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| Song Interpretation | |||
| SONG INTERP | |||
| CLASS CODE: | TA 335 | CREDITS: 4 | |
| DIVISION: | PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | THEATRE | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| CATALOG DESCRIPTION: | Concentrated practical work with textual analysis, emotional, physical characterization, staging/blocking techniques, types of progression in songs, auditioning, and centering the dramatic focus within a song. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | This course fosters specific and unique creation of character by performers while singing. Two distinctive methodologies for analyzing, interpreting, staging and performing solos and audition material are taught and refined. | ||
| TOPICS: | Dramatic context; operative structure, paraphrasing; subtexting; focal language; Fred Silver's acting techniques: passive, active, stage directions and dramatic monologue/counterpoint. | ||
| OBJECTIVES: | Develop a unique format for interpreting any song by combining techniques taught in class. Master staging methods, learn textual analysis appoaches, and engage in practical performance experiences to heighten and refine abilities. |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | Regular attendance for studio sessions is required. Four or five written exams will cover lecture and reading materials. Students are expected to meet with a rehearsal accompanist outside of class approximately thirty minutes each week to refine preparation of performance material. | ||
| PREREQUISITES: | None, but if you do not read music, passing the class will be extremely difficult. | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2001 | ||