MUS 578. Intensive Lyric Diction

Credits 2.00 PeopleSoft Course ID: 014153 Grading Basis GRD

Taught through a combined lecture and laboratory approach, this one-semester course is a review of written and sung diction. Students will perform songs in each of the primary sung languages (Italian, German, French and English). Topics covered include: International Phonetic Alphabet review, singing of foreign language songs, review of diction texts. This course is the prerequisite for MUPED 677. Advanced Lyric Diction and is appropriate as an elective for graduate vocal students, collaborative pianists and conducting students who have not yet studied lyric diction.