The Art of Singing Program
Combining the traditional style of vocal instruction with
music, poetry and visual arts.
Classes will focus on vocal technique: practicing, vocalizing and breathing.
Technique will be transferred from vocalizes to songs emphasizing vocal health, beauty of tone and effective musical
interpretation. Song anthology will be a mixture of folk songs, songs from movies and musical theatre, art songs,
as well as contemporary styles of music and student work.
Musical interpretation instruction will be based on The Performance Cycle, an instructional model developed by
The Arts Literacy Project through the Education Department at Brown University in accordance with research clearly
demonstrating the strong casual link between arts-learning and academic performance.
The Performance Cycle provides teachers and artists with the framework for engaging students in a process of deep comprehension by building a classroom community of learners that centers on a text.
Classes will also include basic music theory, and group yoga/breathing techniques.
Students will be encouraged to write their own lyrics and stories.
After one year of instruction, students will plan, and star in their own solo show right here in the performance
space at Second Stage Studio.
Planned performances 2008-2009 (September thru June):
Who's A Villain?
Based on the novel Wicked by Gregory Maguire, with music from the Wizard
of Oz, The
Wiz, and Wicked.
Earth Sounds
Inspired by the movie; August
Rush. We will explore, study, and listen to earth sounds.
We will discuss the following statements: "Music is God's way of letting us know that there is some else besides
us in the universe" and "The music is all around us. All you have to do is listen." We will listen
to and discuss the Pale Blue Dot statement by Carl Sagan. We will listen to music by jazz great John Coltrane,
the sound track from August Rush, In the Key of Earth, a odyssey in sound to align with the rhythms of earth, Earth Drum, and
Sounds of the City. We will then combine our musical talents and imagination to create a performance for the ages.
The Secret World of Fairies
Together we will explore the Realm of the Never Fairies
based upon the Disney book The Secret World of Pixie Hollow and with loads of fairy facts create our own fairy personalities and present
a musical and poetic presentation in a special woodland place of our own.
An American Girl Tea
Students will select an American Girl Historic Doll and
together we will research, write and perform a musical about the life of that American Girl during the Tea.
Student Solo Shows
Dates and times to be announced
Annual Christmas Performance
Before each performance, students will choose a charity and $1.00
from each ticket sold will be donated to that charity
The Art of Singing Program described above runs September 1, 2008 thru June 30, 2009 and is billed in sessions
which include five one-hour private lessons and four two-hour group sessions on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-7:30p.
Cost: $225.00 per session. (Private lessons can be made up; group lessons cannot be made up.) Private lessons may
continue thru July and August at the discretion of the student/parent at a cost of 35.00/hr.
To enroll:
call Joanne Vecchio at 401.334.4800
or
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Celebrating the creative arts, Second Stage Studio offers a wide variety of performances, classes and exhibits for children, youth and adults.
Conveniently located on Angell Road, in Cumberland, Rhode Island, our location is about one mile south of interstate route 295.
Facilities include a performance space with professional sound and lighting, an art studio, conference room, and a multipurpose room and gallery.
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