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Core Skills In Opera 1 (MUSI90231)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 18.75On Campus (Southbank)

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Overview

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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:

  • 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 should be able to:

  • 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: 5 February 2024

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: 5 February 2024

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Three phoneticisations in IPA of simple song texts

  • 2250 words (equivalent)
Throughout the teaching period30%

Respond to and apply set class work as directed

  • 1500 words (equivalent)
Second half of the teaching period20%

450 words of warm-up exercise notes

  • 20 hours (of work required)
End of the teaching period10%

Present operatic excerpts (up to 15 minutes) as directed

  • 75 hours (of work required)
During the assessment period40%
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes and submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject.Throughout the teaching periodN/A

Last updated: 5 February 2024

Dates & times

  • Semester 1
    CoordinatorJane Davidson
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Southbank)
    Contact hours54 hours, comprising 4.5 hours per week in a variable mixture of class, tutorial, coaching and individual settings
    Total time commitment255 hours
    Teaching period26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024
    Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024
    Census date 3 April 2024
    Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024
    Assessment period ends21 June 2024

    Semester 1 contact information

    Jane Davidson: j.davidson@unimelb.edu.au

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Last updated: 5 February 2024

Further information

  • Texts

    Prescribed texts

    There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.

  • Related Handbook entries

    This subject contributes to the following:

    TypeName
    CourseMaster of Music (Opera Performance)
  • Available through the Community Access Program

    About the Community Access Program (CAP)

    This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.

    Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.

    Additional information for this subject

    Students must meet the course entry requirements in order to be considered for a CAP enrolment in this subject. That is, students must be made an offer to the MC-MUSOP Master of Music (Opera Performance) before seeking enrolment in this subject.

Last updated: 5 February 2024