Completion of VC112 is a prerequisiste to advancing to junior voice standing. Weekly performance and studio classes offer regular performing opportunities. Completion of VC 114 is a prerequisite to advancing to junior voice standing. The test may be passed at the end of any semester, but those who do not pass it after four semesters of instruction are required to continue study at an extra charge until the test is passed. If the test is passed in few than four semesters, furhter secondary voice study is not required.
Instruction includes class and private lessons, diction, and vocal pedagogy.
Qualified students may sing in performance classes at the discretion of their teachers or may request departmental approval to present voice recitals. 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.