Vocal Elevation: For Upper Voices

This course is ideal for all sopranos and altos who want to explore interesting, challenging and unique upper voice repertoire. Drawing on her insightful, dynamic teaching and depth of pedagogical expertise, course tutor Amy Bebbington will lead you through a range of repertoire including music by under-represented, lesser-known composers, showcasing new works and exploring undiscovered gems. 

During this course you will explore a fascinating array of upper voice repertoire from all over the world, spanning a variety of styles, vocal challenges and techniques. You will build confidence and uncover potential through physical and vocal exercises, and gain insights into composers' music intentions and textural inspirations. 

By the end of this course, you will be able to sing confidently in an upper voice ensemble in multiple parts, understand how to produce a variety of nuanced choral techniques, and sing confidently in both English and other languages.

As a large ensemble, and in some smaller groups, you will sing from scores provided by your course tutor. Teaching will be both aural and movement based. Be prepared to play some body percussion too!

This course is designed for pre-formed quartets working at the Confident or Skilful levels. Please see our Ability Levels Explained for further details. 

You should have confidence in sight reading, strong ensemble skills, a good musical ear and a general sense of physical coordination.

Yes, you will be sent a selection of PDFs before the course which you are recommended to print out or download on to your iPad.

You will also need to wear comfortable clothes and shoes for physical warm ups, and a reusable plastic water bottle to stay hydrated.