Courses
Performance Skills for the Background Singer
Vocal lab concentrating on techniques and performance skills necessary for background singing in live performance venues.
Microphones, PA Systems, and the Singer
A lab for vocalists providing an overview of sound-reinforcement equipment currently used in live performance and how to use it effectively.
Vocal Sight-Reading Techniques 2
A continuation of ILVC-111. Additional concentration on singing lyrics on chord tones, seventh chords, minor chords, and modes in different time-feels and grooves.
Elements of Vocal Technique for Non-Voice Principals
A lab for non-voice principals designed to address the basic elements of singing: breath management, intonation, tone quality, and phrasing.
Acting Skills for the Vocalist
This lab is designed to increase body awareness and develop the stage presence and performance skills of vocalists through the use of acting techniques.
Beginning Improvisation for the Singer
A lab for vocalists focusing on basic skills in improvisation in a variety of styles.
Vocal R&B Styles Lab
Introductory R&B performance lab for voice principals designed to prepare students for solo performance in ensembles and other performing venues within a specific song style.
Vocal Jazz/Blues Styles Lab
Introductory jazz/blues performance lab for voice principals designed to prepare students for solo performance in ensembles and other performing venues within a specific song style.
Vocal Pop/Rock/Country Styles Lab
Introductory pop/rock/country performance lab for voice principals designed to prepare students for solo performance in ensembles and other performing venues within a specific song style.
Musical Independence Skills for Singers
Introductory lab for singers focusing on skills necessary for repertoire development.
Vocal Sight-Reading Techniques 1
Introductory lab for singers to further develop listening skills, reading notation, concepts of rhythm, intervals, chord changes, time-feels, and grooves applied to singing lyrics and pitches simul
The New Group
This course will focus on new a capella vocals in various styles: rock, R&B, gospel, and pop with vocal percussion.
Vocal Jazz Choir
A jazz choir consists of 8-12 singers divided into SATB (soprano, alto, tenor bass) parts and performs standard jazz choir repertoire with full rhythm section accompaniment (piano, bass, drums).
Musical Theater Workshop
This musical theater performance class is a non-auditioned performance ensemble with musical theater repertoire.
Historic Vocal Ensemble
Vocal ensemble experience that will cover the song materials and styles of vocal groups from the Boswell Sisters through the Manhattan Transfer.
American Negro Spirituals
This course will focus on the learning and performing of SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) traditional American Negro Spirituals in the style of such groups as the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Circle Song Choir
The voice can be used as a paint brush to create visual textures that elicit a visual and emotional experience for the listener.
Vocal Recording Ensemble
A vocal recording ensemble focusing on development of the performance skills necessary for effective functioning in the recording studio.
Musical Theater Chorus
A full chorus designed to support the Musical Theater program.
Advanced Latin and Jazz Vocal Workshop
A performance ensemble designed for vocalists wishing to develop skills in the performance of Latin jazz and traditional jazz idioms.