The final exam is closed-book. Primarily a lecture course, the students participate in class discussions and build a paper model of the larynx. Some texts used in class materials include those by Barbara Doscher, Meribeth Bunch, Johann Sundberg, Perkins and Kent, Frank Netter, M.D., Vennard, and Zemlin. Topics covered include repertoire, vowels, breathing, voice classification, teaching children and teenagers in the studio, vocal abuse, class voice techniques, and recital program-building. A notebook is kept and an extensive repertoire project is presented in class by each student.
Students teach in class and receive peer and teacher evaluation and supervision.
Studio observation is required, as well as an extensive notebook of vocalises, notes on assigned readings and class discussions. Reading assignments include the works of Pearl Wormhoudt, Eloise Ristad, Wesley Balk, Richard Miller, and James McKinney. MUSC 3193, Pedagogy for Young Voices - an undergraduate course, required of voice majors and music education majors. Presents an overall view of how the voice works. Additional areas of study include health care of the voice, group teaching techniques, and corrective ideas for vocal problems commonly encountered in the studio and choral rehearsal.