Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Upon successful completion, students should be able to:

• Use an advanced intermediate understanding of musicianship and performance etiquette to perform advanced/intermediate-level repertory to a public audience as a member of a small vocal ensemble.
• Use an understanding of music literacy to prepare and rehearse advanced/intermediate repertory as a member of a small vocal ensemble.
• Use an advanced/intermediate understanding of the stylistic differences in advanced/intermediate repertory to learn, rehearse and accurately interpret vocal music in performance.

• Learn and rehearse choral part both aurally and through printed music notation.
• Follow musical directions of chorus director during rehearsal and make appropriate notation in music score.
• Sectional and group rehearsal.
• Public performance as chamber chorus and/or small ensembles (duos, trios etc.).

• Attendance
• Recital/performance participation
• Concert reports
• Class participation
• Score annotation
• Part singing tests

• Vocal Genres:
• Performance Concepts and Practicum
• Historical styles:
  • Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Multicultural and non-Western works
    • A cappella and/or accompanied performance
    • Secular and Sacred works (cantatas,madrigals, motets etc.)
    • Performance practice and etiquette
• Tools
  • IPA for specific foreign language works (diction)
  • Musicianship & notation
  • Dynamics, phrasing, articulation
  • Conducting patterns