ONLINE (ENGLISH/KOREAN): MUSICAL VOCAL TRAINING 1

MUSICAL VOCAL TRAINING I

Are you a performer or a student looking for tips and tricks to increase your vocal range, master the dynamics, change the timbres, to belt with no risks, have more control and awareness, avoid or master voice breaks, and much more?

Are you a teacher looking for effective teaching tools?

Do you want to know how the voice actually works from a mechanical point of view? Would you like to clarify many doubts about vocal physiology? Are you interested to know the answers to your questions about how the voice works?

If you answered “yes” to at least one of these questions this course is for you!

SUITABLE FOR: Singers, actors, singing teachers,  acting and spoken-voice teachers, speech therapists.

LEVEL: Both beginner and advanced

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course takes up most of the material used from 2013 to 2018 during the “Musical Vocal Training I” classes I held at the Graduated School of Performing Arts, Musical Theater Department of “Hongik University” in Seoul.The material is based on the principles of EVT – Estill Voice Training and includes detailed explanations of anatomy, physiology and acoustics.  However, it is mostly focused on the applications related to vocal performance with particular regard of singing performance. The course can be useful for both performers and teachers, and of course, for students of any level regardless of their previous training.

To maximize the effectiveness of the course, I recommend combining it with occasional private lessons, even if just once a month and for no longer than 30 minutes (depending on the starting level and the learning speed of the student), as it actually happened during my courses at Hongik.

DETAILED CURRICULUM: (ATTENTION: BOTH THE TOPICS AND THE CURRICULUM COULD BE SUBJECT TO SMALL VARIATIONS WITHOUT NOTICE)

1) Elements of vocal acoustics, anatomy, and physiology

2) Muscular work and effort: appropriate or dangerous?

3) Clear tone, breathy tone, control of intensity and volume

4) How to avoid vocal constriction and “scratches”; to make the voice “dirty” or “clean”

5) Breathing and support part 1

6) Breathing and support part 2

7) Extending vocal range part 1

8) Extending vocal range part 2 – To make the voice darker or brighter

9) Extending vocal range part 3 – More detailed control of intensity, voice quality changes between spoken voice and sung voice. The vibrato

10) Extending vocal range part 4 – The most effective training

11) Control of tongue for vocal range, resonance, and diction

12) Articulation; to make the voice brighter or darker by controlling the jaw and lips. The most favorable conditions for diction and range.

13) Nasal “resonance.” Soft palate control for tone, characterization, diction, voice support, and air pressure

14) Projection of the voice and singer’s formant

15) A few words about vocal health

WHAT ESTILL IS NEEDED FOR:

All Estill exercises, including work on vocal qualities, can be applied both to the singing voice and to the spoken voice.

EVT can teach actors and singers to improve the effectiveness of vocal production, better manage the effort of performance, optimize muscle work and the role of breathing, vary the tones based on the character or style, lighten or darken the voice, clean it or “dirty” it, increase or eliminate the nasalization to “characterize” a character, increase the projection, audibility and volume of the voice, control all the structures that contribute to the production of vowels and consonants in order to work on a more conscious diction and easily master the accents of different languages, of different dialects (and sociolects), and much more.

COURSE DELIVERY: ONLINE

CLOSED NUMBER. VERY LIMITED PLACES.

WHAT THE COURSE INCLUDES: 30 hours of online lessons in small groups; video recording of lessons available for watching throughout the course.

LANGUAGE: Korean and English

STARTING LESSON: Monday, September 2^nd 2019

SCHEDULE: The course will take place on Monday from 7pm to 9pm ((Korea, Japan time: GMT + 9; NB: in Korea there is no daylight-saving time, so the time difference with other countries may vary in October) and will continue weekly for 15 weeks. Some lessons may be canceled due to force majeure or national holidays.  In this case, they will be recovered either with lessons lasting more than 2 hours, another day of the same week, or postponing the end of the course.

EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL: Not included. It is recommended (but not mandatory) to purchase texts or software that will be indicated at the beginning of the course.

CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE: Yes, digital (paper sending on request – an additional fee can be applied for secretarial and shipping costs)

FEE for registration before 31 July 2019: € ​​1,500.00 – early bird discount of €200 applied (including registration to the EURECA Association for non-members) in 3 installments + deposit (4 total installments).

In case of payment in a single solution before the beginning of the course a further reduction of €100 will be applied (€300 in total savings).

Other discounts available (read below: DISCOUNTS AND FEE REDUCTIONS).

In case of cancellation before the course starts: the deposit will not be refunded, but no further installment will be due.

In case of cancellation during the course, the installments already paid will not be returned, but no further payments will be due from the student.

FEE for registration from August 1^st 2019: €​​1,700.00 (including registration to the EURECA Association for non-members) in 3 installments + deposit (4 total installments).

In case of payment in a single solution before the beginning of the course, a reduction of €100 will be applied.

Other discounts available (read below: DISCOUNTS AND FEE REDUCTIONS).

In case of cancellation before the course starts: the deposit will not be refunded, but no further installment will be due.

In case of cancellation during the course, the installments already paid will not be returned, but no further payments will be due from the student.

DISCOUNTS AND FEE REDUCTIONS:

Early bird for deposit payment by July 31, 2019: €​​200 (€200 reduction on deposit if paid by July 31, 2019. This is combinable with other discounts).

Payment in a single solution: €100 (combinable only with early bird, applicable to the payment of the entire amount after the deposit).

EFP certified: if you are in possession of an EFP certificate, you will receive a 10% discount (applied on subsequent installments – not cumulative with other discounts except the early bird discount).

Those who have attended an official Estill Level 1 and 2 course: 5% discount (applied to installments after the deposit – not cumulative with other discounts except the early bird discount).

University students (including conservatories): 10% discount (applied to installments after the deposit – not cumulative with other discounts except the early bird discount).

Refer a friend: 15% discount. If you sign up with a friend who has never attended any of my courses you will both receive a 15% discount. As soon as you have paid the deposit, send me an email with the name of your friend so that I can apply the discount to both. (applied on installments following the deposit – not cumulative with other discounts except the early bird discount).

RETURNING STUDENTS: 45% discount. If you attended already this course (either in person or online) but you think a second round might be helpful then you’ll get 40% discount. (applied on installments following the deposit – not cumulative with other discounts except the early bird discount).

DEADLINES FOR PAYMENTS AFTER THE DEPOSIT (hypothesis without discounts):

1st installment:  €500 by September 15th 2019
2nd installment: €500 by October 25th 2019
3rd installment: €300 by November 30th 2019

The costs include: The lessons, interpreter, and recordings of lessons that can be viewed throughout the course.

CONTACT ME for any inquiries.

Course organized by E.U.R.E.C.A.