MUSIC 382
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Art of Teaching Vocalists in Ensembles
Music
College of Fine Arts and Communications
Course Description
Curriculum design, score analysis and preparation, choral arranging, rehearsal techniques, survey of literature, and vocal pedagogy, including treble voice and changing voice; computers and computer-assisted instruction.
When Taught
Winter.
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Professional Preparation
Learning Outcome
Students will be prepared to function competently in the public school classroom as musical artists, as teachers, and as administrators.
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Classroom Strategies and Policies
Learning Outcome
Students will be prepared to create their own strategies and policies for the music classroom based on sound principles.
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Rehearsal Technique
Learning Outcome
Students will develop processes, build skills, and share knowledge in rehearsal technique by analyzing scores, forecasting rehearsal issues, planning, creating, and prioritizing strategies, executing the rehearsal with a real lab choir.
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Choral Voice Building
Learning Outcome
Students will develop processes, build skills, and share knowledge in voice building of choral singers by creating an index of vocalises to build technique, modeling for and strategizing to improve the tone of the lab choir over the semester, reading about and discussing group vocal pedagogy.
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Choral Repertoire
Learning Outcome
Students will develop processes, build skills, and share knowledge in discerning quality choral repertoire, collecting and organizing it into personal choral reference libraries.
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Repertoire and Program Selection
Learning Outcome
Students will develop processes, build skills, and share knowledge in selecting repertoire and creating quality concert programs for secondary students.
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Creating Course Documents
Learning Outcome
Students will develop processes, build skills, and share knowledge in creating course documents that outline curriculum goals, classroom management rules and consequences, assessment and grading procedures, budget proposals and purchasing information.
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Recruiting and Voice Testing
Learning Outcome
Students will develop processes, build skills, and share knowledge in recruiting singers, voice testing and discerning stages of the changing voice meeting the range needs of those voices, auditioning.
