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Minette Pareja
Minette Pareja

This document outlines a 12-week module plan for a Master's program in Advanced Vocal Ensemble Studies. Each week focuses on a different historical period and repertoire from the 16th to 19th centuries. Students will gain performance experience, study relevant musical and historical contexts, develop vocal and interpretive skills, and be assessed through performances. The module plan provides a structured overview to help students master important secular ensemble repertoires across major stylistic eras.

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1 Sample Module Plan for the MAS in Advanced Vocal Ensemble Studies M1 Performance and Repertoire I 12 credit points Week 1 Repertoire Philippe Verdelot, Jacques Arcadelt, Cipriano de Rore, Giaches de Wert, Claudio Monteverdi, Sigismondo d’India, John Dowland, John Wilbye, Thomas Weelkes, Alessandro Scarlatti & Robert Lucas Pearsall Theme Introduction and overview of secular repertoires from 16th to 19th centuries for vocal ensemble performed one-to-a-part Learning Goals Overview of development of secular repertoires for vocal ensemble from 16th -19th centuries; basic background information concerning historical and cultural contexts Learning outcomes Practical knowledge of stylistic diversity chronologically, geographically, and vocally in secular repertoires for vocal ensemble from 16th to 19th centuries; improved sight-reading skills. Assessment Internal performance Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 2 Repertoire Costanzo Festa, Francesco Corteccia Theme The origins of the Renaissance madrigal Learning Goals Practical and historical understanding of rise of madrigal in 16th - century Italy Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Festa and Corteccia; increased awareness of issues concerning the historical performance practice of 16th -century vocal polyphony; introduction to Italian poetry and prosody; knowledge of cultural and social context. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 3 Repertoire Alessandro Scarlatti Theme Late Baroque soundworlds Learning Goals Negotiating expressivity and drama of the late Baroque madrigal without continuo Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Scarlatti; understanding of rhetoric, drama, and retrospective orientation of late Baroque madrigal; refined vocal and scenic techniques to deliver expressivity, contrasting moods, and disparate emotions. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) M2 Performance and Repertoire II 12 credit points Week 4 Repertoire Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina Theme Palestrina, Plain and Fancy
2 Learning Goals Diminution practices in vocal music of the Renaissance Learning outcomes Awareness of late Renaissance/early Baroque ornamentation treatises (e.g. Bovicelli); basic practical and vocal understanding of application of diminution techniques in performance. Assessment Internal performance Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 5 Repertoire John Dowland, John Ward Theme English Melancholy Learning Goals Introduction to Jacobean Song Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Dowland and Ward; historical understanding of role of ‘melancholy’ in cultural production around 1600; basic proficiency with prosody and poetry in Jacobean English; developed sensitivity to the scenic presentation of these repertories. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 6 Repertoire Luca Marenzio Theme Concerto delle Donne versus Concerto dei Cavalieri Learning Goals Intimacy and erudition in the late-Renaissance Italian madrigal Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Marenzio; introduction to affect, chromaticism, and word-painting and the means to express them vocally and scenically. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) M3 Performance and Repertoire III 12 credit points Week 7 Repertoire Orazio Vecchi, Pomponio Nenna Theme Piacevole e grave versus durrezz’e ligature Learning Goals Opposition and tension/resolution of tension Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Vecchi and Nenna; knowledge of cultural background (‘commedia dell’arte’, ‘accademia’, etc.) and varying modes and affects in performance; practical and vocal understanding of the comedic and ridiculous on the one hand, and the intense and drawn out on the other. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 8 Repertoire Thomas Vautor, Orlando Gibbons, William Lawes Theme Nature and Philosophy in English Music from the Early 17th Century Learning Goals Interplay of historical awareness and present needs Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Vautor, Gibbons and Lawes; overview of cultural context in first decades of 17th century (English ‘pastoral’
3 themes over against philosophical consolation of idealised past); vocal and scenic strategies for conveying this theme to contemporary audiences Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 9 Repertoire Domenico Mazzochi, Claudio Pari Theme Il cantar novo (chromatic experimentalism on Naples) Learning Goals Acquisition of musical and technical language of chromatic madrigal Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of chromatic madrigals from Naples; historical understanding of Naples as centre for chromatic experimentation at end of 16th and beginning of 17th centuries; awareness of historical discourses around temperaments; appreciation of vocal and affective challenges of chromatic madrigals. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) M4 Performance and Repertoire IV 12 credit points Week 10 Repertoire Thomas Tomkins, John Stafford Smith, Robert Lucas Pearsall, Edward Elgar Theme ‘The Power of Music’. Transmission of Secular Polyphony in England from 1600-1900 Learning Goals Revitalising historicism Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of later sweep of English part-songs; historical understanding of continuities and discontinuities in English madrigal production from the Baroque to Romantic epochs; deeper appreciation of vocal delivery of English language. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 11 Repertoire Repertoire in Personal Projects and Final concert programme Theme Presentation of Personal Projects; Directing Examinations; Colloquia Assessment Final examinations Week 12 Repertoire Final concert programme Theme Preparations for Final Concert Assessment Final examinations

