2.00 Credits
Private vocal study, meeting 50 minutes weekly, with emphasis on posture, breathing, tone quality, vowel pronunciation, consonant articulation, register melding, range expansion, music reading, dramatic interpretation, and performance practices. Includes study of standard art-song repertoire in English, Italian, German, and French (usually in that order). Instruction is directed to individual problems and needs, beginning at the student's level of proficiency. May be repeated for credit with a maximum of eight times to apply toward graduation.This course along with three additional semesters of the same course satisfies the eight-hour program requirement for the TTP agreement in accordance with the A.F.A. degree in Music.