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Mrs. Teresa Hopkin, DirectorVoice Faculty
New and Prospective StudentsAcademicsPerformance Opportunities for Singers
Student-Run Performing Groups
Singing at Emory: Frequently Asked Questions
I’m interested in studying voice at Emory. When should I visit? We encourage you to visit our campus and see for yourself all that Emory offers. Many students visit during the spring of their junior year or the fall of their senior year. Emory’s Office of Admissions offers tours. See below to schedule one: http://www.emory.edu/tour_sched.cfm Can I meet a voice teacher when I visit campus? Teresa Hopkin, Director of Vocal Studies, seeks to meet with each prospective student. Please contact her to schedule your visit when she is available to meet with you to answer your questions. Often, an audition can be scheduled at this time. See below for audition information. Should I send a video/audio recording? No, you must audition in person. See below for audition information. Is an audition required? What repertoire is appropriate? If you wish to major in music as a singer, you must audition in person. Teresa Hopkin, Director of Vocal Studies, attempts to audition you when you visit the campus, if you are sure you want to be a music major. You may also wait until you are accepted to the university and audition when you come to campus as a freshman. Your audition for the music major in no way affects your admission to Emory University. Your repertoire should reflect what you do well. Two contrasting songs, performed by memory, representing classical, sacred, folk, or traditional genres are appropriate. You must provide scores for both songs for the pianist. Also included in the audition are sightreading and aural skills. What are you listening for? As a vocal music major, you should have a healthy, age-appropriate vocal quality. A clear, vibrant voice that has ring, without belting, pushing, or straining is important. Good intonation, rhythmic and musical sensitivity, and some degree of communication are desirable. Finally, but certainly not least important is your joy in singing. What can I do in high school to prepare myself for a major in music? Vocal study with a good teacher is, of course, recommended. Choose a teacher who focuses on healthy vocal technique and appropriate repertoire. Study piano. Other instruments are valuable, but all music majors need keyboard skills, and piano proficiency is doubly important for singers. Study Italian, French, or German. These are the main languages in which you will sing in undergraduate vocal study. Take music theory and history classes if they are available at your school. At Emory, we stress well-rounded musicians, whatever their instrument happens to be. Drama, public speaking, and debate experience are valuable to singers as well. What courses are offered to Music Majors at Emory? Below is the website for a list of all music classes and a link to the Course Atlas: www.music.emory.edu/undergrad/courses.html Classes specific to the Vocal Music Major are as follows: Diction I (English and Italian), Diction II (German and French), Performance Techniques for Singers (basics of singing and acting), Introduction to Opera, Emory at the Met, Freshman Seminar: Love, Sex, and Murder, Opera as Drama. The Department of Theater Studies offers many wonderful acting courses which are valuable to singers. Many of our Vocal Music Majors take advantage of these opportunities. I might want to be a public school teacher, or a music therapist. Do you offer a Music Education or Music Therapy degree? Do you offer a Bachelor of Music in Performance or Musical Theater? We offer one undergraduate degree in music: Bachelor of Arts. In the spirit of liberal arts education, Emory endeavors to educate the whole person, and at the same time, we are proud to offer courses that enable those singers who wish to continue study on graduate level as singers to be competitive upon completion of their undergraduate study. Masters programs in Voice Performance do not require the Bachelor of Music degree, and all of our graduates who have auditioned for graduate study have been accepted at fine institutions. Because we focus exclusively on this program, we do not offer degrees in either Music Education or Music Therapy. I love to sing, but I’m not sure I want to just major in music. What other options are available to me? Emory is known for its liberal arts curriculum, and many of our students take advantage of the opportunity to double major in Music and another discipline. Math, Classics, Philosophy, Business, and the Sciences are common majors to combine with Music. Many other students take advantage of the opportunity to Minor in Music. Choose this link for detailed information on the Music Minor. Other students choose to study voice as a non-major, either for credit or for no credit. Vocal study for credit as a non-major requires an audition (see audition requirements for majors), and carries many of the same course requirements as those for the major. An audition is not required to study for no credit. Both courses of study carry a fee of $800 per semester, for 12 1-hour lessons. In addition, for-credit study also requires an accompanist fee. Contact Teresa Hopkin, Director of Vocal Studies if you are interested in either of these options. What performance opportunities are there for me at Emory as an Undergraduate? Because of our focus on undergraduates, you have many performance opportunities. Each teacher holds monthly studio performance classes, and the entire vocal area meets monthly to perform and receive instruction from the voice faculty. In addition, Master Classes with visiting artists are offered each semester. Most recent guests have included Denyce Graves, Thomas Hampson, and Dawn Upshaw. As a Music Major, you will be a member of University Chorus each semester you are enrolled. You may audition for Concert Choir, and a few select singers are chosen by the Director of Choral Studies to perform as Mastersingers. All three ensembles perform each semester at least once. With your teacher’s approval, you may audition for solo opportunities in these ensembles. Other performance opportunities on campus include ad hoc Musical Theater productions and student a capella groups, which often perform throughout Atlanta and the Southeast. If you would like to pursue acting, the Department of Theater Studies offers many non-musical productions throughout the academic year. Undergraduate students are often cast for roles in Theater Emory’s critically acclaimed professional productions. Are scholarships available for singers? There are a very limited number of Music Merit half-tuition scholarships available. These scholarships are used to fill the needs of the performing ensembles, and while an individual singer or instrumentalist might be outstanding, the specific position in an ensemble is the deciding factor. Please visit Emory's scholarship, grant, and financial aid site: http://www.college.emory.edu/current/achievement/scholars/index.html Music Classes of Interest to Singers Private Lessons - Voice Faculty
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