Programme

Performing Arts - Actors Training

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

Bachelor | Semestral | 4

Year | Type of course unit | Language

2 |Mandatory |Português

Total of Working Hours | Duration of Contact (hours)

100 | 75

Code

ULP1977-15451

Recommended complementary curricular units

n/a

Mode of study

Face-to-face

Precedences

Não

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

Vocal Technique 1. Morphological-physiology of the vocal tract: the pharynx; the extrinsic musculature of the larynx; the height of the larynx; the palatal veil. 2. Breathing, emotional states and their influences on the vocal tract. 3. Technical exploration of motor control of the vocal tract - from breathing and vocal support - in singing and vocal exercises (vocalizations). 4. The musician-scenic, interpretative and stylistic work of the period song (medieval, Renaissance and classical). Text Work 1. The score of images suggested by the text as story-board of voice, elocution and interpretation. 2. Language in Greco-Roman dramaturgy and its work of formal analysis, interpretive and stylistic. 3. The group vocal coordination work and the collective score in the Greek Choir (spoken). 4. The process of phonation of consonants and vowels.

Objectives

1. Identify and execute the musical and stylistic differences of the sung musical repertoire of the medieval, Renaissance and classical theater. 2. Perform with awareness the possibilities of modulation and molding of the vocal tract according to the intention of vocal coloration, emotional states, breathing and vocal support. 3. To develop the diction and articulation of the text applied to the elocution coming from textual imagery. 4. Develop awareness in the stylistic differentiation of the Graeco-Roman dramatic text. 5. To master the synchrony of breathing, speaking and feeling in a collective of voices, in the work of the Greek Choir.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

1. Research and group practice of the technical figures of the vocal tract physiology. 2. Individual practice of a monologue of dramaturgy of Greco-Roman antiquity. 3. Group practice of a compulsory Greek Choir. 4. Individual and group practice of songs from theatrical and medieval dramaturgies of the medieval, Renaissance and classical periods. Assessment 1. Continuous (Individual sessions of text and vocal technique) 50% 2. Proof of Assessment in Text 20% 3. Proof of Assessment in Singing 20% 4. Report of self-assessment 10%

References

Foulds-Elliott, S., Thorp, C.W., Cala, S., Davis, P. (2000) Respiratory function in operatic singing: effects of emotional connection. Logoped. Phoniatr Vocol. Vol. 25:151-168.
Homma, I., Masaoka, Y. (2008) Breathing Rythms and Emotions. Exp. Physiol. Vol 93, Nº 9:1011-1021.
Hemsley, T. (1998) Singing and Imagination: A human approach to a great musical tradition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Husler, F., Rodd-Marling, Y. (1976) Singing: the Physical Nature of the Vocal Organ. A guide to the Unlocking of the Singing Voice. London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd.
Miller, R. (2004) Solutions for Singers: Tools for Performers and Teachers. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Inc.