Academic Calendar 2012/2013

course Descriptions • course Descriptions • course Descriptions • course Descriptions • course Descriptions • course DescriptionsTHAR-120Music Theory for Music Theatre I2 Credits (30:0:0 hours)This course introduces the theoretical basics of music as they apply tothe repertoire of music theatre. Students identify and apply the basicrudiments of music theory to the analysis of music theatre repertoire.Co-requisites: THAR 130.THAR-121Music Theory for Music Theatre II2 Credits (30:0:0 hours)This course is a continuation of Music Theory I, focusing on therelationship and application of the basic theoretical concepts of musicas they apply to the repertoire of music theatre.Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in THAR 120 and THAR 130.Co-requisites: THAR 131.THAR-130Ear Training for Music Theatre I3 Credits (45:0:0 hours)This introductory ear training course parallels and supplementsthe material delivered in Music Theory for Music Theatre I. Topicsinclude: functional keyboard, the aural identification of intervals,melodies, rhythms, and chords, as well as the sight-singing of melodiesand rhythms drawn from the music theatre repertoire. Co-requisites:THAR 120.THAR-131Ear Training for Music Theatre II3 Credits (45:0:0 hours)A continuation of Ear Training I, this course focuses on more advancedstudies in ear training as they apply to the repertoire of music theatre.Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in THAR 120 and THAR 130.Co-requisites: THAR 121.THAR-151Acting Skills II3 Credits (0:52:100 hours)In this course, students continue to develop skills in concentrationand imagination, in addition to the concept of effective theatricality.Exercises in creating a character culminate with the performance ofa play from the realistic period, most likely a piece by Chekhov orone of his contemporaries, such that students begin to explore theexercises and terminology developed by Stanislavski to describe theactor’s progress. The focus shifts at the end of the term from process toproduct with the development and performance of the Vocal Masque,a short, one-person spectacle integrating the lessons learned in the firsttwo terms.Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in THAR 101.THAR-152Vocal Music II1 Credits (0:12:7.5 hours)This course has two components, the Vocal Lesson and the Vocal Lab.In the Vocal Lesson, posture, breath management, tone quality, diction,interpretation, and musicianship are stressed in weekly private lessons.Building upon the fundamentals introduced in Vocal Music I, the VocalLab continues to develop skills in the analysis and preparation of songsfrom music theatre.Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in THAR 102.THAR-153Play Analysis3 Credits (45:0:0 hours)In this course, students develop skill in the critical analysis of plays.Through the study of plays from selected periods in Western theatrehistory, students analyze structure, character, theme, spectacle, sound,form and style in light of the historical and theatrical contexts fromwhich these plays arose.Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in THAR 103.THAR-160Dance Skills II3 Credits (00:85:15 hours)This course is a continuation of the dance technique and movementclasses from THAR 110. Dance technique classes, primarily in ballet, jazzand tap, are a continuation of regular weekly studio classes exploringthe various styles of dance demanded of the music theatre performer.Students begin the process of integrating technique into choreography.Movement classes also continue, with a focus upon the development ofpersonal movement patterns that become part of the actor’s technique.Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in THAR 110.THAR-201Acting Skills III3 Credits (0:75:0 hours)In this course, students add to the acting skills developed in ActingSkills I and II through further monologue work and scene study. Inaddition, students participate in mask work and commedia dell’artestudy in a comedy workshop. Students are introduced to classic textwith exploration of the structure of verse, its sentences and variousrhetorical devices.Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in THAR- 151.THAR-202Vocal Music III1 Credits (0:30:9 hours)This course has two components, the Vocal Lesson and the Vocal Lab. Inthe Vocal Lesson, study of the fundamentals of singing continues. In theVocal Repertoire Class, the analysis and preparation of songs for musictheatre continues with an emphasis on the preparation of materialfor auditions.Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in THAR 152.THAR-206Performance I2 Credits (0:0:112 hours)Students audition for plays and musicals that comprise the Theatre Artsperformance season. Once selected for a role in a production, studentsparticipate in the rehearsal and performance of a play or musical.Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in THAR 109.THAR-215Voice and Diction I1 Credits (0:15:7.5 hours)In this course, students build upon the foundations of vocal productionestablished in THAR 115 with study of the mechanics of the speakingvoice: breath control, phonation, resonance and articulation, drill andpractice in the pronunciation of the spoken word. Students are able toapply this knowledge to the preparation and performance of text in allrehearsal and performance contexts.Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C- in THAR 115.382Grant MacEwan University • A C A D E m I CRefer to the Online Alberta Transfer Guide at www.transferalberta.ca for transfer opportunitiesC A L E N D A R 2012/2013 • www.MacEwan.ca