MUSIC 182: Diction for Singers
The international phonetic alphabet and its application to German, French, and Italian vocal literature. Open also to pianists interested in vocal coaching and choral conducting.
Terms: Win
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Dahl, L. (PI)
MUSIC 183A: German Art Song Interpretation
By audition only. For advanced singers and pianists as partners. Performance class in a workshop setting. Composers include Beethoven, Schubert, Wolf and Strauss. May be repeated for credit a total of 2 times. Enrollment limit: 20 (ten singers maximum). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Recommended prerequisite: 170 (pianists) or 182 (singers).
Terms: Spr
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
Instructors:
Dahl, L. (PI)
MUSIC 183AZ: German Art Song Interpretation
By audition only. For advanced singers and pianists as partners. Performance class in a workshop setting. Composers include Beethoven, Schubert, Wolf and Strauss. May be repeated for credit a total of 2 times. Enrollment limit: 20 (ten singers maximum). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Recommended prerequisite: 170 (pianists) or 182 (singers).
Terms: Spr
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 0 units total)
Instructors:
Dahl, L. (PI)
MUSIC 183B: French Art Song Interpretation
By audition only. For advanced singers and pianists as partners. Performance class in a workshop setting. Composers include Fauré, Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc. May be repeated for credit a total of 2 times. Enrollment limit: 20 (ten singers maximum). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Recommended prerequisite: 170 (pianists) or 182 (singers).
Last offered: Spring 2025
| Units: 1
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 2 units total)
MUSIC 183BZ: French Art Song Interpretation
By audition only. For advanced singers and pianists as partners. Performance class in a workshop setting. Composers include Fauré, Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc. May be repeated for credit a total of 2 times. Enrollment limit: 20 (ten singers maximum). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Recommended prerequisite: 170 (pianists) or 182 (singers).
Terms: Spr
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 0 units total)
Instructors:
Dahl, L. (PI)
MUSIC 183C: Interpretation of Musical Theater Repertoire (TAPS 183C)
By audition only: Contact instructor prior to enrolling (mlcats@stanford.edu). Ability to read music expected, but students with experience singing in musical theater can be accepted. For singers and pianists as partners. Performance class in a workshop setting along with lecture/discussion of important eras of musical theater history. Composers include Kern, Porter, Gershwin, Rodgers, Sondheim, Lloyd Weber, Jason Robert Brown and others. May be repeated for credit a total of 2 times. Enrollment limit: 20 (ten singers maximum). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Recommended prerequisite: 170 (pianists).
Terms: Win, Spr
| Units: 1-2
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 4 units total)
Instructors:
Catsalis, M. (PI)
MUSIC 183CZ: Interpretation of Musical Theater Repertoire
By audition only: Contact instructor prior to enrolling (mlcats@stanford.edu). Ability to read music expected, but students with experience singing in musical theater can be accepted. For singers and pianists as partners. Performance class in a workshop setting along with lecture/discussion of important eras of musical theater history. Composers include Kern, Porter, Gershwin, Rodgers, Sondheim, Lloyd Weber, Jason Robert Brown and others. May be repeated for credit a total of 2 times. Enrollment limit: 20 (ten singers maximum). Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Recommended prerequisite: 170 (pianists).
Terms: Win
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
2 times
(up to 0 units total)
Instructors:
Catsalis, M. (PI)
MUSIC 183E: Singing for Musicals (TAPS 183E)
Do you love singing in musicals? Do you know how to sing in musicals? This course, taught by two instructors, provides training in vocal technique and acting for students interested in performing musical theater. Students will learn about the physical aspects of singing, including posture, breath support, and vocal exercises. They will integrate vocal technique with phrasing in different styles of Broadway repertoire and apply both to the art of acting the song. Each student will work on solo selections and ensembles, singing in most classes. The course will culminate in a final public workshop performance. Through understanding vocal technique, students will become more confident and joyful performers. Admission to the course is by audition or permission of the instructor. While prior vocal or theatrical study is not required for admission, many students accepted for the course have had some previous training. The instructors will contact all waitlisted students with detailed information about video or live auditions and a questionnaire prior to the first class.
Last offered: Winter 2025
| Units: 2
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 8 units total)
MUSIC 183EZ: Singing for Musicals
Do you love singing in musicals? Do you know how to sing in musicals? This course, taught by two instructors, provides training in vocal technique and acting for students interested in performing musical theater. Students will learn about the physical aspects of singing, including posture, breath support, and vocal exercises. They will integrate vocal technique with phrasing in different styles of Broadway repertoire and apply both to the art of acting the song. Each student will work on solo selections and ensembles, singing in most classes. The course will culminate in a final public workshop performance. Through understanding vocal technique, students will become more confident and joyful performers. Admission to the course is by audition or permission of the instructor. While prior vocal or theatrical study is not required for admission, many students accepted for the course have had some previous training. The instructors will contact all waitlisted students with detailed information about video or live auditions and a questionnaire prior to the first class.
Last offered: Winter 2025
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
4 times
(up to 0 units total)
MUSIC 183F: Songs of Love and Longing (COMPLIT 141, COMPLIT 241B, MUSIC 283F)
This course will take us on a journey from the Balkans to South Asia as we explore the nexus of poetry and song practiced by bards across a vast geographic and cultural space. Specifically, we will survey the Persianate genre of ghazal lyric, the storytelling traditions of Central Asia, the spiritual concert of certain Sufi orders, the mystical poems and music of Alevi ashiks in Turkey and the Balkans, the life and legend of Armenian poet-composer Sayat Nova, the spiritual practices of the Kurdish Ahl-e Haqq in Iran, the art forms of khyal and qawwali in India and Pakistan, and the syncretistic mysticism of the Bauls of Bengal. Students will engage in listening exercises, analysis of cinematic examples, and a comparison with the European troubadour tradition. There are no prerequisites for this course apart from a desire to engage with poetry as an existential performance. Taught in English.
Last offered: Spring 2022
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II
