"D.C. al Fine's conducting program is outstanding and invaluable.
Any musician will gain advantageous skills in music theory and conducting."  
(Lena S., Summer 2020 Conducting Workshop participant)

Tuition, Deposit, and Financial Aid

Tuition for each 5-week workshop is $325.

You must secure your spot in each workshop you register for by paying a $50 non-refundable deposit, which will be applied to the full cost of the your workshop tuition. 

For participants with financial need, scholarships are available.  Please contact us at info@dcalfine.com to obtain information about receiving a reduced tuition rate.

Conducting Foundations

Practice essential skills in score study, body mapping, beat patterns, cues and cut offs, & dynamics

  • See all Workshop dates here
  • Thursdays from 7-8 pm (ET)
  • 4 class meetings - Thursdays from 7-8 pm (ET)
  • 1 conducting masterclass - Thursday from 7-8 pm (ET)
  • Master Class Clinicians include: McKenna Stenson, Bill Podolski, Melissa Thorne, Rita Gigliotti, and Justin Bills
  • 1 final class meeting on Saturday of the fifth week from 10-11:30 am (ET)
  • Sessions A, B, and D will focus on an assigned piece of repertoire
  • Sessions C and E will be "BYORep" (participants may select a piece they would like to work on, we are happy to provide recommendations)
    • ​Participants must provide 3 legal copies of the music - one for themselves, one for the workshop instructor, and one for the master class clinician

Conducting Techniques

Come with your own music and work on techniques such as left hand gestures, cueing fermatas, tempo changes, dotted rhythms, melding, inactive/active conducting, Laban effort actions, "informed" conducting, staggered entrances, unequal balance

  • See all Workshop dates here
  • Thursdays from 8:10-9:10 pm (ET)
  • 5 class meetings - Thursdays from 7-8 pm (ET)
  • 1 conducting masterclass - Thursday from 7-8 pm (ET)
  • Master Class Clinicians include: Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt, Dr. Edith Copley, Dr. John Irving, Dr. Phillip Swan, and more TBA!
  • All Sessions are "BYORep" (participants select a piece they would like to work on, we are happy to provide recommendations)
    • ​Participants must provide 3 legal copies of the music - one for themselves, one for the workshop instructor, and one for the master class clinician

Attendance Policy

In the event you must miss one of our class meetings for any reason, it is your responsibility to provide advance notice of your planned absence.  If you must miss the night of one of your assigned conducting slots, it is your responsibility to arrange a swap with another participant.

Tuition remains the same, regardless of how many classes you are able to attend.

If a class must be cancelled, a make-up date will be scheduled.