Group analysis and music: similarities and differences between conducting a group-analytic group and conducting an orchestra*

In this chapter, the author corroborates S. H. Foulkes’ view of the substantial similarity between conducting an orchestra and conducting a group-analytic group through a systematic study of the rationale and technique of both acts. At first sight, an orchestra and a group-analytic group have nothing in common. The orchestra evolved from that of the baroque period, which was based on polyphonic an…