Courses
Academic Courses
Voice
- MUS V120 English Diction for Singers (1 cr.) Introduction to International Phonetic Alphabet. Thorough study of standard English Lyric pronunciation. Supervised singing of solo vocal repertoire with clarity and expression.
- MUS V150 Italian Diction for Singers (1 cr.) P: V120 English Diction for Singers and FRIT M100 Elementary Italian I or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Fundamentals of Italian phonetics. Explanation of rules governing Lyric Italian pronunciation. Supervised singing of solo vocal repertoire with clarity and expression.
- MUS V250 German Diction for Singers (1 cr.) P: V120 English Diction for Singers and GER G100 Elementary German I or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Fundamentals of German phonetics. Explanation of rules governing Lyric German pronunciation. Supervised singing of solo vocal repertoire with clarity and expression.
- MUS V350 French Diction for Singers (1 cr.) P: V120 English Diction for Singers and FRIT F100 Elementary French I or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Fundamentals of French phonetics. Explanation of rules governing Lyric French pronunciation. Supervised singing of solo vocal repertoire with clarity and expression.
- MUS V410 Vocal Coaching (1-2 cr.) For undergraduate voice majors.
- MUS V580 Practicum in German for Musicians (2 cr.) C: GER V605 German Grammar and Structure for Musicians. This course is intended to give students the opportunity to exercise and develop skills acquired in the study of German grammar and structure in activities targeted to the context of musical performance.
- MUS V910 Vocal Coaching (1-2 cr.) For graduate voice majors.