GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
POLYPHONIC CHOIR CONDUCTING/ME402A
Course Title: POLYPHONIC CHOIR CONDUCTING
Credits 1 ECTS 2
Semester 8 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof.A.Meral Töreyin, Assoc.prof.Günay Akgun, Dr.Asena Gözen Baltacıoğlu,Dr.Özge Çongar Yeşilkaya.
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  www.gazi.edu.tr.
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  asena@gazi.edu.tr.
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learning the human voice and the sound system. Learning general framework choir education in the content of choir training.
To be able to learn about the structural formation of the choir at the scope of choral education.
Obtaining the ability for physical preparation,relaxation,flexibility and ability for correct breathing context of voice training exercises for choirs
To improve the skills of producing accurate sound,resonance.Learning accurate articulation skills within the context of using language.
Gaining the skills for musicality. To be conscious for the importance and protection of voice health.
Helping the chorister to improve the skills to identify the choir partition and application the partition the choir.
Using the abilities,within the framework of posture,giving sound,entrance,and to use within the context of chorus management techniques.
Understanding the bar beat techniques. To gain the skills to application the Dynamics and stops for choir partition.
Learning the basic information of the eras and the characteristic of these periods in the history of music.
Learning to create a concert program for the choral music repertoirent conducting a concert organization.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  Face to face lesson with practice & pre-condition.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is prerequisite.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  Choir education courses, harmony and piano lessons.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Providing the basical information about musical singing, indvidualisit singing, collective singing and application in order to perform this objective.
2. Week  Learning distribution of choirs due to their age, numerical formations, aims of establishment and members in the context of classification of choirs.
3. Week  Providing information about the definition of voice, phsical characteristics, respiratiton system, vibration systemk, widhtness, loudness, and beats.
4. Week  Providing information about voice training, vocalization and interpretation, choir culture and discipline.
5. Week  Providing information about the definition,formation of voice, pihsical characteristics, respiration and vibration system, wihtness,loudness and beats
6. Week  Giving information about the physiology of spoken discourse on sound,accurate articulation, improvement of voice loudness at lower,middle-upper tones.
7. Week  Giving basic information tothe chorister about educational and musical formation and explaining these issues by giving examples.
8. Week  Suggestions to the chorister about partitions and partition recognition application Works.
9. Week  Making practises for the chorister to the skills regarding to posture using gestures and facial expressions.
10. Week  Helping the chorister to learn the applications regarding to simple, unified and imperfect bars.
11. Week  Providing information to the chorister about style and interpretation spesifcaiton of renaisse, baroque, classical and modern eras.
12. Week  Providing information to the chorister about style and interpretation spesifcaiton of the folk music,jazz,electronic music and popular music.
13. Week  Providing information to the chorister about creating repertoire ,preparing concert programs and organizing concert leaflet.
14. Week  Providing information to the chorister about making announcements by using concert posters during concert organizations.
15. Week  Helping the chorister to be more skilled about voice recordings, press ads and concert announcements.
16. Week  Giving information and suggestions to chorister regarding the participation of national and international festivals.
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Choral Training and Management,Principles, methods, basic concepts of sound education, Basic information and exercises for singing voice.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Expression, application and exercise.
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Application.
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
0
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
1
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
16
2
32
 Reading
0
 Searching in Internet and Library
1
1
1
 Designing and Applying Materials
1
1
1
 Preparing Reports
1
1
1
 Preparing Presentation
1
1
1
 Presentation
1
1
1
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
1
1
 Final and Studying for Final
1
1
1
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
39
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
1.56
 ECTS: 
2
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Music teacher, scholar, artist-educator in public and private art institutionsX
2Having the Traditional Turkish folk music theory and repertoire knowledge.X
3Having the Traditional Turkish art music theory and repertoire knowledge.X
4Practising the classical Western music Harmony and hearing education.X
5Playing the compositions of Turkish and Western composers.X
6Playing the folk music songs with BağlamaX
7Playing and accompany the children songs with recorder and guitarX
8Having information about music history an Turkish music history.X
9Gaining experience by opurtinity of public schools.X
10Gaining performance experience on orchertra and choir lessons.X