Popular Music Vocals - LVL 2
Course Description
This course will focus on the additional developmental elements involved in healthy effective vocal production and performance. This year will begin with genre specific - POP music characteristics, elements of music theory major and minor & pentatonic scales.
On the course students will cover:
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Characteristics of POP music
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Use of pentatonic scales in POP music
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Stage etiquette (intermediate – advanced)
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Technical work - major and minor (harmonic)
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Personal voice and interpretation
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Music appreciation
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Riffs
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Vocal exercises (intermediate-advanced))
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Breathe control
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Performance, movement & personality
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Music theory (major and minor scales-harmony and melodic, rhythm and term abbreviation)
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Sight singing and aural awareness
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Elements of Drama
Activities
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All students are given the opportunity to gain practical experience at a number of events (Pizza Recitals, Girlfriends Expo, NIFCA)
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Students can also audition for our grand end of term production (Walkin’ In My Own Shoes)
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Free workshops
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Course length: 1 year
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Criteria: Before entering level 2 students should have a strong sense of vocal awareness, vocal concepts and terms, understanding of breathing and knowledge of grade 1 music theory (assessment by mock exam) or completion of LCM grade 1 popular music vocals exam.