MUSE 357: Vocal Pedagogy
Prerequisites: None
Credit Hours: (2)
Two hours lecture, on hour laboratory
Co-requisite: MUSE300 or MUSE400: Field Experiences in Music
This course is designed for voice majors/minors and vocal/choral Music Education majors.
In this course students will learn anatomical and physiological elements of the vocal
mechanism related to singing through reading, research, and discussion. Pedagogical
techniques for singers and future vocal teachers will be evaluated to aid students
in developing a personal methodology for teaching voice and choral ensembles.
Content
- Posture and Alignment
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Respiration: Breathing mechanism, Approaches to breath management (support and Appoggio),
and Teaching breathing and correcting faults.
- Phonation: Laryngeal anatomy and Teaching phonation and correcting faults.
- Resonance: the Nature of sound and Vocal resonance and Vowel modification and Teaching
resonance and correcting faults.
- Vocal Registration
- Articulation
- Voice classification: children's voice and fach for singers
- Teaching Voice
- Pedagogical attitudes and approaches
- Contemporary commercial music - Belting
- Choral pedagogy
Goals and Objectives of the Course:
At the conclusion of the course, students will:
- identify and understand the anatomy and physiology of the vocal mechanism through
a study of respiration, phonation, resonation, and articulation.
- describe singing voices with proper vocal vocabulary through listening critically
- demonstrate knowledge of teaching students of all ages, including children, teens
with changing voices, and adults.
- demonstrate knowledge of voice lesson instruction, preparation, and pedagogical approaches.
- demonstrate pedagogical proficiency in a choral rehearsal
Assessment Measures
Grades will be based on written exams, reading assignments, and teaching demonstrations.
Other Course Information
None
Review and Approval
February, 2021
January, 2022