Vocal Viewpoints

Objective Students will demonstrate their knowledge of vocal timbre and shape by passing off an impersonation of someone else.

Objective The students will demonstrate their understanding of repetition and kinesthetic response by participating in a series of viewpoints activities.

Objective The students will gain an understanding of breath support and vocal anatomy by participating in breathing exercises and completing an anatomy diagram worksheet. They will demonstrate their knowledge of articulation and diction by writing and performing their own tongue twister.

Objective Students will demonstrate their ability to alter their vocal dynamic, tempo, and pitch by participating in an improv exercise.

Objective The students will demonstrate their ability to use varying tone to express vocal gesture with their voice by performing a short contentless scene.

Objective The students will demonstrate their ability to apply the vocal viewpoints to portray character, emotion, location, and story/plot by performing a reading of a children’s storybook of their choice.

Objective The students will demonstrate their understanding of projection by utilizing the vocal viewpoint of architecture to say a line from a book.

Objective The students will demonstrate their ability to utilize the nine vocal viewpoints into a performance by practicing reading their story and applying each of them.