08/19/24 Chorus Course

COURSE TITLE: Chorus 

INSTRUCTOR: Ruth Nelson, rnelson33@hccfl.edu, accompanist Emi Stefanov

SITE: YPAB 132 - Rehearsal Hall – HCC YBOR Campus

DATES: 08/19/24 - 12/10/24

TIME: 12:15pm-1:45pm

OFFICE HOURS: Monday-Friday 8:30am - 10:00am, M 3-3:30, W 12:00-2:00

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The HCC Concert Choir is a choral ensemble which develops musicianship and provides training in choral singing. This ensemble is open to all HCC students and aims to present quality choral literature. Performances are on campus and in the community. Your success is important to HCC. We must work together to achieve our goals in developing your skills as a musician and building community.

COURSE GOALS:  The student will: 

• Develop skills in performance of choral literature.
• Continue to develop ear training and sight-singing skills.
• Increase development of vocal technique and mastery.

TEXTS AND MATERIALS: Music Packet and Folder – available during class (return all music or you will be put on academic hold) and a pencil.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Listening, outside practice by the individual and section, performance, and vocal health.

Instructor:  Ruthie Nelson (Voice, Director of Choral Activities) Highly sought after as a soloist and chamber musician, soprano, Ruthie Nelson has captivated critics and audiences alike with her "unerring" performances of concert and operatic literature that "cast a spell of sublime simplicity."

Ms. Nelson has recently delighted audiences in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Vivaldi's Gloria, Saint Saen's Christmas Oratorio, Handel's Messiah, and the Faure Requiem.  Her performance in the Requiem “was the highlight of the Requiem - [and] of the entire concert.”  Ms. Nelson was the winner of the 2011 St. Petersburg Opera "Opera Idol" Competition.  She was also named the Florida Female Vocalist of the Year by the Florida Federation of Music Clubs in 2006. In May of 2007, Nelson was a member of the women’s quartet credited by the Tampa Tribune as “memorizing” and was a “high point” in the performance of Richard Einhorn’s Voices of Light.

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