What you'll learn
Learn how to read music notation and be confident in your singing with our music & singing short courses in Sydney!
Does the idea of learning to read musical notion seem challenging? Have you always wanted to learn the basics of music?
Being able to read music notation is a useful skill for any musician or singer. Our Sydney Community College Choir Director will teach music reading skills and basic singing techniques so that you can continue to build on your musical talent.
Join this music course to learn essential music skills that will last you a lifetime. No prior experience necessary.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this music course, you should:
- Have a knowledge of basic choral repertoire
- Be aware of elementary vocal techniques
- Have developed basic choral and musical skills
Course content
What will be covered in this music course?
For the first seven weeks of the course, each session will consist of four components (with the balance subject to the make-up and wishes of the group):
- An ongoing listening and discussion survey of the choral repertoire from the 16th century to the present
- Basic vocal techniques, including warm-up exercises
- Elementary pitch and rhythm training
- Learning songs. We'll start with simple unison singing and rounds, then move on to two-part songs, elementary chorales and hymns, and then to some more sophisticated repertoire
The last week of the music course will include a brief concert for family and friends!
Intended audience
Who is this music course for?
This course is open to all.
Course testimonials
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Frances said: Christopher's excellent teaching style and knowledge of music was amazing. The class was fun and informative and I learnt such a lot. Improved my confidence with singing and Christopher made the whole thing very comfortable. Would highly recommend him and Sydney Community College.
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Sue said: Brilliant course and great tutor, I learnt so much and will do the course again next time to reinforce what I learnt, thanks Christopher
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Janet said: Chris Bowen made a difficult subject fun and I think helped us all overcome our shyness at singing solo. Much more to learn, but a good grounding in learning to read music. I've now signed up for next term for the choir.
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Anne said: Having been singing in a choir for a few years now, but being unable to read music, I found this course very useful in terms of giving me the basics of translating SATB scores to my keyboard as an aid to singing. It also gave me some tools to work on to aid in learning to pitch my voice. Christopher is so enthusiastic, and a wonderful singing teacher
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David said: Personal and professional, Challenging and stimulating. Instructive
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This course has no current classes. Please join our waitlist and we will notify you when we have places available. Join waitlist for Music Skills Essentials Course: Learn to Read Music
This course has no current classes. Please join our waitlist and we will notify you when we have places available. Join waitlist for Music Skills Essentials Course: Learn to Read Music