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Visualizing Science — CHE2249.01

Instructor: Dor Ben-Amotz
Days & Time: WE 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 2

In this class we will explore the art and practice of scientific communication. This course is inspired by the work of Edward Tufte as well as a lifetime of experience in scientific research and presentation. Our aim is to learn how to create elegant explanations of complex ideas using pictures, charts, numbers and words. We will analyze

Vocal Chamber Ensemble — MVO4126.01

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
So you have a voice. What will you say with it? Some topics are too profound for one voice alone- we need to sing with others, to become more than a sum of our parts. This ensemble is for confident singers interested in becoming a vital member of a musical team, performing sacred and secular works old and new, a capella and accompanied, from varied traditions and cultures.

Vocal Ensemble: Street Corner Harmony — MPF4205.01

Instructor: Tom Bogdan
Credits: 4
This is a performance workshop/class where vocalists have the opportunity to work with a vocal coach (Bogdan) to learn and perform Doo-Wop and close harmony vocal music. Students will listen to recordings of classic vocal groups of the fifties and sixties and learn to hear and identify the intricate harmonies of the backup singers as well as to sing lead vocals in arrangements

Voice and Speech Workshop — DRA2114.01

Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Credits: 4
***Time Change*** The human voice simultaneously communicates thought and emotion whether we will it or not. Through exercises focusing on alignment and release, breath expansion and endurance, vibration and tone, and articulation and flexibility, students will work to free, develop and strengthen their natural voice. Particular attention will be paid to diction to align

Voice and Speech Workshop — DRA2114.01

Instructor: Kirk Jackson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The human voice simultaneously communicates thought and emotion whether we will it or not. Through exercises focusing on alignment and release, breath expansion and endurance, vibration and tone, and articulation and flexibility, students will work to free, develop and strengthen their natural voice. Particular attention will be paid to diction to align clarity of thought and

Voice Class: Black Singing Style — MVO4204.01

Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
This will be an intermediate level voice class, for students interested in learning about and singing music in The Black Singing style as found in various traditions in the U.S.  The class will listen to, analyze and explore the fundamental concepts of the Black Singing Style, including aspects of rhythmic and melodic patterns, improvisation, and timbre. Students will sing

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.02, section 2

Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
Credits: 4
For students of varying levels of singing ability. This course will teach fundamental concepts of healthy voice technique that can be applied to singing in any style. Students will work towards individual goals through regular practice of warmups, vocalizations, and awareness exercises, and progress will be assessed by preparation and performance of specific song assignments.

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.03, section 3) (cancelled 9/12/2024

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
For students of varying levels of singing ability. This course will teach fundamental concepts of healthy voice technique that can be applied to singing in any style. Students will work towards individual goals through regular practice of warmups, vocalizations and awareness exercises, and progress will be assessed by preparation and performance of specific song assignments.

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.01, section 1

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
Intense study of vocal technique and the interpretation of vocal repertoire, designed for advanced students who have music as a plan concentration and to assist graduating seniors with preparation for senior recitals. Students will increase their knowledge of vocal technique and learn a varied spectrum of vocal repertory for performance and as preparation for further study or

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.01, section 1

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Credits: 4
For students of varying levels of singing ability. This course will teach fundamental concepts of healthy voice technique that can be applied to singing in any style. Students will work towards individual goals through regular practice of warmups, vocalizations and awareness exercises, and progress will be assessed by preparation and performance of specific song assignments.

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.03, section 3

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

The Voice Performance Intensive is an advanced voice course designed for experienced singers looking to elevate their vocal craft and take their performances to the next level. We will explore a diverse range of singing styles, including classical, contemporary, and other genres, enabling students to develop a versatile portfolio of repertoire.

This class includes

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.02, section 2

Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
Credits: 4
For students of varying levels of singing ability. This course will teach fundamental concepts of healthy voice technique that can be applied to singing in any style. Students will work towards individual goals through regular practice of warmups, vocalizations and awareness exercises, and progress will be assessed by preparation and performance of specific song assignments.

