Voice - California Institute of the Arts

Voice from California Institute of the Arts is a Campus Master Music and Instruments degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. A family of separate yet interrelated courses of study, the Programs in Performance prepare students for the emerging career pathways of the 21st century-characterized by a remarkably diverse spectrum of professional practices. Each individual program enables students to develop both high-level technical skills in their areas of specialization and the breadth of knowledge and versatility required for success in today's evolving artistic world. Students are presented with myriad performance opportunities, extensive studies of both traditional and cutting-edge music, and an excellent student-faculty ratio. They also have unique opportunities to look beyond music by working in settings that merge music with other art forms, new genres, and previously uncharted areas. Guided by a faculty of internationally acclaimed artists, students hone their skills through concentrated training and a demanding schedule of formal and informal concerts. Students present traditional and contemporary repertoire, often alongside new original works, in solo recitals and concerts by ensembles in variety of configurations. Drawing on a whole array of musical traditions from around the globe, such ensembles include chamber groups, chamber orchestras, early music groups, vocal ensembles, opera companies, jazz and experimental ensembles, various world music groups, and specialized crossover ensembles that link different program areas. As part of this training, students frequently rehearse and perform with faculty, both on and off campus. Designed to prepare students for the widest variety of careers, the Voice Program offers comprehensive training and performing opportunities in classical vocal repertoire and contemporary art music, with a focus on developing a healthy and versatile voice and creating musical personas. Students are prepared for traditional and emerging career pathways by gaining technical facility with Western classical technique along with high-level performance and acting skills, foreign language comprehension and pronunciation skills, knowledge of a wide variety of vocal literature and its contexts, and a thorough understanding of the functioning of the vocal mechanism. Students may also gain fluency in experimental vocal techniques, improvisation, non-Western vocal styles, composition, technology and interdisciplinary studies. Students routinely perform in recitals, concerts, operas and opera scenes, music theater works, chamber music concerts and interdisciplinary projects, as well as with vocal ensembles, contemporary groups and ensembles from musical traditions around the world. View more details on California Institute of the Arts . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Music and Instruments courses.