MUED 5880 - Vocal Pedagogy
Fall 2026 Syllabus, Section 01, CRN 44154,
Credit hours: 1
Course Meeting Times
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Instructor
Jennifer Mosher
Email: jdjones@ysu.edu
Course Description
Course Readings
| Group | Title | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANTABILE | Katharin Rundus | 9778-934596-03-6 |
Students will take notes (summarize) each required reading, due the following week for full credit.
Week One Chapters One and Two in CANTABILE
Week Two Chapters 3 & 4
Week Three Chapters 5 & 6
Week Four Chapters 7 & 8
Week Five Chapters 9-10
Week Six Chapter 11, plus individual assignments to be shared with the class aloud
Week Seven Chapters 7 -8 of Joan Frey Boytim's The Private Voice Studio Handbook (on reserve at Maag library)
Week Eight Chapters 9-10 of Boytim handbook (see above) practice pianoside manner
Week Nine and Week Ten Specific Individual Assigned readings to be share with class from reserve shelf books by Richard Miller, James C. McKinney, and Robert Thayer Sataloff
Week Eleven summarize assigned masterclass videos from Youtube
Week 12 Veteran's Day no class, but learn assigned vocalises
Week 13 perform assigned vocalises in class
Week 14 Day before Thanksgiving, no class
Week 15 any additional matters before finals
The course readings are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, research developments, current events, and/or to ensure better learning.
Assignments/Assessments
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Schedule of Topics and Assignments
| Day | Date | Reading(s) | Proposed Topic | Due/To Prepare for Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed | 8/26 | Obtain CANTABILE, Third Edition, by Katharin Rundus Read and summarize chapters 1 and 2 |
The first lesson, expectations of and from student and teacher | complete survey emailed in advance |
| Wed | 9/2 | Read and summarize chapters 3 and 4 | Examples good and bad Questions students already have |
Turn in summaries of chapters 1 and 2 |
| Wed | 9/9 | Read and summarize chapters 5 & ^ | your own teaching/learning strengths and weaknesses | summaries of 3 & 4 |
| Wed | 9/16 | Read and summarize chapters 7 & 8 | piano skills for vocalizing your students | summaries of chapters 5 & 6, and by now you need to know who your practice student will be |
| Wed | 9/23 | Read and summarize chapters 9 & 10 | more pianoside manner | Have you begun asking to observe others' voice lessons? |
| Wed | 9/30 | Read and summarize chapter 11, plus an additional article assigned to you specifically | Take Quiz #1 | Summaries of chapters 9 & 10 (Cantabile) |
| Wed | 10/7 | Summarize chapters 7 &8 from Joan Frey Boytim's book on reserve at Maag, The Private Voice Studio | questions that have arisen in your singing and teaching | Summaries of chapter 11 and your assigned article |
| Wed | 10/14 | Summarize chapters 9-10 in Boytim book on reserve | Open house guests to vocalize | Boytim 7-8 summaries due |
| Wed | 10/21 | Summarize your assigned excerpts from MAAG | Practice student updates and progress Be aware that at any time if we have a guest speaker they will bump other topic dates |
Boytim 9-10 summaries due |
| Wed | 10/28 | Another Maag reserve reading to summarize | Take Quiz #2 | Maag excerpts |
| Wed | 11/4 | No readings, but | Your practice students come to sing in class, if they have not already done so. | Seminar observations due |
| Wed | 11/11 | No class meeting--Veteran's Day Masterclass videos to watch and report upon |
Lesson observations due | |
| Wed | 11/18 | Verbally report in class on masterclasses watched | more pianoside manner, review for final | |
| Wed | 11/25 | No class--YSU closed day before Thanksgiving | ||
| Wed | 12/2 | If you are all in the holiday concert, we may need to re-schedule our final class to another day and time. Part of teaching singers is encouraging their rest and nutrition prior to performances. To be announced in plenty of time to plan ahead. | Binder due |
The course schedule, policies, procedures, and assignments in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, by mutual agreement, and/or to ensure better learning.