Italian Diction for Singers and Performers

Catalog description

This course provides the voice student the skills needed to sing in Italian. Basic phonetic guidelines will be taught with the use of IPA. It will also give the students a rudimentary understanding of the Italian language in order to translate and thus interpret the vocal literature. The students will learn to transcribe, translate, recite and perform pieces in Italian with the ultimate goal of being able to communicate expressively through singing. Students will also become acquainted with standard Italian vocal literature through performance and listening. P: MUS 266 and MUS 271 .