Coral and Instrumental Practice 2
Objectives
1. To continue the studies and practices initiated in the first semester of the Vocal and Instrumental Practice 1.
2. Relate musical practice with theoretical reflection on music.
3. Deepen the studies of performance and interpretation through the reading of specialized texts.
4. Demonstrate that a critical and broad musical knowledge results in a differentiated practice.
5. Stimulating excellence in musical practice through the awareness and manipulation of technical elements (relaxation, tuning, muscularcoordination, etc.) and aesthetic elements (timbre, agogic, dynamics, phrasing, etc.).
6. Improve and consolidate skills of vocal and instrumental ensemble music.
7. Enhance critical music appreciation.
General characterization
Code
01107632
Credits
3.0
Responsible teacher
Alberto José Vieira Pacheco
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 84
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
• Cook, N. (2007). Music, performance, meaning. Selected essays. Cambridge University Press.
• Elliott, M. (2006). Singing in style: A guide to vocal performance practices. Yale University Press.
• Lester. J. (1996). Performance and analysis: interaction and interpretation. In The practice of performance. Cambridge University Press.
• Potter, J. (2000). The Cambridge companion to singing. Cambridge University Press.
• Rink, J. (org.). (2002). Musical performance: A guide to understanding. Cambridge University Press.
• Rink, J., Gaunt, H., Williamon, A. (Eds.). (2017) Musicians in the making: Pathways to creative performance. Oxford University Press.
• Sundberg, J. (2015). Ciência da voz: Fatos sobre a voz na fala e no canto. Edusp.
Teaching method
Knowledge and musical skills presented in Vocal e Instrumental Practice 1 will be consolidated and deepened. The course will consist of the interpretation of choral, vocal and instrumental repertoire. A complementary bibliography will be presented in order to broaden the theoretical references that will support the musical practice. The interpretation of the repertoire will be done consciously and critically, in order to achieve the objectives of the discipline. The musical results will be presented in the form of a public concert lastingapproximately one hour of music.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment
Final concert with the repertoire worked on during the semester - 50.0%
Individualized practical tests,through the formation of vocal/instrumental quartets - 50.0%
Missing class without an excuse will lower the final grade by 1
Going to concerts outside of class will raise your final grade by 1 up to 20.
Subject matter
The course will deepen and broaden the skills and knowledge developed at Vocal and Instrumental Practice through the followingcontents:
A) the practice of the musical repertoire composed from 19th c. to the present;
B) the studies of musical interpretation,
C) therelationship between musical analysis and practice,
D) breathing and its relation to musical phrasing,
E) singing styles since the 19th c.,
F) diction for singers in different styles.