CURI Academic Year Student Researcher Stryker

Description

Job Title: CURI Academic Year Student Researcher

Classification: Student Employee (non-exempt)

Name and Address of Employer: St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Ave Northfield MN 55057

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Department Name: CURI

Unit Number (5 digits): 16118

Length of Position: See Employment Authorization

Contact Person/Supervisor: Faculty advisor

Wage Range: $11.75-12.75

Description of the Position: (Purpose of the Position): Students work together with a faculty member on scholarly or artistic projects.

Project Title: What is the recipe for the Broadway Belt

Faculty Mentor: Marita Stryker

Project Description: How is belting your face off on a road trip different than singing Soprano 2 in Chapel Choir or a role in a Lyric Theater production Voice researchers are grappling with these same questions as they try to develop scientific studies that focus on commercial and contemporary singing in addition to the longstanding tradition of studying the Western Classical singing voice.

This project will explore how belt voice is described across voice pedagogy and popular music literature in hopes of finding a clear consensus that future researchers can use in their quantitative study of belt. CURI researchers will review scholarly literature one article or chapter per week leading to a collection and analysis of existing work. Weekly meetings will cover perception of read material audio examples and development of a lecture recital presenting songs that showcase various definitions and historical differences of belting across genres. Students are asked to read weekly and reflect analyze using coding software listen to musical examples and prepare a performance related to the subject.

Transferable Skills: Research and presentations.

Duties and Responsibilities: Each project has its own timing (number of hours per week and number of weeks) as determined by the individual faculty mentor. See the CURI Digital Olaf databasefor individual project descriptions and details.

Qualifications: (Education/Experience/Skills) A student interested in applying for the CURI academic year program must be enrolled as an on-campus St. Olaf student. There is no GPA requirement that must be met in order to apply for the program but a students academic record will be considered during the selection process. Skills are dependent on individual projects.

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This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College with or without prior notice.