City Lit a cappella
Course
In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
London
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Start date
Different dates available
Practise the skills involved in part-singing: listening, reading music and following a vocal score, good intonation, good timing, memorising parts to song arrangements. You will operate as a performance group.
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About this course
- Blend your voice into the group sound
- Enjoy increased awareness of harmony and listening to others
- Demonstrate harmony parts and improved timing
- Enhance your understanding of music as a performance art, and yourself as a singer
- Perform with confidence in formal and informal settings
- Broaden your understanding of a cappella possibilities.
Use of CD/mp3 player/iphone for practice, should you wish to record aspects of class. Singers should keep a folder of the scores we work with. You will be expected to make every effort to attend gig dates as the opportunities arise.
You will learn through short vocal/physical warm up, followed by rehearsal of arrangements of pop & jazz repertoire unique to this ensemble. All group singing work, though sometimes we will try out material in small groups.
Performances as often as possible - at and outside City Lit.
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Course programme
- Learning to sing 4, 5 or 6-part a cappella arrangements of pop/jazz style songs
- Some work by ear only, but most arrangements are written as a musical score
- Occasional opportunity to improvise, usually during the vocal warm-up
- Performance matters : focus and projection, posture, movement
- Maintenance of a body of repertoire
- vocal maintenance
- listening skills and awareness of other voices.
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City Lit a cappella
