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1 1. Programme description COURSE DESCRIPTION 1.1. Higher education institution Spiru Haret University 1.2. Faculty Faculty of Arts 1.3. Department Department of Arts 1.4. Stream Arts Music 1.5. Cycle Bachelor s degree studies 1.6. Study programme / Qualification Music education 2. Subject description 2.1. Subject name Choral singing 2.2. Subject code Muz Course coordinator Georgeta Pinghiriac, Associate Professor PhD 2.4. Seminar coordinator Georgeta Pinghiriac, Associate Professor PhD 2.5. Year I 2.6.Semester II 2.7. Assessment E 2.8. Course status C 3. Total estimated time (No. of teaching and learning hrs./sem) 3.1 Number of hours/week 14 of which: 3.3 for seminar/laboratory 14 Cpi 3.2 for course 3.4 Total hours in the curriculum 28 of which: 3.6 for seminar/laboratory 28Cpi 3.5 for course Time distribution Hours Individual study on textbooks, references and notes 15 Additional research in library, electronic platform and field research 20 Individual study for seminars, laboratories, homework, papers 6 Tutorship 2 Examinations 2 Other activities Total hrs of individual study 47 hours 3.9 Total hrs/semester Number of credits 2credits semi 4. Course prerequisites (if any) 4.1 curriculum competences - 5. Requirements (if any) 5.1. Course Piano, equipment, computer, video projector 5.2. Seminar / laboratory Room equipped with photography devices, copying machine, sheet music pieces, specialized newspaper and magazine collections, CDs, DVDs 6. Specific competences Pr ofe ssi on al co mp ete nce s 1. Specialist knowledge in the field of study (theoretical knowledge, understanding-explanation-interpretation of theoretical fundamentals). 2. Subject-specific competences (instrumental and practical, creative).

2 Tr an sve rsa l co mp ete nce s 2. Development of teaching-singing-song-writing skills. 7. Subject objectives 7.1 General objective 1. Understanding the phonatory system and the vocal sound production. 2. Resonance sensation applied in vocalizes and exercises. 3. Acquiring the vocal technique and developing the abilities to apply the correct vocal style CULTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SUNG SOUND - Improving the music skills. 7.2 Specific objectives - The phonatory system and its role in singing; -Explanation and understanding of vocal sound production; -Breathing and the phonatory system functions; - Resonance sensation applied in vocalizes and exercises; - Knowledge of the complex phenomena of resonance involving the larynx -Acquiring the technique through sound attack and decay; -Enharmonic modulation and harmonization of sung sounds; -Vocal technique skills; -Sustained singing and its conditions; -Ambit and its development; -Causes of voice deficiencies; -Abilities to apply the correct vocal style; -Development of explicit techniques applied in singing 8. Content 8.1 Course Part II, Vocal range-difficulties of sung and spoken voice Teaching methods Remarks 9. VOCAL RANGE dynamic exercises of ascending and descending scales Vocal range 0 Vocal registers and their harmonization Lower, middle and upper registers Practice: vocalizes on the ninth Practice: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ridente la calma oral presentation/demonstrations; The student will study the repertoire from the indicated references 10. AMBIT debates/demonstrations; Ambit Lyric mezzo soprano, spinto mezzo soprano, dramatic mezzo soprano or Wagnerian mezzo soprano Mezzo soprano, mezzo-contralto, contralto Light lyric tenor, lyric tenor, lyric and spinto tenor, dramatic tenor Countertenor (alto), countertenor (falsetto) Lyric baritone, Verdi baritone Bass-baritone, singing bass, low bass Practice: Valentin Petculescu Floare albastră practice; 11. VOCAL REGISTER HARMONIZATION voice shaping;; Harmonization of vocal registers Practice: vocal exercises audio demonstrations/ demonstrations; 12. OBSTACLES IN BEAUTIFUL SINGING case study

3 0 Obstacles in beautiful singing Resonance involving the larynx Practice: Gian Giacomo Carissimi Vittoria, Vittoria.. Synthesis written course-based applications/demonstrations ; 13. CHOIR SINGING topic-based dialogue/demonstrations, Choir singing Follow of the technical principles studied Practice: Berjerette Practice: Dorinţa de Vasile Popovici 14. DISCIPLINARY INTERFERENCES IN TRAINING THE FUTURE MUSIC TEACHERS AND CONDUCTORS Disciplinary interferences in training the future music teachers and conductors Practice: Georg Friedrich Haendel Verdi prati 15. DYNAMIC CHANGES DIVERSITY IN SINGING Dynamic changes diversity in singing Piano forte dynamic changes in choral singing Practice: vocal exercises 16. DIFFICULTIES OF SUNG AND SPOKEN VOICE.Difficulties of sung and spoken voice Difficulties in revealing one's own vocal colour, artificially low or covered sounds. Avoiding sounds that are excessively non-vibrato. Eliminarea sunetelor drepte Excessive vibrato Vocal cords and vocal cords disorders dynamic exercises of ascendin and descending scales debates/demonstrations; case study; oral presentation/demonstrations; debates;

