Student Handbook

Vocal Major Requirements

The following level proficiencies for students in voice are currently required by the voice music faculty. In addition to these basic skills, individual applied courses of study are on file with each applied instructor.

Freshman I   Freshman II       Major scales in one octave in an open vowel Major arpeggios, staccato and legato Beginning knowledge of English and Italian lyric diction Sight reading Four songs prepared by memory (at least one in a foreign language, usually Italian)   Major scales and arpeggios Natural minor scale Minor arpeggios Knowledge of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for English and Italian Sight reading Four songs prepared by memory (at least one in a foreign language, usually Italian)       Sophomore III   Sophomore IV       Chromatic scale Major, minor, diminished, augmented triads Major scales and arpeggios (2 octaves) Natural minor scale Harmonic minor scale Melodic minor scale Minor arpeggios Knowledge of German lyric diction Sight reading Four songs prepared by memory (at least one in a foreign language, including German Lied)   Chromatic scale Major, minor, diminished, augmented triads Major scales and arpeggios (2 octaves) All three forms of minor scales and arpeggios Knowledge of IPA - English, Italian, German Sight reading Four songs prepared by memory (at least one in a foreign language, including German Lied)       Junior V   Junior VI       Chromatic scale Major, minor, diminished, augmented triads Major scales and arpeggios (2 octaves) All three forms of minor scales and arpeggios Whole tone scale Knowledge of French lyric diction Preparation of recitative Sight reading Six songs prepared by memory (at least three in a foreign language, and at least one operatic aria)   Chromatic scale Major, minor, diminished, augmented triads Major scales and arpeggios (2 octaves) All three forms of minor scales and arpeggios Whole tone scale Knowledge of IPA - English, Italian, German and French Preparation of recitative Sight reading Six songs prepared by memory (at least three in a foreign language, and at least one operatic aria)       Senior VII   Senior VIII       Chromatic scale Major, minor, diminished, augmented triads Major scales and arpeggios (2 octaves) All three forms of minor scales and arpeggios Whole tone scale Knowledge of IPA - English, Italian, Ecclesiastical Latin, German and French Six songs prepared by memory (at least three in a foreign language, and at least one operatic aria)   Chromatic scale Major, minor, diminished, augmented triads Major scales and arpeggios (2 octaves) All three forms of minor scales and arpeggios Whole tone scale Knowledge of IPA - English, Italian, Ecclesiastical Latin, German and French Six songs prepared by memory (at least three in a foreign language, and at least one operatic aria)

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