| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-30 | - |
| 2025-01-13 | - |
| 2025-04-14 | - |
| 2025-07-14 | - |
| 2025-10-06 | - |
Program Overview
Point Blank LA's Vocal Musicianship - Level 2 course is designed to enhance singing skills, including progressive ear training, sight-reading development, and harmonic fluency. With expert instructors and flexible scheduling, the 3-month program aims to provide students with the skills necessary for careers as professional singers, session vocalists, or voice instructors. Additionally, the program is described as having college-level rigor and offers opportunities for partner discounts and exclusive features.
Program Outline
Outline:
The Vocal Musicianship - Level 2 course at Point Blank LA aims to enhance singing skills. The program will cover topics including chord extensions, voice leading, progressive sight-reading, chord progressions, musical analysis, and more. It aims to develop abilities for progressive ear training, more advanced dictation/transcription, and aural recognition. This course will help students improve their sight-reading abilities, harmonic fluency, and skills for singing and writing music.
- Duration: 3 Months
- Available start dates: September 30, January 13, April 14, July 14, October 6
- Weekly timetable: One 2-hour class each week for 10 weeks. Daytime, evening & weekend slots are available.
- Content:
- Progressive Ear Training
- Sight-Reading Skill Building
- Extended Harmony
- Voice-Leading
- Compound Intervals
- Progressive Dictation
- Transcribing Chord Progressions
- Further Rhythm Training
- Diatonic Modes
- Exotic Scales
- Blue Notes
- Focus on Minor Keys
Teaching:
- Expert Instructors:
- Mecha - Music Production & DJing
- Arabian Prince - Music Business
- Sameer Sengupta - Mixing & Mastering
- Sweatson Klank - Music Production
- David Harrow - Music Production & Sound Design
- Carol de Leon - Singing
Careers:
- Potential career paths:
- Professional Singer
- Solo Artist
- Lead Singer
- Backup Singer
- Session Vocalist
- Voice Instructor
- Private Voice Teacher
- Club/Lounge Singer
- Choir Singer
- Band Singer
- Performer
- Broadway Singer
- Wedding Singer
- Cruise Ship Entertainer
- Acapella Vocalist
Other:
- The program is described as being "college-level."
- Point Blank LA offers partner discounts and exclusive features to students.
- There is a quote from a Vocal Musicianship student, stating: "The Vocal Musicianship course framed the whole rest of the program for me. My understanding of harmony went through the roof! Great class."
