Core Skills In Opera 1 (MUSI90231)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On Campus (Southbank)
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Overview
| Availability | Semester 1 |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
Students will undertake this subject to develop foundational knowledge, and isolate and cultivate the core skills, necessary for performing opera repertoire from either the baroque/classical periods, or the romantic/twentieth-century periods, depending on the cycle of repertoire selection for the course. This will include the development of:
Either:
- Strategies for singers to achieve foundational interactive voice, lyric diction and body work for stage productions;
Or:
-Strategies for repetiteurs to work at a foundational level to play keyboard parts and full orchestral scores in a spontaneous rehearsal context, and to learn how to negotiate complex ensemble interactions and dynamics in the rehearsal room.
To achieve these goals, students will work in group contexts to consolidate and develop:
- Foundation skills in vocal delivery and acting with appropriate stylistic approaches
- Foundation skills in the interactions between singing, speech, lyric diction and text appropriate to the demands of either baroque/classical, or romantic/twentieth-century operatic works
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students will be able to demonstrate skill in:
- foundational capacity to perform a variety of operatic styles appropriate to the baroque/ classical or romantic/twentieth-century periods being investigated;
- foundational capacity to prepare and rehearse an operatic scene from baroque/ classical or romantic/twentieth-century repertoire;
- respond to instruction in improvisation using movement and voice at a foundational level;
- write phoneticisation in IPA of text relevant to the operatic repertoire being studied at a foundational level;
- coordinate basic vocal/physical warm-up exercises.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Singers: Submit 1.5 pages (450 words) of warm-up exercise notes to be shared with cohort. (750 words equivalent) Repetiteurs: Submit 1.5 page (450 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 simple song texts of no more than 100 words (5% each). (2250 words equivalent) Due: One per week during weeks 2–7
| From Week 2 to Week 7 | 30% |
Singers: Group improvised movement sequence in response to instruction total 15 minutes. (1500 words equivalent) Repetiteurs: Leading a 15-minute rehearsal on a pre-prepared operatic scene with a minimum of three singers. (1500 words equivalent)
| From Week 7 to Week 9 | 20% |
Repetiteur-led presentation of an operatic scene of 15 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. (3000 words equivalent)
| During the examination period | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jane Davidson Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 4.5 hours a week comprising of class, tutorial, and individual coaching. Total time commitment 255 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020
Time commitment details
255
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Last updated: 3 November 2022