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  • 1. 1 Sample Module Plan for the MAS in Advanced Vocal Ensemble Studies M1 Performance and Repertoire I 12 credit points Week 1 Repertoire Philippe Verdelot, Jacques Arcadelt, Cipriano de Rore, Giaches de Wert, Claudio Monteverdi, Sigismondo d’India, John Dowland, John Wilbye, Thomas Weelkes, Alessandro Scarlatti & Robert Lucas Pearsall Theme Introduction and overview of secular repertoires from 16th to 19th centuries for vocal ensemble performed one-to-a-part Learning Goals Overview of development of secular repertoires for vocal ensemble from 16th -19th centuries; basic background information concerning historical and cultural contexts Learning outcomes Practical knowledge of stylistic diversity chronologically, geographically, and vocally in secular repertoires for vocal ensemble from 16th to 19th centuries; improved sight-reading skills. Assessment Internal performance Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 2 Repertoire Costanzo Festa, Francesco Corteccia Theme The origins of the Renaissance madrigal Learning Goals Practical and historical understanding of rise of madrigal in 16th - century Italy Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Festa and Corteccia; increased awareness of issues concerning the historical performance practice of 16th -century vocal polyphony; introduction to Italian poetry and prosody; knowledge of cultural and social context. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 3 Repertoire Alessandro Scarlatti Theme Late Baroque soundworlds Learning Goals Negotiating expressivity and drama of the late Baroque madrigal without continuo Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Scarlatti; understanding of rhetoric, drama, and retrospective orientation of late Baroque madrigal; refined vocal and scenic techniques to deliver expressivity, contrasting moods, and disparate emotions. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) M2 Performance and Repertoire II 12 credit points Week 4 Repertoire Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina Theme Palestrina, Plain and Fancy
  • 2. 2 Learning Goals Diminution practices in vocal music of the Renaissance Learning outcomes Awareness of late Renaissance/early Baroque ornamentation treatises (e.g. Bovicelli); basic practical and vocal understanding of application of diminution techniques in performance. Assessment Internal performance Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 5 Repertoire John Dowland, John Ward Theme English Melancholy Learning Goals Introduction to Jacobean Song Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Dowland and Ward; historical understanding of role of ‘melancholy’ in cultural production around 1600; basic proficiency with prosody and poetry in Jacobean English; developed sensitivity to the scenic presentation of these repertories. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 6 Repertoire Luca Marenzio Theme Concerto delle Donne versus Concerto dei Cavalieri Learning Goals Intimacy and erudition in the late-Renaissance Italian madrigal Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Marenzio; introduction to affect, chromaticism, and word-painting and the means to express them vocally and scenically. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) M3 Performance and Repertoire III 12 credit points Week 7 Repertoire Orazio Vecchi, Pomponio Nenna Theme Piacevole e grave versus durrezz’e ligature Learning Goals Opposition and tension/resolution of tension Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Vecchi and Nenna; knowledge of cultural background (‘commedia dell’arte’, ‘accademia’, etc.) and varying modes and affects in performance; practical and vocal understanding of the comedic and ridiculous on the one hand, and the intense and drawn out on the other. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 8 Repertoire Thomas Vautor, Orlando Gibbons, William Lawes Theme Nature and Philosophy in English Music from the Early 17th Century Learning Goals Interplay of historical awareness and present needs Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of Vautor, Gibbons and Lawes; overview of cultural context in first decades of 17th century (English ‘pastoral’
  • 3. 3 themes over against philosophical consolation of idealised past); vocal and scenic strategies for conveying this theme to contemporary audiences Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 9 Repertoire Domenico Mazzochi, Claudio Pari Theme Il cantar novo (chromatic experimentalism on Naples) Learning Goals Acquisition of musical and technical language of chromatic madrigal Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of chromatic madrigals from Naples; historical understanding of Naples as centre for chromatic experimentation at end of 16th and beginning of 17th centuries; awareness of historical discourses around temperaments; appreciation of vocal and affective challenges of chromatic madrigals. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) M4 Performance and Repertoire IV 12 credit points Week 10 Repertoire Thomas Tomkins, John Stafford Smith, Robert Lucas Pearsall, Edward Elgar Theme ‘The Power of Music’. Transmission of Secular Polyphony in England from 1600-1900 Learning Goals Revitalising historicism Learning outcomes Repertorial knowledge of later sweep of English part-songs; historical understanding of continuities and discontinuities in English madrigal production from the Baroque to Romantic epochs; deeper appreciation of vocal delivery of English language. Assessment Internal performance/public presentation Study Time 30 / 70 hours (contact time / independent study) Week 11 Repertoire Repertoire in Personal Projects and Final concert programme Theme Presentation of Personal Projects; Directing Examinations; Colloquia Assessment Final examinations Week 12 Repertoire Final concert programme Theme Preparations for Final Concert Assessment Final examinations