4 References Blivet, Jean-Pierre, Les Voies du chant-traite de technique vocale (Vocile cântului-tratat de tehnică vocală), Ed. Fayard, Paris, 1999 ; -Miller, Richard, On the art of singing (Despre arta cântului), Ed. Oxford University Press US, New York, 2002 ; -Pinghiriac Emil, Pinghiriac Georgeta, Arta cântului şi interpretării vocale, Editura Fundaţiei România de Mâine, Bucureşti, 2003 ; -Pinghiriac Georgeta, Album selectiv pentru canto coral, Editura Fundaţiei România de Mâine, Bucureşti, 2006 ; -Piso Ion, Cibernetica fonaţiei în canto, Editura Muzicală, Bucureşti, 2000 ; -Pinghiriac, Georgeta şi Emil, Comunicarea prin cântul vocal, Editura Pegasus Press, Bucureşti, 2009 ; -Pinghiriac, Georgeta şi Emil, Dimensiuni silistico-interpretative vocale, Editura Muzicală, Bucureşti, 2009 ; -Stark, James, Bel Canto :a history of vocal pedagogy(belcanto : o istorie a pedagogiei vocale), Ed.University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Seminar/laboratory Teaching methods Remarks Vocalizes on all 5 vowels; Vocalizes on tierce, quinte, sixth and ninth. Reproduction of a memorized exercise Slow, medium attack and sound decay The difficulties of sung and spoken voice Exercises for breathing consolidation when singing Exercises for breathing consolidation when singing Piano forte dynamic changes in musical and vocal phrase Distributive attention development in choral singing Sustaining and improving the musical phrase in the studied repertoire Sustaining and improving the musical phrase in the studied repertoire Acquiring an accurate emission technique Correct impostation and the art of singing Music education and thinking based on the simple-to- complex repertoire Vocal technique Correct emission Materials printed within USH s own Printing House will be used, according to the indicated references References: -Austern, Linda Phyllis, Music Sensation and Sensuality(Muzică, senzaţie şi senzualitate), vol.5, Ed. Routledge, New York, 2002; -Burlui Ada, Introducere în arta cântului, Editura Appolonia, Iaşi 1986; -Cernei Elena, Enigmele vocii umane, Editura Muzicală, Bucureşti, 1982; -Cook, Mervyn, The Cambridge companion to twentieth-century opera(ghidul Cambridge pentru opera sec.xx), Ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005; -Elliot, Martha, Singing in Style, A Guide to Vocal Performance Practices(Cum să cânţi în stil, un ghid pentru interpretări vocale), Ed.Yale University Press, 2007; -Enigărescu Octav, Dincolo de scenă, Editura Muzicală, Bucureşti, 1987; -Husson Raoul, Vocea cântată, Editura Muzicală, Bucureşti, 1968; -Pavlenco Camelia, Rezonanţe lirice în liedul românesc, Editura U.N.M.B.2005; -Voinea Silvia, Incursiune în istoria artei cântului şi a esteticii vocale, Editura Pro Transilvania, Bucureşti, Matching the subject content with the expectations of the stakeholders, professional associations and representative employers in the line of the programme Knowledge of the subject-specific theories, models and concepts; The student s ability to communicate the musical phrase, knowledge of the music style. 10. Assessment Activity type 10.1 Assessment criteria 10.2 Assessment methods 10.3 Balance in the final grade 10.4 Course Course attendance Oral Seminar/laboratory Interaction 2 ongoing assessments 20% 10.6 Minimum performance standards Correct performance of 3 songs in the repertoire for the final assessment

5 Date of filling in: Course coordinator s signature, Seminar coordinator s signature, Georgeta Pinghiriac, Associate Professor PhD Georgeta Pinghiriac, Associate Professor PhD Date of certification in the Department Head of Department s signature Sorin Lerescu, Associate Professor PhD

COURSE DESCRIPTION. 1 seminar / laboratory seminar / hours. time Distribution of teaching / learning time. laboratory

COURSE DESCRIPTION. 1 seminar / laboratory seminar / hours. time Distribution of teaching / learning time. laboratory COURSE DESCRIPTION 1. Information on the academic program 1.1. Higher education institution Spiru Haret University 1.2. Faculty Arts 1.3. Department Arts 1.4. Field Music 1.5. Study cycle Undergraduate