After achieving a satisfactory level of facility, private piano lessons are allowed. This course is a basic study in the applied art of singing with special emphasis on a music ministry. The fundamentals of vocal production including posture, breathing, tone quality, and diction are stressed. Sacred and standard repertoire are used. Voice Class I or instructor s permission.
Graded studies are available for all piano students.
Repertoire includes selections from the standard art music for the instrument and published or self-arranged hymn or gospel song stylings. This course places emphasis on training as a church organist. Sacred and standard are music for the instrument are studied to develop techniques needed for service playing, accompaniment, and registration. This course guides in the development of legitimate singing skills for a ministry of spiritual song. An attitude of sacred stewardship is cultivated in the care and proper use of the voice with attention given to posture, breathing, tone production, agility, diction, phrasing, and poise as aids to effectively communicating spiritual truth in song.