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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA Academy of Performing Arts

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.

  • Unit Title

    Vocal Skills 2

  • Unit Code

    MTH2102

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     Y

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit develops and extends the classes in vocal technique and repertoire, both sung and spoken, commenced in Year One of the program.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from MTH1002, MTH1042

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Continue to develop clarity of spoken expression.
  2. Demonstrate a facility in speech in specific exercises and in spoken performance generally, both in public performances and in presentation of a repertoire of solo pieces.
  3. Demonstrate soundly-based singing technique in the performance of musical theatre songs, in both public productions of musical theatre works and in concert performances.
  4. Recognise, analyse and perform various accents and dialects.

Unit Content

  1. ACCENT & DIALECT - Classes culminating in a performance of a song and a monologue in an accent or dialect.
  2. SPEECH PHYSIOLOGY - Expansion, from Semesters One and Two of the BA (Musical Theatre) programme, of technique classes and voice exercises.
  3. VOICE/SPEECH - An extension of the repertoire of solo spoken material built up during Semesters One and Two of the BA (Musical Theatre) programme, moving into more stylised areas such as Shakespearean soliloquy and sonnets, and 18th and 19th century Classical texts.
  4. SONG REPERTOIRE - Sessions with a pianist/coach aimed at extending the student's solo repertoire to include musical theatre songs of a more sophisticated and/or complex nature. Solo performance of this material at regular performance practice sessions. The student will be expected to demonstrate an ability to integrate the vocal and dramatic requirements of each song and to show evidence of a more secure vocal technique.

Additional Learning Experience Information

A combination of classes examining repertoire.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
PerformancePractical assessment of song repertoire
PerformancePractical assessment of voice/ speech
PerformancePractical assessment of Accent & Dialect
PerformancePractical singing assessment (panel)

Text References

  • Berry, C. (2000). Voice and the actor. London: Virgin.
  • Linklater, K. (2007). Freeing the natural voice. London: Nick Hern.
  • Rodenberg, P. (1997). The actor speaks: Voice and the performer. London: Methuen.
  • Shapiro, B. (2000). Speaking American. Currency Press.
  • Cook, O. (2004). Singing with your own voice. London: Nick Hern.
  • Kopf, G. (1997). The dialect handbook. (2nd. ed.). Voiceprint Publishing.
  • Rodenberg, P. (1993). The need for words. London: Methuen.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: WA Academy of Performing Arts

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.

  • Unit Title

    Vocal Skills 2

  • Unit Code

    MTH2102

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     Y

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit develops and extends the classes in vocal technique and repertoire, both sung and spoken, commenced in Year One of the program.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from MTH1002, MTH1042

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Continue to develop clarity of spoken expression.
  2. Demonstrate a facility in speech in specific exercises and in spoken performance generally, both in public performances and in presentation of a repertoire of solo pieces.
  3. Demonstrate soundly-based singing technique in the performance of musical theatre songs, in both public productions of musical theatre works and in concert performances.
  4. Recognise, analyse and perform various accents and dialects.

Unit Content

  1. ACCENT & DIALECT - Classes culminating in a performance of a song and a monologue in an accent or dialect.
  2. SPEECH PHYSIOLOGY - Expansion, from Semesters One and Two of the BA (Musical Theatre) programme, of technique classes and voice exercises.
  3. VOICE/SPEECH - An extension of the repertoire of solo spoken material built up during Semesters One and Two of the BA (Musical Theatre) programme, moving into more stylised areas such as Shakespearean soliloquy and sonnets, and 18th and 19th century Classical texts.
  4. SONG REPERTOIRE - Sessions with a pianist/coach aimed at extending the student's solo repertoire to include musical theatre songs of a more sophisticated and/or complex nature. Solo performance of this material at regular performance practice sessions. The student will be expected to demonstrate an ability to integrate the vocal and dramatic requirements of each song and to show evidence of a more secure vocal technique.

Additional Learning Experience Information

A combination of classes examining repertoire.

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail units

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
PerformancePractical assessment of song repertoire
PerformancePractical assessment of voice/ speech
PerformancePractical assessment of Accent & Dialect
PerformancePractical singing assessment (panel)

Text References

  • Berry, C. (2000). Voice and the actor. London: Virgin.
  • Linklater, K. (2007). Freeing the natural voice. London: Nick Hern.
  • Rodenberg, P. (1997). The actor speaks: Voice and the performer. London: Methuen.
  • Shapiro, B. (2000). Speaking American. Currency Press.
  • Cook, O. (2004). Singing with your own voice. London: Nick Hern.
  • Kopf, G. (1997). The dialect handbook. (2nd. ed.). Voiceprint Publishing.
  • Rodenberg, P. (1993). The need for words. London: Methuen.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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