R&B Vocal Ensemble with Improvisation

Department - VOICE
Offered - Fall, Spring, Summer
Course number - ENVC-123

Introductory R&B performance ensemble for voice principals designed to prepare students for solo performance in ensembles and other performing venues within a specific song style. Vocalists will learn how to count off tempos of songs, microphone technique, song style and groove, communication with the accompanist, and lead sheet preparation. Additional focus will be on beginning improvisation skills in the R&B idiom, including melodic and rhythmic phrasing, embellishments, tone color, and hearing basic blues patterns.

Credits: 1
Course Chair: Anne Peckham
Prerequisites: None
Required of: None
Electable by: Voice principals