Courses
Spontaneous Composition Ensemble for Voice
An intermediate to advanced creative vocal improvisation ensemble in which students learn to improvise melody, harmony, rhythm patterns, counterpoint, layering parts articulation, and vocal percuss
Advanced Vocal Performance Ensemble 2, Mixed Styles
A continuation of ENVC-331 with an emphasis on song interpretation, elements of style, microphone technique, stage presence, and rehearsal techniques.
Advanced Pop/Rock/Country Vocal Ensemble
Advanced pop/rock/country performance vocal ensemble designed to prepare students for solo performance in ensembles and other performing venues within a specific song style.
Advanced R&B Vocal Ensemble
Advanced R&B vocal performance ensemble designed to prepare students for solo performance in ensembles and other performing venues within a specific song style.
Advanced Jazz/Blues Vocal Ensemble
Advanced jazz/blues vocal performance ensemble designed to prepare students for solo performance in ensembles and other performing venues within a specific song style.
Advanced Pop/Rock/Country Vocal Ensembles With Background Vocals
Advanced pop/rock/country performance vocal,ensemble designed to prepare students for solo performance in ensembles and other performing venues within a specific song style.
Advanced Performance Skills for the Background Singer
A continuation of ILVC-281, Performance Skills for Live Background Vocalists, concentration will be on more difficult and advanced vocal arrangements in live performance venues.
Musical Theater Ensemble
An ensemble designed to provide singers with an understanding of repertoire styles and basic stagecraft. An end-of-semester musical/dramatic presentation will be scheduled.
Advanced Vocal Performance Ensemble Mixed Styles 1
A continuation of vocal performance study with emphasis on song interpretation, elements of style, microphone technique, stage presence, and rehearsing with a rhythm section.
Self-Accompanying Singer Ensemble
An ensemble for singers who accompany themselves and wish to develop vocal performing skills.
Rehearsal Techniques for Vocalists
An ensemble designed to prepare singers for performance with accompanying instrumentalists.
Great American Songbook Ensemble
This course will familiarize voice students with jazz standard songs and composers of the "Great American Songbook," including George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Ha
Instrumental Vocal Singing Ensemble
This ensemble is designed to teach each student how to explore and discover all the boundaries of what is vocally possible.
Jazz Fundamentals Ensemble for Vocalists
An intermediate ensemble for aspiring jazz vocalists. Study of American composers and repertoire including Porter, Gershwin, and Rodgers and Hart.
A Cappella Workshop Ensemble
Vocal ensemble that concentrates on small group singing without instrumental accompaniment.
Vocal Jazz History Ensemble
Vocalists are immersed in the jazz music of important and influential vocal groups from 1930 to present.
Eastern Vocal Styles Ensemble
A performance ensemble that explores various vocal traditions from the Middle East, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, North Africa, as well as Central and South Asia through listening, transcription, an
Contemporary Indian Vocal Ensemble
An introduction to various aspects of Indian music, including specific Indian modes, rhythmic patterns, and improvisation techniques.
Elements of Vocal Technique and Performance
Introductory level ensemble for vocalists designed to address the basic elements of singing in a performance environment, e.g. breath management, intonation, tone quality, and phrasing.
Vocal Improvisation Ensemble, R&B
An intermediate ensemble for vocalists focusing on improvisation skills in the R&B idiom. Melodic and rhythmic phrasing embellishments using tone colors and hearing basic blues patterns.