Assistant Professor of Music
Phone: 478.757.3985
Email: ehanson@wesleyancollege.edu
Office: PFA 121
Address: Wesleyan College, 4760 Forsyth Road Macon, GA 31210
Mrs. Hanson teaches teaches applied voice, voice class, vocal literature and diction. A lyric soprano, she performs often in the Middle Georgia area and was most recently heard as soprano soloist for the Choral Society of Middle Georgia's performances of Handel's "Messiah". Mrs. Hanson has performed many major roles in musical theatre and opera with Macon Little Theatre, UT Opera Theatre, and the Knoxville Opera Company. She is a member of NATS, MENC, GMEA, and Sigma Alpha Iota.
Education: B.M., Wesleyan College; M.M., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Courses taught include:
MUS 014, 114: Applied Voice Lessons.
Goal: To encourage and further both musical and technical development in voice.
Content: Repertoire from various genres and periods.
Prerequisites: Audition and permission of instructor.
Gen. Ed. Category: Artistic expression.
MUS 055, 056: Voice Class.
Goal: To acquaint students (non-voice majors) with the various aspects of vocal technique that combine to produce a good singing voice; to enhance students' ability to control performance anxiety; and to encourage self-expression and to enhance students' ability to communicate effectively in front of a group. Students are encouraged to take both semesters in order to build and retain skills learned in these courses.
Content: Study a variet of vocal music.
Taught: Fall, Spring.
Prerequisites: MUS 055 or permission of instructor is a prerequisite for MUS 056.
Credit: 1 hour.
MUS 286: Diction for Singers.
Goal: To learn correct pronunciation and articulation for singing in English, Italian, Latin, French, German, and Spanish. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) will be an intergral tool in this process.
Content: The literature covered will include pieces from choral and solo vocal literature in various languages..
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisites: Two semesters of Applied Voice.
Gen. Ed. Category: Artistic expression.
Credit: 3 hours.
MUS 315S: History of Vocal Literature, Performance and Style.
Goal: A study of solo vocal literature from a historical perspective with emphasis upon performance and style. Students will be expected to develop a vocabulary for discussion and writing about this repretoire; oral presentations are included.
Content: Italian, German, French, British, Spanish and American song repertoire will be explored.
Taught: Alternate years.
Prerequisites: MUS 130 and MUS 134.
Credit: 2 hours.