Course Description
Repertory Singers is a small choral ensemble geared to provide a real-world, laboratory, and recital conducting experience for graduate conducting students, while offering the singers in the ensemble unique insights into conducting gesture, rehearsal techniques, group motivational dynamics, and other topics relevant to choral music education and the choral art.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students in the Repertory Singers, by nature of their
greater amount of singing and conducting experience, will be
expected to be actively engaged as section leaders within the
ensemble, leading sectionals, and assuming a considerable amount
of rehearsal podium time. Those graduate students studying choral
conducting will also be engaged in the programing of the
ensemble and will conduct the ensemble in recitals.
Athena Title
Repertory Singers
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The Repertory Singers is a small choral ensemble geared to provide a real-world, laboratory, and recital conducting experience for graduate conducting students, while offering the singers in the ensemble unique insights into conducting gesture, rehearsal techniques, group motivational dynamics, and other topics relevant to choral music education and the choral art. In addition to singing in rehearsals and recitals, students will be asked to be actively engaged in discussions, feedback, and problem-solving that is relevant to the repertoire and rehearsals at hand, as well as the pedagogical effectiveness of the student conductors who are leading the ensemble. The class-time rehearsals will culminate in 2-3, class-time public recitals each semester in Ramsey Recital Hall. UNDERGRADUATES: 1. Students will demonstrate increased awareness of high-level ensemble singing techniques and the rehearsal methodology that leads to choral artistry in weekly rehearsals and discussions. 2. Students will be able to recognize and articulate the gestural techniques and aesthetics that engender the best vocal tone and most precise sense of ensemble in weekly rehearsals and discussions. 3. Students will demonstrate mastery of the selected repertoire in public performances. GRADUATES: 1. Students will gain experience and proficiency in choral rehearsal technique by leading sectional rehearsals and full ensemble rehearsals. 2. Students will gain experience and insight into clear and artistic conducting gesture that engenders beautiful choral tone by leading sectional rehearsals and full ensemble rehearsals. 3. Students will demonstrate increased awareness of high-level ensemble singing techniques and the rehearsal methodology that leads to choral artistry in weekly rehearsals and discussions. 4. Students will be able to recognize and articulate the gestural techniques and aesthetics that engender the best vocal tone and most precise sense of ensemble in weekly rehearsals and discussions. 5. Students will demonstrate mastery of the selected repertoire in public performances.
Topical Outline
As a performing ensemble, the recital repertoire will serve as the literature and textbook each semester. Within each semester, different styles of music will be studied and performed, and rehearsal techniques uniquely connected to each style will be discussed and put into practice.
Syllabus
Public CV