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Developing Vocal Technique and Artistic Expression Skills in University Music Education
Le Thi Thu Trang
4 November 2026 · Vol. 2, Issue 11, pp. 1995-2000
DOI: 10.65150/EP-jsshrs/V2E11/2026-06
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Background: University vocal training must develop reliable vocal coordination while enabling students to communicate musical and lyrical meaning. When technical exercises and artistic interpretation are treated as separate activities, improvement in one may not transfer into convincing performance.
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- 4 November 2026
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- Vol. 2, Issue 11, pp. 1995-2000
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- 3051-3561 (online) · 3051-3553 (print)
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- CC BY 4.0 — free to read and reuse with attribution
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- EP Journals Group
Abstract
Background: University vocal training must develop reliable vocal coordination while enabling students to communicate musical and lyrical meaning. When technical exercises and artistic interpretation are treated as separate activities, improvement in one may not transfer into convincing performance. Objective: This article examines the competencies and teaching decisions required to integrate vocal technique with artistic expression in higher music education. Methods: An interpretive, practice-oriented review synthesises scholarship on voice science, singing pedagogy, musical expression, deliberate practice, feedback, and performance assessment, supplemented by three Vietnamese studies of university vocal instruction and one bounded cross-disciplinary teaching comparison. No new student, acoustic, or intervention data were collected. Results: The synthesis identifies four interconnected competency domains and four recurring pedagogical tensions. It proposes the VOICE cycle - Vocal coordination, Observation and diagnosis, Interpretation, Contextual enactment, and Evaluation and revision - and translates it into a repertoire-based teaching sequence with observable learning evidence and a descriptive assessment scheme. Conclusion: Technical proficiency and artistic expression are best approached as mutually informing dimensions of learning rather than competing outcomes. VOICE offers a conceptual design tool for university teachers; its feasibility, assessment reliability, and educational effects remain to be tested in classroom and studio settings.
Keywords
- vocal technique
- artistic expression
- university music education
- singing pedagogy
- repertoire-based learning
- formative assessment
- VOICE framework.
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Le Thi Thu Trang (2026). Developing Vocal Technique and Artistic Expression Skills in University Music Education. Journal of Social Science and Human Research Studies, 2(11), 1995-2000. https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-jsshrs/V2E11/2026-06
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}Published in Journal of Social Science and Human Research Studies (JSSHRS)
ISSN 3051-3561 (online) · 3051-3553 (print)
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Le Thi Thu Trang.
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In Journal of Social Science and Human Research Studies, Volume 2, Issue 11, pages 1995-2000, published by EP Journals Group on 4 November 2026.
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10.65150/EP-jsshrs/V2E11/2026-06 (https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-jsshrs/V2E11/2026-06).
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APA: Le Thi Thu Trang (2026). Developing Vocal Technique and Artistic Expression Skills in University Music Education. Journal of Social Science and Human Research Studies, 2(11), 1995-2000. https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-jsshrs/V2E11/2026-06
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