VC 581 Oratorio Vocal Repertoire I: Monteverdi - Haydn

This course introduces voice students to the unique rhetoric, style, and performance practice of baroque through early classical solo voice oratorio and concert repertoire. Heavily performance based, topics covered include: commonly programmed works, stylistically appropriate ornamentation and vocal tone models, basic figured bass and linear analysis revelatory of expressive musical structures, recitative, and existing recordings and popular scholarship. Students will be exposed to a breadth of repertoire, and will coach a selection of pieces for a final concert. Enrollment is by instructor approval.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

((VC 500/Studio or VC 100/Studio) and Instructor Permission)