Spring 2027

Language Diction for Singing II

Continuation of English, German, Italian, and French diction for vocal music, focusing on French and English lyric diction and IPA application.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.79 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Reinforce lyric diction skills in French and English.

  • Apply the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) system in French and English.

  • Explore the rules that guide the non-native speaker's understanding of the target language's pronunciation and the features that distinguish spoken and sung diction.

  • Perform accurate and stylistic pronunciation both in and out of the context of a song or aria.

  • Train your ear to recognize accurate and inaccurate diction in your own and others’ singing and identify strategies for correcting pronunciation according to the underlying problem.

  • Demonstrate accurate and stylistic pronunciation in the assigned foreign language.

  • Apply accurate International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcription of the text.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.79 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.71 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Diction in English, German, Italian, and French.
  • International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
  • Distinctions between spoken and sung diction.

Skills

  • Lyric diction in French and English; applying IPA systems.
  • Stylistic pronunciation performance; auditory analysis of diction accuracy.
  • Understanding pronunciation rules; distinguishing spoken vs. sung diction; IPA transcription.

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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