SU Hosts 7th Annual Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute, July 18-26
Bridge the gap between today’s contemporary commercial music styles (i.e., music theatre, cabaret, rock, pop, country, jazz, gospel and folk) and the more traditional, classical vocal techniques.
Shenandoah University will offer its seventh annual Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute, July 18-26, in three sessions: Level 1 (July 18-20); Level II (July 21-23), and Level III (July 24-26). To register, go to http://www.su.edu/tvpc.
The vocal faculty of Shenandoah Conservatory and Somatic Voice Creator and Artist-in-Residence Jeannette LoVetri created the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute to meet the demand for training grounded in voice science, voice medicine and tested methods of CCM pedagogy. It continues to be the first and only institute to offer courses in CCM for academic credit in a graduate degree program.
The best and brightest voice professionals from all vocal disciplines worldwide have been drawn to Shenandoah’s CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute for the past six summers and have high praise for its worthiness. Participants have included singing teachers, professional singers, jazz educators, choral conductors (both secular and religious), speech coaches and speech pathologists.
Those attending learn to apply the principles of voice science and voice medicine to their teaching. This invaluable training sharply increases their ability to assist students in meeting the complex demands of the 21st century music marketplace.
“One of the reasons that Shenandoah University offers this program is that not many classically trained teachers of singing are convinced cross-over singing has to be taught to teach CCM in a healthy way,”said Professor of Voice Kathryn Green, DMA. “Voice teachers around the world, many who are themselves classically trained, can learn how to bridge the gap between today’s contemporary commercial music styles (i.e., music theatre, cabaret, rock, pop, country, jazz, gospel and folk) and the more traditional, classical vocal techniques. Participants leave the institute knowing how to teach and demonstrate these techniques to their students.”
“Voice teachers around the world, many who are themselves classically trained, can learn how to bridge the gap between today’s contemporary commercial music styles and the more traditional, classical vocal techniques,”said Professor of Voice Kathryn Green, DMA. “Participants leave the institute knowing how to teach and demonstrate these techniques to their students.”
Highlights of the program will include a short history of music theatre vocal and musical styles, methods to keep the voice healthy in any style, basic voice science, diagnostic and corrective tools, practical application of the contemporary commercial music vocal style, cross-training, and problem solving studies of the larynx, taught by LoVetri and Shenandoah Conservatory voice faculty members.
“No matter what kind of CCM you work with, this workshop gives you wonderful tools to increase your understanding of how to help your students,”said Beth Amin, professional vocalist and speech language pathologist from San Paulo, Brazil.
Registration is required, and space is limited. Program costs are $390 for Level I Institute; $390 for Level II Institute, $390 for Level III Institute; $100 Jeannette LoVetri Seminar. Registration and payment are due by July 1.
Participants can earn on graduate credit for each level offered. Levels I and II are required courses in the Master of Music in Pedagogy curriculum. Level III is required in the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) vocal pedagogy degree curriculum.
For information, go to http://www.su.edu/tvpc or contact Linda Leonard at 540-665-4600.
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