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VOICE emphasis Unique and exciting opportunities can be yours as a singer in the Biola University Conservatory of Music. All singers have the opportunity to study privately with one of our highly respected teachers, each of whom is an active performer with many years of teaching experience. In addition, weekly group study in the form of a voice workshop, participation in one or more of several outstanding choral ensembles, and the opportunity to be a part of a dynamic opera workshop program are all part of the singer's exhilarating experience at Biola. Our atmosphere, which acknowledges the Lordship of Christ in the life of a Christian and the stewardship of one's musical talent in the worship of God, will encourage the growth of the whole person: spiritual, intellectual and social, as well as musical. The young singer at Biola University has many available opportunities to develop strong vocal and musical interpretation skills. Those who are vocal performance majors have one hour of private instruction each week, four semesters of language diction and grammar study (including the study of Italian, French, German, and Spanish), two semesters of song literature, and additional studies in vocal pedagogy. Those voice emphasis students pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education or a Bachelor of Arts degree have a minimum of one-half hour private instruction each week. All studies employ classical literature in order that each student will become skillful in interpreting various song styles. In addition to private instruction, weekly group instruction is scheduled in the form of a voice workshop. Each student, along with the accompanist provided in private lessons, performs for the entire group of vocal emphasis students. Moreover, voice students are offered the special opportunity to perform in a masterclass for such outstanding well-known singers as Russia's leading baritone, Leonid Smetannikov, and Biola alumnus and Metropolitan Opera singer, Earl Patriarco. Furthermore, solo singers may be invited to perform on the New Music Ensemble concert, the Faculty Composers' concert, the Opera Workshop, with the orchestra on the Concerto concert or in performances of the several choral ensembles. The Biola University Opera Theater, under the capable direction of Dr. Jeanne Robison, provides superb opportunities for singer-actors to perform operatic scenes, complete operas and musicals. Recent outstanding performances of the operas Cosi fan Tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, and The Magic Flute by Mozart, and entertaining scenes from operas by Puccini were well received. These performances were noted for their excellence in attention to the details of acting, staging, costumes, sets and musical interpretation.
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