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.03, section 3

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
For students of varying levels of singing ability. This course will teach fundamental concepts of healthy voice technique that can be applied to singing in any style. Students will work towards individual goals through regular practice of warmups, vocalizations and awareness exercises, and progress will be assessed by preparation and performance of specific song assignments.

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.02, section 2

Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
Intense study of vocal technique and the interpretation of vocal repertoire, designed for advanced students who have music as a plan concentration and to assist graduating seniors with preparation for senior recitals. Students will increase their knowledge of vocal technique and learn a varied spectrum of vocal repertory for performance and as preparation for further study or

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.02, section 2

Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
Credits: 4
For students of varying levels of singing ability. This course will teach fundamental concepts of healthy voice technique that can be applied to singing in any style. Students will work towards individual goals through regular practice of warmups, vocalizations, and awareness exercises, and progress will be assessed by preparation and performance of specific song assignments.

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.01, section 1

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Credits: 4
For students of varying levels of singing ability. This course will teach fundamental concepts of healthy voice technique that can be applied to singing in any style. Students will work towards individual goals through regular practice of warmups, vocalizations, and awareness exercises, and progress will be assessed by preparation and performance of specific song assignments.

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.01, section 1

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

The Voice Performance Intensive is an advanced voice course designed for experienced singers looking to elevate their vocal craft and take their performances to the next level. We will explore a diverse range of singing styles, including classical, contemporary, and other genres, enabling students to develop a versatile portfolio of

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.01, section 1

Instructor: Kerry Ryer-Parke
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

The Voice Performance Intensive is an advanced voice course designed for experienced singers looking to elevate their vocal craft and take their performances to the next level. We will explore a diverse range of singing styles, including classical, contemporary, and other genres, enabling students to develop a versatile portfolio of

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.02, section 2

Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

The Voice Performance Intensive is an advanced voice technique course designed for experienced singers looking to elevate their vocal craft and take their performances to the next level. We will explore a diverse range of singing styles, including classical, contemporary, and other genres, enabling students to develop a versatile

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.01, section 1

Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
Credits: 4
For students of varying levels of singing ability. This course will teach fundamental concepts of healthy voice technique that can be applied to singing in any style. Students will work towards individual goals through regular practice of warmups, vocalizations, and awareness exercises, and progress will be assessed by preparation and performance of specific song assignments.

Voice Performance Intensive — MVO4404.02, section 2

Instructor: Virginia Kelsey
Days & Time: TU 2:10pm-4:00pm
Credits: 4

The Voice Performance Intensive is an advanced voice technique course designed for experienced singers looking to elevate their vocal craft and take their performances to the next level. We will explore a diverse range of singing styles, including classical, contemporary, and other genres, enabling students to develop a versatile

Voices of Our Time — APA2198.01

Instructor: Brian Campion
Days & Time: TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 2

In this course, students will document the lived experiences of individuals during this immensely challenging period in American history. Students will receive training in the methods of oral history, interviewing techniques, historical ethics, and archival work. They will conduct interviews of classmates and community members. These narratives will then be preserved in

Volatile Futures/Earthly Matters — APA2275.01

Instructor:
Credits: 2
Where and when does the Anthropocene come to matter? Looking at inundated low-lying islands, the melting Arctic, or the coastal wrath of super storms, many suggest such contemporary moments prophesy the future that awaits us all. Others, returning to the ecological fallout of the colonial plantation, hydrocarbon imperialism, or nuclear weapons, suggest our impending unraveling

Voltaire and Rousseau — LIT4143.01

Instructor: Brooke Allen
Credits: 4
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were towering figures not only of the age of Enlightenment but of all Western intellectual history. Their subjects ranged from philosophy to politics to religion to history to education; their works remain as readable and provocative as they were 250 years ago. Great radicals in their time who are still politically

Walking and Writing — LIT2398.01

Instructor: Akiko Busch
Credits: 4
The workshop will examine the literary traditions of walking and writing, focusing on how the first can assist the second. Themes will include walking as a passage; walking as escape; walking as a meditation; walking towards something; walking away from something; and those times when walking manages to be both of these things. Of his outings in Concord, Henry Thoreau said