School: Western Australian 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 Technique 1
  • Unit Code

    PAM1017
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Tamara Lisa COOK

Description

This unit comprises two components: Voice and Speech. The interdependence of voice and body is explored, focusing on the individual's vocal and physical potential for communication. The unit presents methods for breathing and projection in order to use the voice effectively as an actor and performer. It looks at various aspects of the voice including breathing, emotions, alignment, body language, movement, health, articulation, narrative and text. It brings all elements together to shape meaning through the voice.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Co-ordinate breath, sound and movement.
  2. Identify and free unnatural tensions in the alignment between the voice and the body.
  3. Recognise and respond imaginatively to notation and symbols.
  4. Release imaginative and emotional impulses into voice, language and song.
  5. Sight read, audibly and intelligibly.
  6. Understand and apply efficient breath support.
  7. Understand strategies for effective communication and implement them to a variety of texts.
  8. Work with responsibility for vocal care and vocal maintenance.

Unit Content

  1. SPEECH: (SHAPING MEANING)- sight reading, speech theory, articulation and verse form (emphasis on the Shakespearean Sonnet).
  2. VOICE: (THE BODY SPEAKS)- vocal centring, release work, image work, story telling, vocal screening, voice history, anatomy/physiology of voice - health and diet, and warm-up programe.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Group class, tutorials, workshops, seminars.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework 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
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseIn class exercise50%
PerformancePerformance50%

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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School: Western Australian 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 Technique 1
  • Unit Code

    PAM1017
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Tamara Lisa COOK

Description

This unit comprises two components: Voice and Speech. The interdependence of voice and body is explored, focusing on the individual's vocal and physical potential for communication. The unit presents methods for breathing and projection in order to use the voice effectively as an actor and performer. It looks at various aspects of the voice including breathing, emotions, alignment, body language, movement, health, articulation, narrative and text. It brings all elements together to shape meaning through the voice.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Co-ordinate breath, sound and movement.
  2. Identify and free unnatural tensions in the alignment between the voice and the body.
  3. Recognise and respond imaginatively to notation and symbols.
  4. Release imaginative and emotional impulses into voice, language and song.
  5. Sight read, audibly and intelligibly.
  6. Understand and apply efficient breath support.
  7. Understand strategies for effective communication and implement them to a variety of texts.
  8. Work with responsibility for vocal care and vocal maintenance.

Unit Content

  1. SPEECH: (SHAPING MEANING)- sight reading, speech theory, articulation and verse form (emphasis on the Shakespearean Sonnet).
  2. VOICE: (THE BODY SPEAKS)- vocal centring, release work, image work, story telling, vocal screening, voice history, anatomy/physiology of voice - health and diet, and warm-up programe.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Group class, tutorials, workshops, seminars.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework 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
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseIn class exercise50%
PerformancePerformance50%

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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