Schedule changes:
A lesson time is
a firm appointment. If a student is
unable to
come for a lesson, they are required to notify the teacher as early as
possible. For changes of schedule:
Music repertoire will be assigned for each student, which will necessitate the purchase of some music scores. Mrs. Ruth Vos in the Music Department Office (724-847-6660) may be able to order scores for you. Other good places are: Volkwein’s, 138 Industry Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15275, Phone 1-800-553-8742, vocal dept. ext. 601, Email: music@volkweins.com, Website: www.volkweins.com; or Musik Innovations, 9600 Perry Highway, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, Phone: 1-800-677-8063, Email: music@musikinn.com, Website: www.musikinn.com.
Materials needed at each Lesson
Each student is required to bring
to each
lesson: 1) a pencil, 2) Warm-ups & Vocal Exe
In order to make sufficient progress as a student and maintain vocal fitness, Voice students are expected to practice daily, at a rate of one hour of practice per credit hour. Voice students taking MUA221 and higher are expected to practice at least two hours a day, and those taking MUA121-122 are expected to practice at least one hour a day. These may be adjusted for various reasons by the teacher.
Activities counting toward the
daily requirement
include: singing Warm-ups & Vocal Exe
A piano accompanist will be necessary for Boards, performing, and for most of your lessons. You may recruit your own accompanist, or one may be assigned to you by the Music Department.
Boards
All
students taking private lessons are required to appear before a
committee of
the music faculty to perform one or more of the pieces they have
studied in the
current semester, comparable to a Final Exam.
The Board evaluates the student’s progress and provides
suggestions for
improvement. Students
who are neither
majors nor minors in music may be excused from Boards at the discretion
of the
teacher. Boards are
held on Reading day
at the end of each semester. Please
check with your accompanist and sign up in the Music Department Office
at least
two weeks in advance.
Your Voice grade will be determined by your teacher, based on: 1) Effort, 2) Improvement throughout the semester, 3) Preparation for each lesson, 4) Learning your assigned music promptly 5) Attendance and promptness at lessons, Recitals, and Masterclasses, and 6) Quality of performance at Student Recitals and Boards.
Note the Geneva College GPA scale: A = 4.0, A- = 3.7, B+ = 3.3, B = 3.0, B- = 2.7, C+ = 2.3, C = 2.0, C- = 1.7, D+ = 1.3, D = 1.0, D- = 0.7, F = 0.0
This
Voice Studio
endeavors to cultivate the disciplines necessary for successful singers. Thus, to be considered for
a grade of A in
Voice, each student will do the following:
Attendance:
Maintain a record of promptness to lessons and
have no unexcused lesson absences
Practice:
Keep a record* of practice time, including exercises,
diction, translation, listening, rehearsal with accompanist, etc.
Recording:
Record each lesson, listen to the mp3, and take
notes of observations from each lesson in a notebook or Practice Record
Memory:
Perform their songs memorized at Student Recitals and
Boards
Masterclasses
and Recitals:
Attend and participate in any
Masterclasses or Recitals*** required by the teacher
**
Note: Before your
voice grade will be turned in to
the Registrar at the end of each semester,
***
Attendance at all voice recitals by
Voice Masterclasses
Periodic Voice
Masterclasses will be offered to provide
students more
opportunities for growth as singers and future teachers, including
performance
experience, vocal technique and pedagogy, stage deportment, and vocal
health.
Voice students will be required to attend, exceptions made only with
permission.
Recitals and Concerts
Departmental
Recitals are held several times
each semester. All
students taking
private lessons may perform at the discretion of their teacher; all
majors in
music are required to perform at least once each semester.
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