-career)
  • Those who already have a basic score-learning process
  • Conductors who want to sharpen perception, judgement, and rehearsal thinking

Dates & format

  • Session 1: Wednesday 14 January 2026, 14:00–16:00 (UK time)
  • Session 2: Wednesday 21 January 2026, 14:00–16:00 (UK time)
  • Online (Zoom)
  • Group size: 4–8 participants

Repertoire focus

Examples will be drawn primarily from Classical and early Romantic symphonic repertoire. The aim is not to “cover” works, but to use short passages as a lens for deeper perception and rehearsal decision-making.

What we will do

  • Recognise what the notation is really telling you (and what it isn’t)
  • Develop internal hearing directly from the page
  • Turn observation into musical priorities
  • Translate inner understanding into practical rehearsal choices

What this is not

The work is practical rather than academic. The emphasis is not on musicological analysis or music history commentary, but on developing a way of working that allows the score to come alive in sound, gesture, and rehearsal decision-making.

How this differs from my mentoring programme

The Score Study Intensive is a short, time-limited group experience focused on shared enquiry.

My mentoring programme is a longer-term, individual process, tailored to repertoire, context, and professional development. In mentoring, questions of gesture, rehearsal technique, and wider artistic direction can be explored in more detail over time.

Fee

£425 (for both sessions). The intensive runs with a minimum of 4 participants.

To register / enquire

Email: jmannconductor@gmail.com