Chorus (Foreign Works)

Author: Chen Jiahai, Song Zhaomin, Editors
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Choral singing belongs to the category of vocal arts and is a variety of polyphonic music. It is one of the performance art forms centered on group singing. Although choral singing, like other vocal performance forms, is based on vocal production and requires good breath support and resonance, it differs from other singing forms in its vocal production and tone color application, as well as in its artistic characteristics, artistic qualities, and artistic expressive features. Choral art emphasizes commonality, pursues harmonious, balanced, and three-dimensional harmonic beauty, and focuses on coordinated and varied tone color beauty. As a required course for music majors in higher normal universities, choral singing classes primarily aim to cultivate students' appreciation for choral music and their ability to perform multi-part choral songs through the teaching of choral knowledge and training skills, as well as through the rehearsal and performance practice of choral works. This course further enables students to master the basic methods of choral teaching, the skills and techniques of choral training, and the organizational abilities for establishing, rehearsing, and performing choral ensembles. These competencies lay a solid foundation for students to excel in school music teaching, conduct extracurricular music activities, and participate in social choral events in the future.