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Core Skills in Opera 2 (MUSI90233) // Assessment
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Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Singers: Lead the class in vocal warm-up exercises totalling 5 minutes, and submit 1 page (300 words) of notes on these warm-up exercises to be shared with cohort. (750 words equivalent) Repetiteurs: Lead class in breathing, body awareness and/or mindfulness warm-up exercises totalling 5 mins, and submit 1 page (300 words) of warm-up exercise notes to be shared with cohort. (750 words equivalent)
| From Week 3 to Week 12 | 10% |
Six phoneticisations in IPA of complex song texts (markedly more complex than Core skills 1) of no more than 100 words (5% each). (2250 words equivalent) One per week during weeks 2–7.
| From Week 2 to Week 7 | 30% |
Singers: Group improvised movement sequence and a scripted scene, total 15 minutes. (1500 words equivalent) Repetiteurs: Leading a 20-minute rehearsal on a pre-prepared operatic scene with a minimum of three singers. (1500 words equivalent) Due: In-class during weeks 7-9
| From Week 7 to Week 9 | 20% |
Repetiteur-led presentation of an operatic scene of 20 mins duration involving three or more cast members with substantial involvement of each singer in a studio performance, from either baroque/ classical, or romantic/twentieth-century repertoire, depending on the cycle of repertoire selection for the course. Include oral presentation on how the work has been achieved. (3000 words equivalent)
| During the examination period | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022