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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required by singers and actors to control their voice and maintain vocal clarity, articulation and expression in performances. The unit applies to those who are performers and who require the skills to maintain vocal strength and expression in different settings. The process includes supervision by required personnel, with autonomy required for live solo or ensemble performances. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Supersedes and is equivalent to CUAVOS302
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS
| Joondalup | Mount Lawley | South West (Bunbury) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term 3 | Not Offered | 9 x 1.5 hour studio | Not Offered |
| Vet Full | Not Offered | 11 x 3 hour studio | Not Offered |
For more information see the Semester Timetable
The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to: demonstrate vocal techniques in at least three different performances. In the course of the above, the candidate must: incorporate anatomy and physiology into vocal exercise routines demonstrate non-verbal communication techniques in relation to written or spoken text perform vocal exercises using required posture and breathing techniques improvise performance aspects follow safe vocal practices respond constructively to feedback and evaluation.
The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of: work health and safety (WHS) standards as they apply to performing in a range of environments including safe vocal practices vocal expressions used in different text styles and performance circumstances cultural maintenance protocols for text with cultural content relationship between body movement and voice tools and techniques used to analyse performances, respond to feedback and improve own technique non-verbal communication and body language concepts issues and challenges that arise when preparing for performances and solutions to address them components of human physiology and anatomy functions when producing sound, in relation to: articulators chest, mouth and face muscles heart lips lungs larynx tongue trachea windpipe impact of gender issues on voice and speech, including: body shape size muscular construction vocal and speech exercise methodologies.
Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry. This includes access to: performance texts and opportunities a venue with space, acoustic qualities and safe flooring required for performances. Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and standards.
GS5 VET GRADING SCHEMA Used for WAAPA VET only
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required by singers and actors to control their voice and maintain vocal clarity, articulation and expression in performances. The unit applies to those who are performers and who require the skills to maintain vocal strength and expression in different settings. The process includes supervision by required personnel, with autonomy required for live solo or ensemble performances. No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Supersedes and is equivalent to CUAVOS302
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS
| Joondalup | Mount Lawley | South West (Bunbury) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Term 3 | Not Offered | 9 x 1.5 hour studio | Not Offered |
| Vet Full | Not Offered | 11 x 3 hour studio | Not Offered |
For more information see the Semester Timetable
The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to: demonstrate vocal techniques in at least three different performances. In the course of the above, the candidate must: incorporate anatomy and physiology into vocal exercise routines demonstrate non-verbal communication techniques in relation to written or spoken text perform vocal exercises using required posture and breathing techniques improvise performance aspects follow safe vocal practices respond constructively to feedback and evaluation.
The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of: work health and safety (WHS) standards as they apply to performing in a range of environments including safe vocal practices vocal expressions used in different text styles and performance circumstances cultural maintenance protocols for text with cultural content relationship between body movement and voice tools and techniques used to analyse performances, respond to feedback and improve own technique non-verbal communication and body language concepts issues and challenges that arise when preparing for performances and solutions to address them components of human physiology and anatomy functions when producing sound, in relation to: articulators chest, mouth and face muscles heart lips lungs larynx tongue trachea windpipe impact of gender issues on voice and speech, including: body shape size muscular construction vocal and speech exercise methodologies.
Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a workplace or simulated environment where the conditions are typical of those in a working environment in this industry. This includes access to: performance texts and opportunities a venue with space, acoustic qualities and safe flooring required for performances. Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational educational and training legislation, frameworks and standards.
GS5 VET GRADING SCHEMA Used for WAAPA VET only
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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