Chorus 1

Tutor:

Jiří SVĚRÁK

Synopsis:

The purpose of the class is to teach acting students proper intonation, move securely in polyphony and handle monophony with correct rhythm and melody.

Prerequisites:

Study Objectives:

Develop students' ability to react to each other, and teach them a certain collegial discipline leading to a group result, but not repressing their ability and individual skill.

Outline and Syllabus:

Curriculum:

1) Correct tone production and breathing.

2) Awareness of one's own body.

3) Learning various musical genres.

4) Improvisation.

5) Expression.

Syllabus:

Students go through various musical genres from folk songs through artifical music and on to non-artificial music. Important are correct tone production and breathing depending on the given genre, and also good interpretation. It is related to being aware of one's own body: practical exercises are always done at the beginning of a rehearsal during warmup. Another component is learning improvisation, which should help students prepare for problems of orientation in musical space. Another major component is work with expression depending on the content of the text and music. Study is usually combined with acting. Students often learn the songs they study in productions.

Study materials:

Music chosen according to the plays and exercises being studied. Includes all genres.

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2009/2010:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri	místnost K106 Učebna (Karlova 26, Praha 1) SVĚRÁK J. 15:30–17:00 (paralelka 1) místnost K107 Učebna (Karlova 26, Praha 1) SVĚRÁK J. 15:30–17:00 (paralelka 1)
Thu
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2009/2010:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený magisterský herectví ČD (compulsory subject)