DOCTORAL VOCAL PERFORMANCE: THAI ART SONG

Abstract

The main objective of Doctoral vocal performance: Thai Art song is to apply western vocal technique into singing Thai art song in various styles. The study of Western vocal technique was categorized by the mechanism of vocal production in singing; respiration, phonation, resonation, and articulation, by exploring through the art song repertoire from the renaissance period to present. Furthermore, the study also includes singing interpretation base on text painting and compositional technique of George Frederic Handel (1685 – 1759) from his most famous oratorio, Messiah.

The concepts and knowledge from those studies were branched and accumulated with the practice of four Thai singing styles; Thai Sakol song, Thai folk song, Thai nationalism song, and Thai jazz song by the compositions and musical arrangements of Silpathorn award-winning composers.