3-Year Course

3-Year Singer / Teacher Diploma Course

The 3-Year Singer / Singing Teacher Diploma Course is aimed at singers who wish to qualify professionally, partly as singers, and partly as singing teachers. The course is a 3-year intensive study. The goal of the course is to enable the participants to work independently and responsibly with singing and teaching. The course is open to singers from all genres of music, rhythmic as well as classical. The aim is for the participants to have achieved the highest professional proficiency on completion of the course.

The course will be taught as 6 seminars, 4 days each, pr. year. Next groups: Fall 2011.

For full course description click here.

6 seminars pr. year

Practical information

The course is available in Copenhagen

Dates
The course will be taught as 6 seminars, 4 days each, pr. year. The seminars are held Thursday-Sunday or Monday- Thursday from 10-17. To view dates for all courses in all cities, please go to Course Dates.

Course fee

First year: DKK 43.500 (€ 5800), second year: DKK 44.500 (€ 5935), third year: DKK 45.500 (€ 6070). Enrollment is financially binding for one year at a time.

A deposit of 25 % of the full course fee for the first year is to be paid within 2 weeks after your sign up. The deposit secures your place on the course. It is not refundable if you choose to withdraw from the course. Full course fee payment for the first year is due before the beginning of the course. Please read our standard terms.

Application
Go to How to Apply. The course is aimed at experienced singers.

Number of participants

Up to 14 pr. group.

Teachers
The teachers are authorized Complete Vocal Technique teachers, and they will teach their specialist subjects. Cathrine Sadolin will be teaching parts of the course as well. The 3-Year Course will only use highly qualified and experienced teachers of highest professional level.

Place
CVI Copenhagen
Kultorvet, Hausergade 3, 5th floor
DK-1128 

Contact information

Complete Vocal Institute
Hausergade 3, 5th floor
DK-1128 Copenhagen K
Denmark.
Mail: cvi@shout.dk
Phone: +45 33 32 77 24
Fax: + 45 33 32 77 25

Conditions for acceptance onto the course
To qualify for the course, applicants must have thorough knowledge of the contents of Complete Vocal Technique book & CD. In order for us to ascertain the professional and artistic level of the applicant, as well as his or her ability to work within a group, the applicant is expected to have attended a CVT education before applying for the 3-Year Course, and to already have a career as a singer and / or teacher. The minimum age for acceptance is 25 years.

Deadline for application is NOW. The courses are filled up on a first come, first serve basis.

ECTS

The 3-year Singer / Teacher Diploma Course counts 20 ECTS-point pr. semester or 120 ECTS points for the full course.

Working hours per semester:
Attending classes at CVI: 3 seminars x 7 hours x 4 days = 84 hours
Singing practice = 5 hours per week = 120 hours
Teaching practice = 86 hours
Homework studying CVT = 10 hours per week = 240 hours
Total hours of study: 530 hours

Subject per semester:
CVT technique and anatomy studies: 7 points
Teaching test-singers: 4 points
Personal vocal development and education: 4 points
Pedagogy and teaching theory: 3 points
Auditive analysis, recognition of various techniques and vocal problems. Learning skills to demonstrate as well as use singing techniques: 2 points.

Please note that your specific institute of education must approve these points.

For lecturers on the 3-year Singer / Teacher Diploma Course click here.

ECTS coordinator: Merethe Dithmer, dithmer@shout.dk, +45 3330 7093.

For general info about accommodation, study facilities, and other practicalities please email cvi@shout.dk.