VOCAL MUSIC

“Do you love to sing??”

NOT OFFERED SPRING 2013

(Mondays 6:30 to 8:00pm)

Enroll Here: http://foundationsinc.org/pcatphilly/youth-programs

Perfect!! This fun and exciting vocal training class will start you on your way to becoming the next American Idol. Students will focus on vocal warm-ups, proper breathing technique, pitch, control sight reading and phrasing for singers. Emphasis will be placed on fun, showmanship, and contemporary music that everyone can enjoy while working on singing techniques to last a lifetime. Want to be on Broadway? Want to be an Artist? You’ll learn how to use these techniques to achieve your ultimate goal as an Artist or broadway star here!

What is Vocal Music?

Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing (i.e. vocal performance) provides the main focus of the piece. This division entails learning Vocal Scales, breathing techniques, rhythm, dynamics, timbre, correct diction, phrasing and visualization and basic sight reading. These are all methods that teach the singer about the mechanism of singing. VM members will perform as a choir in their grand concert consisting of the following genres jazz, gospel, classical, rhythm and blues, and or broadway.

VM SCH CAPA members will:

• Develop knowledge of quality compositions, composers, and performers.

• Experience the enjoyment and sense of accomplishment in performing music

• Value the skill of reading music (sight reading)

• Understand the various roles of music in society.

• Develop various performance techniques

• Identify a personal aesthetic response to music

This class is tailored for the beginner to intermediate student and will culminate in a class recital each term.