MUSC 279 Vocal Techniques II This course, for the intermediate contemporary singer, focuses on how to identify, analyze, and communicate a variety of musical singing styles and demonstrate this knowledge through performance and written reports. Topics include interpretation, stage presence, microphone technique, beginning improvisation techniques, and communicating with other singers and instrumentalists. Collaboration, effective rehearsal procedures, common music terminology, and the independent and collective roles of each participant in a performance are the skills demonstrated in a culminating final performance.