Description:

Offers performance opportunities for student singers who have completed three quarters of MUSC 100. Students gain understanding and skills essential to group and choral singing. Requires 5 hours of rehearsal per week plus scheduled outside rehearsals and performances. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credits. Prerequisite: Audition and permission of instructor.

Details:

For audition and permission to register, please contact Thomas Almli at talmli@bellevuecollege.edu or (425) 564-2694.

Outcomes:

After completing this class, students should be able to:

• Fundamentals of singing:
• Ensemble process: rehearsal techniques, mutual trust level, conviction of adequacy, desire for excellence
• Develop basic music vocabulary
• Develop awareness of dynamics
• Physiological ramification of voice production
• Develop music reading skills: intervals, independent part-singing, tonality and pitch awareness
• Vocal Techniques
• Tone; Beauty, blend, control
• Diction Clarity of consonance, naturalness, purity of vowels, stylistic alterations
• Production techniques: Breathing and breath control, posture, phonation, precision and rhythm
• Artistry; Fluency, vitality
• Interpretation: Expression, phrasing, style
• Listening skills: Pitch discernment, identifying the correctable
• Performance Skills and Techniques
• Stage presence: Poise, appearance, communication with audience
• Performance attitude skills: Dealing with apprehension, discipline, enjoying one’s own performance
• General Appreciation
• Historical perspective of music performed: Baroque, Classical, Romantic
• Cultural perspective of music performed: Sacred, secular, ethnic, folk
• Understanding of harmony as applied to music performed