Module Specifications
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Discover autonomy over your process so that you may apply yourself independently to explore creativity, rigour, adaptability and specificity within your work
How will I learn? Much of this unit is taught within a workshop environment to facilitate the maximum amount of individual experiential learning as possible. Within this you may work individually, in pairs or small groups, or within the larger ensemble. You will develop your learning through individual participation as well as peer observation and analysis. You will also take part in group discussions of research, observations and connections to previous work. How will I be assessed? The assessment within this unit is based on your engagement with process as opposed to assessment of a specific performance. You will be formatively assessed throughout the module in relation to the assessment criteria for the module. There may be more informal sharing of process to the wider group which may contribute to the assessment process. The mark awarded for Voice and Language forms 65% of the mark for Voice module. What will the assessors be looking for? • •
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Engagement with commitment to the development and acquisition of technical skills Ownership of all aspects of the vocal progression taught on the course: body and breath; optimum voice; resonance; forward placement; pitch and clear articulation/diction in response to the medium being employed in; Ability to use critical analysis of text to inform vocal choices. Ability to deliver verse with confidence and connection. Ability to deliver text with meaning and feeling. Active engagement with rhetorical devices. Ownership of dynamic, expressive delivery of language. Demonstrate connection through physical embodiment of text. Ability to confidently work in a variety of acoustic environments. Ownership of imaginative, expressive delivery of heightened language. Ability to deliver verse with clarity confidence and connection.
SINGING Tutor: Contact hours: Timetable:
Helen Ireland 31.5 1 x 75 min class a week, Autumn and Spring terms
Outline This unit enables you to approach singing as an actor and to begin work on a realisation of the potential of your singing voice. You will prepare the given material with the emphasis on ‘telling the story’ of the song, whilst also learning how to prepare the material as the actor would prepare a script. 62
