Elements and Performance Criteria
- Care for own voice
- In consultation with appropriate personnel, analyse aspects of the human voice, especially those relevant to performers
- Analyse physical problems and emotional states that can affect the voice
- In consultation with appropriate personnel, discuss ways to avoid physical problems and strategies for addressing problems if they arise
- Perform vocal warm-up procedures before starting vocal activities
- Strengthen and expand vocal technique through regular exercises
- Extend vocal techniques relevant to musical theatre
- In consultation with appropriate personnel, plan practice sessions and strategies for developing vocal techniques
- Analyse scripts for ideas of how to develop character, relationship and actions to suit the circumstances of scenes
- Practise clear articulation and projection of spoken word using a natural voice
- Practise performing with a free and strong breath to support effective delivery of spoken word texts
- Communicate thoughts and feelings to an audience through effective delivery of spoken word texts
- Apply knowledge of phonetics and speech rhythms to develop expertise in singing and speaking in a range of accents and dialects
- Develop techniques for maintaining vocal consistency when moving from spoken to sung text
- Use good posture and appropriate body positions to maintain technical facility and healthy performance habits
- Maintain expertise
- Maintain technical vocal facility through a range of physical movement
- Maintain and update knowledge of musical theatre trends
- Use feedback from others to identify and develop ways to improve own vocal skills
- Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas, identifying trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique