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Introduction to Vocals Evening Course

Introduction to Vocals

A supportive 6-week introduction to using your voice as an instrument, covering breathing exercises, warmups, performance confidence, posture, timing, phrasing, and tonal exploration.

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Course Overview

Our in-person  Introduction to Vocals music course  provides a supportive and encouraging introduction to using your voice as an instrument. Across six weeks, you’ll explore the key skills needed to build a healthy and robust contemporary music voice. 

At ICMP’s professional music facilities in London, Liverpool and Leeds, you’ll cover the fundamentals of vocal technique across both solo and group singing, and will receive regular professional feedback on your vocals when performing songs of your choice.  

Each lesson will take you on a journey to build a foundational vocal tool kit – from breathing exercises and vocal warmups to performance confidence methods and beyond. 

You’ll explore the techniques used by the music industry’s top vocalists by analysing a variety of contemporary music examples, such as work by Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Adele and more. 

Learning Outcomes

In our Introduction to Vocals evening course, you’ll discover the fundamental principles for building an effective vocal technique as you learn to sing and perform with confidence. 

Across the six weeks, you’ll explore: 

  • The relationship between your body and your voice 
  • Warm-up exercises to prepare your voice for singing 
  • Basic ensemble skills  
  • How to optimise your unique singing voice 
  • How to perform with confidence 
  • A small repertoire of songs 

Course Features

Develop your voice Optimise your unique voice and learn to sing freely using a range of professional vocal techniques.

Perform confidently Improve your musicality and performance skills with regular on-stage opportunities.

Use professional equipment Showcase your songs using professional performance equipment in our industry-standard studios.

Receive personalised feedback Progress your vocal abilities with personal singing feedback from ICMP’s professional music tutors.

Key Facts

  • 6-week evening course
  • Designed for beginners
  • No prior singing experience necessary
  • Taught by professional musicians active in the industry
  • Small group instruction with personalised feedback

Course Progression

This course is a solid introduction to the techniques and skills used in singing and vocal development. The knowledge you’ll have gained after six weeks will put you in an ideal position to progress to ICMP’s six-week in-person Intermediate Vocals evening course. 

Other ICMP vocal courses you might like to consider include: 

Entry Requirements

Ability level: Beginner. No previous experience is required to study our Introduction to Vocals six-week evening course. All you need is a love of singing and a desire to find your voice.

Course Details

Our Introduction to Vocals course will help you find and nurture your unique singing voice. As well as learning performance techniques to build confidence and develop your sound, you’ll discover how to keep your voice healthy for the future.    Over six weeks, you’ll explore the elements that make a great singer. You’ll cover vocal warmups to better prepare your voice, breathing techniques to help manage tricky lyrics, and confidence-boosting methods so you’ll handle high notes with ease. 

Understand the unique qualities of your voice and how to develop them, while keeping your instrument healthy, safe and free. Learn techniques to help with performance such as posture, muscle tension and breathing, and prepare your voice using warmups and vocalising exercises. 

  • Examine what makes your voice unique  
  • Learn to prepare your voice to enhance your performance 
  • Understand the relationship between your body and your voice  

Discover how your posture impacts your performance. Identify the unique habits you use to hold yourself and see how they may be affecting your singing. Get tips on how to free your spine to help free your voice.  

  • Assess your personal posture habits 
  • Explore the impact posture can have on your performance  
  • Break bad posture habits and build positive ones

Learn how to optimise your breathing to control your voice and manage your singing. Improve your breath work and incorporate these techniques into your vocal approach.  

  • Discover Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract (SOVT) techniques  
  • Practise feeling a slow steady outflow of air  
  • Seamlessly integrate breathing techniques into your performance

Explore different ways to maintain rhythm and stay in time while your perform. Build your awareness of timing and phrasing when you sing by practising over a backing track. 

  • Build accuracy of rhythm  
  • Perform phrases with accurate timing  
  • Move and click to the beat while singing

Hone your awareness of tuning in singing, and practise techniques to improve your pitching. Learn to perform each phrase of a song with accurate tuning. 

  • Explore techniques to improve your pitching accuracy  
  • Build confidence in tuning as you perform 
  • Undertake ‘pitch darts’ exercises with your classmates

Understand what is meant by darker and brighter vocal tones and explore how to embody them in your singing. Learn to integrate different tones, such as cries, twangs and sobs, in vocal exercises and performances.  

  • Identify your voice’s unique tonal qualities 
  • Learn to raise, lower and stretch the larynx to affect your voice’s colour   
  • Add a richness and depth to your singing

Upcoming Dates

Leeds

Starts Tuesday 21st July
£249.00
12 spaces available

Liverpool

Starts Monday 20th July
£249.00
12 spaces available

London

Starts Tuesday 23rd June
£249.00
12 spaces available
Starts Wednesday 24th June
£249.00
12 spaces available
Starts Tuesday 11th August
£249.00
12 spaces available
Starts Wednesday 12th August
£249.00
12 spaces available