EA406-7-FY-LO:
Music and Singing
2024/25
East 15 Acting School
East15 (Loughton) Campus
Full Year
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 27 June 2025
15
22 March 2024
Requisites for this module
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MA W41012 Acting,
MFA W41020 Acting
This module provides training in practical musicianship by developing sight-singing skills and applying them to more challenging works involving harmony and counterpoint. You will learn part-songs, rounds, etc. and gain understanding of the concepts of key and mode in music. You will sing in harmony and counterpoint with your fellow students and will be helped to develop memorising skills. As a result of this module, you will improve your fluency in sight singing.
The aim is to enable students to consolidate an intensive programme of musical work undertaken within the space of a year: students will develop the ability to memorise and sing in parts and the use of the singing voice with a degree of technical assurance. The work of the module enables the student to develop the fundamentals of good voice production (posture, breath, onset of tone etc.) A sense of rhythm, and develop aural awareness. It aims to provide the student with the appropriate language to critically analyse various singing styles and techniques.
No information available.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to demonstrate:
Technical
- Breathing (correct use of techniques)
- Rhythm (feeling the pulse of the music)
- Resonance and placement (intonation, free and unrestricted tone)
- Physicality (posture, alignment, release)
- Articulation (energized text, use of vowels and consonants)
Sung Material
- Solo songs: a variety of styles, but not limited to; including; folk, historical; musical theatre , and pop/ rock
- Ensemble songs (unison and harmony singing)
- Connection (demonstration of journey through song)
- Application of technical skills
- Development (ownership of voice, working through inhibition)
Singing: Term One
This section of the unit aims to enable the student to develop the fundamentals of good voice production, a sense of rhythm, and develop aural awareness. It aims to provide the student with the appropriate language to critically analyse various singing styles and techniques
Singing: Term Two:
This section of the unit is to develop further the technical skills acquired in term one, and apply them to a wider, more demanding range of repertoire and emotional situations. You will be asked to show practical application of technical work,
Singing: Term Three
By the third term the students are regarded as actors who can communicate through song, and are ready to prepare for audition. You will have sufficient confidence in your voice to be able to diversify (as demonstrated in your various performances in term two) and can attempt various types of repertoire. You will have a good idea of your own vocal identity and can concentrate on pieces that you feel are suited to you, and are beneficial for audition purposes
This module will be delivered via:
- Practical classes.
- Workshops.
- Tutorials.
- Rehearsals.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
warm up and folk song assessment |
|
10% |
| Coursework |
Solo song (audience) |
|
35% |
| Practical |
Solo performance (class) |
|
20% |
| Practical |
Continuous Assessment |
|
35% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Mr Colin Sell, email: casell@essex.ac.uk.
Colin Sell, Musica and Singing Tutors
For further information please email casell
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Prof Anthony Dean
University of Winchester
Emeritus Professor
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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