Leading Musically

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 of collective discipline and individual expression.

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.

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