This program has two possible tracks and entails private lessons, voice literature, opera, vocal coaching, vocal pedagogy and supervised student teaching and a full recital supported by carefully researched program notes. For students whose undergraduate work has not included a public recital, presentation of a 30-minute recital is required before work on the graduate recital may begin. Weekly coaching classes as well as performance and studio classes offer frequent performance opportunities. The program culminates in a graduate recital of 30 to 50 minutes of singing. Weekly performance and studio classes offer frequent performance opportunities.
Instruction is in the form of private lessons and an extra tuition fee is assessed.
There are no specific entrance or jury requirements. The number of students accepted is limited, however, by the time available for teaching within the department. All Westminster students are invited to attend. The class functions primarily to provide performance opportunities, to acquaint students with a wide variety of vocal literature, and to equip them to teach voice to others. Designed to enhance the teaching of the physiological and acoustic aspects of the voice, the Voice Laboratory offers the latest technology for voice analysis and examination.