Developing Performance

1 - Practical skills assessment - 30

Final Performance

2 - Practical skills assessment - 70

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You will receive 20 hours of individual vocal tuition designed to support the development of your technical, interpretive, and performative abilities as a singer. These one-to-one lessons provide personalised guidance tailored to your individual strengths, areas for development, and artistic goals. Through the study of a diverse range of vocal styles, genres, and techniques, you will develop healthy and sustainable vocal practice, improve technical control and expressive communication, and enhance your ability to adapt to different performance contexts. Individual lessons will also encourage the development of effective practice strategies, stylistic awareness, and professional performance skills, enabling you to build confidence as an independent and versatile vocalist.

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

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Bulletproof Musician (Blog)

Rink, J. (ed.) Musical Performance: A Guide to Understanding. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 144–152

Communicating with the body in performance

Befriending Performance Anxiety: Practical Tips for Performers of All Levels

The Contemporary Singer: Elements of Vocal Technique

Vocal Workouts for the Contemporary Singer

MU1090 - Solo Vocal Performance 1

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This module is delivered through 20 hours of one-to-one vocal lessons. In the one-to-one lessons you will develop your knowledge and technique through expert guidance and work towards the presentation of the end-of-module performance. 
Self-directed learning hours are for independent study and account for the minimum amount of time you should spend studying independently. Self-directed learning involves regular individual practice as set and guided by your instrumental tutor.

Solo Vocal Performance 1

Reflect constructively on your developing performance skillset.

Values and attitudes

Respond thoughtfully and effectively to feedback on your work and develop the ability to construct feedback for others.

Identify the key attributes of a successful solo vocalist, including range, resonance, acoustic awareness, physical control and expressive technique

Knowledge

Identify and evaluate interpretive approaches used in vocal performance, considering stylistic, historical, and artistic contexts.

Integrate technical proficiency, artistic expression and audience communication in performance.

Develop the core technical components of your practice by applying core vocal techniques, including breath control, vocal production, and expressive communication, in a range of performance contexts.

Skills

Develop awareness of relevant styles, idioms and influences by applying skills gained from the study of musicianship to your performance practice.