SINGING PEDAGOGY AND CONTEMPORARY VOCAL MUSIC: A TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP

In this paper, we explore the interrelationships between knowledge construction in the field of Vocal Pedagogy and compositional forms of the academic music of the 20 century. We propose that research logics within Vocal Technique contributed to the thinking of the time providing a matrix to consider the vocal instrument from an objectivist position. The importance of the inquiries presented lies on the slow expansion that contemporary vocal music acquired in the last years, and in the absence of a Vocal Technique teaching method that considers the particular characteristics of this repertoire. As a current challenge, we consider necessary to chart a new model in Vocal Technique that favors the interpretation of the vocal repertoire of the 20 Century, and to establish a corpus of knowledge about (i) which are the new required skills and abilities, (ii) how they are produced, and (iii) how they should be taught. Key-words: 20th Century Music; contemporary vocal music; singing skills; Vocal. Data de submissão: Junho de 2016 | Data de publicação: Junho de 2017. 1 NICOLÁS ALESSANDRONI Professor at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina) (FBA-UNLP). He is also Director of the Vocal Technique Research Group within the Laboratory for the Study of Musical Experience (LEEM-FBA-UNLP). Additionally, he is a doctoral fellow of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) in the area of Philosophy, with workplace in the Philosophical Research Institute (IIF-SADAF). His artistic research interests include Vocal Technique, Vocal Pedagogy, and Skill Development Theory, among others. He has written Metaphorical Expressions in Vocal Pedagogy. Between Didactics and Cognitive Significance [Las expresiones metafóricas en Pedagogía Vocal: entre la didáctica y la significación cognitiva] (Gitev, 2014). Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas (SADAF) / CONICET – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas.LEEM – Laboratorio para el Estudio de la Experiencia Musical / UNLP – Universidad Nacional de La Plata. E-mail: nicoalessandroni@gmail.com. 2 CAMILA BELTRAMONE Research scholar at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina), with workplace in the Vocal Technique Research Group within the Laboratory for the Study of Musical Experience (LEEM-FBA-UNLP). His artistic research interests include Vocal Technique, Vocal Pedagogy, and Gesture and Movement. E-mail: camilabeltramone@gmail.com. 3 LAURA SANGUINETTI Research scholar at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina), with workplace in the Vocal Technique Research Group within the Laboratory for the Study of Musical Experience (LEEMFBA-UNLP). His artistic research interests include Musical Composition, Vocal Pedagogy, and Music History. 2 | ALESSANDRONI, Nicolás; BELTRAMONE, Camila; & SANGUINETTI, Laura