Vocal techniques, breathing, tone placement, diction, and literature survey are emphasized. MUS 152 is corequisite with MUS 104 for voice majors. Enrollment is by permission of instructor. Membership is open to any student upon completion of an audition. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 semester hours credit.
Membership is open to any student upon completion of an audition.
May be repeated for a maximum of 8 semester hours credit. This course will meet 3 hours per week, and is open to the general student population. The use of handbells and Orff instruments will be emphasized. A study of the historical information and the actual music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods by examination of important movements that influenced the patronage and function of music, musical devices, forms and composers. Specific works with clearly observable stylistic features are studied as illustrations of historically significant genres, styles, or techniques.