Applied Voice Skills (MUSI90163)

Intended learning outcomes

On completing this subject, students will have:

• skills to evaluate, plan and implement a daily practice which develops their own voice;
• extended their range of vocal pedagogical skills;
• developed diagnostic skills for working with groups and individuals;
• further developed an approach to working with the relationship between voice and text;
• developed a sound understanding of the relationship between the body and voice and apply this to practical demonstration of the embodiment of the voice;
• applied techniques which serve the vocal requirements of performance/public speaking;
• practised leading a small group vocal session with peers;
• received feedback from tutors on the individual’s vocal development.

Generic skills

On completing this subject, students will have:
• a capacity for self-directed learning and the motivation for continued skills and professional development in voice;
• an advanced level of oral and written communication;
• an ability to critically evaluate and synthesise research literature;
• a capacity to manage competing demands on time;
• an appreciation of the team approach to learning in complex areas;
• a capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems;
• initiated and implemented a constructive change to the knowledge and skills base in voice within their communities, including professions and workplaces;
• an advanced understanding of the underpinning knowledge in voice skills;
• an ability to develop creative and imaginative vocal techniques which promote safe healthy practices;
• an ability to promote evidence-based practice in the implementation of a voice program;
• excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitations;
• an ability for critical and creative thinking, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning;
• an advanced knowledge of voice techniques.