Collaborative Piano, Vocal Coaching, All Operatic Repertoire, Contemporary Music for Voice, Vocal Chamber Music, Art Song in French, German, Italian, and English, Contemporary Art Song, Musical Theater, Arrangements of Cabaret Style Performances, Recital Programmer, Avant Garde Recital Programming
Teaching
courses taught
MUSC 1554 - English Diction
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Spring 2024
Designed for the understanding of lyric English diction, the international phonetic alphabet, and its application to classical singing as well as various musical styles of English classical voice literature. Required for Freshmen BM voice majors.
MUSC 3464 - German Diction
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Designed for the understanding of lyric German diction, the international phonetic alphabet, and its application to classical singing, as well as various musical styles of German classical vocal literature. Required of sophomore BM voice majors.
MUSC 5375 - Opera Coaching for Pianists
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Teaches skills for opera coaches and rehearsal pianists. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
PMUS 4137 - Opera Theatre 1
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Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021
Addresses issues related to young artist development. Areas of concentration include (but are not limited to) acting technique, resume preparation, audition technique, scene analysis, and role preparation. The acting technique is addressed in this course through textbook reading and exercise. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
PMUS 4147 - Opera Theatre 2
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Continuation of PMUS 4137. Further scene analysis andmovement exercises are addressed in this class. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
PMUS 4257 - Musical Theatre Performance/Ensemble Practicum
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Spring 2022
Enables students to perform in musical theatre productions produced by the BM/MT degree program in varied roles. Students will perform in a variety of musical styles ranging from Operetta to Broadway musicals. They will work with a broad range of theatre professionals each semester and learn multiple stage techniques. A 'working theatre ensemble' model will be emphasized throughout the course.
PMUS 4497 - Vocal Repertoire Coaching
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Group coaching class to prepare for voice recitals as well as to learn vocal repertoire including historical background, composers, styles, and poetic interpretation. May be repeated up to 12 credit hours.
PMUS 5137 - Opera Theatre 1
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
Addresses issues related to young artist development at the graduate level. Areas of concentration will include (but are not limited to) acting technique for singers, resume preparation and scene and character analysis. Students will participate in acting and improvisation exercises. Substantial classical voice study is required. Recommended prerequisite: Voice Majors only. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
PMUS 5147 - Opera Theatre 2
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023
Continuation of PMUS 5137. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours.
PMUS 5497 - Vocal Repertoire Coaching
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Group coaching class to prepare for voice recitals as well as to learn vocal repertoire including historical background, composers, styles, and poetic interpretation. Class may fulfill voice literature requirements when appropriate classes are not offered. Also available: weekly individual coaching to prepare for voice recitals and other projects. Diction, musical styles, and interpretation (music and text) are the main focus of this course. May be repeated up to 12 credit hours. For graduate voice students and collaborative pianists.
PMUS 6636 - Piano
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Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021
