AI 235 - Songshop

Institution:

DePaul University

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Description:

This hands-on course for performers, accompanists and auditors, gives students the opportunity to strengthen analytic and interpretative abilities in song. We ask each performing student to select and prepare songs, explore the sense of place, character, poetry, and examine the specific moments and changes within each song, and in the process make the song their own. We work with singers at various levels of performance experience, and most importantly, this course we are not limited to performers with "great" voices. We're aiming to strengthen conviction and communication along with basic musicality for anyone wanting to sing for our purposes, these are far more important aims than the quality or range of voice. Although we apply "cabaret" techniques of "intimate singing", the songs to be worked on can be in any genre as long as there is a story to tell (opera, folk, rock, jazz, musical theatre, etc.). While not a vocal technique class, the course's acting approach to singing often clears up diction and physical problems that stem from lack of specific intention in the interpretation. This is a class of discovery and process not only about songs but also about us. Students will be assessed based on their performances, their participation as auditors, and their structured learning journal assignments. Competences: A1A, A1C, aid, A2B (Only students who plan to perform songs or accompany singers should register for the A2B competence.) Faculty: Claudia Hommel

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.depaul.edu

Phone Number:

(312) 362-8000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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