Modules

The Foundation course consists of seven modules, which can be taken as a whole or individually.

1. Getting Started As A Singing Teacher
2. Introduction to Vocal Functional Anatomy and Physiology
3. Introduction to Functional Assessment
4. Introduction to the Teaching Tools
5. Giving A Lesson
6. Intro to Vocal Health and Pathology
7. Setting Up Your Singing Teacher Business

Learning objectives

By the end of the seven modules, you’ll feel comfortable and equipped to start teaching one-to-one singing lessons, gaining the confidence and knowledge to take on paying students.

By the end of an individual module, you should have a basic grasp of the module’s topic.

Delivery

You will learn from self-paced, prerecorded video lessons, practical exercises, and downloadable resources.

There is an option to purchase access to the BAST Training Knowledge Hub, where there are masterclasses, educational videos, teaching clinics, the Vocal Warm Up course and more, as well as one-to-one mentoring.

Self-study

We encourage self-study. You are an adult, and we hope that you will put in the work required to get good at this job. Each topic has an accompanying pop quiz, and we have tonnes of suggested self-study activities and reading to recommend to go with the main topics.

Evaluation

There is no formal assessment made on this course. If this is something you’re looking for, the Level 5 qualification includes formal assessment, with a total of 120 credits for the six-module course.

You will receive a Certificate of Completion after completing each module and also on completion of the full course.

Eligibility

We highly recommend you have the minimum of the following:

1. Three to five years of performance experience and/or a qualification in music/performance/singing from a recognised university or college.

2. Basic keyboard skills are preferred but not essential to get the best from the course.  The Foundation course is accompanied by an introductory course covering the piano notes, how to construct and play a major scale, its derivatives, major triads, arpeggios and the Extended Arpeggio (aka Long Scale, 1.5 Octave or Rossini scale). We believe to teach effectively, you need, at the very least, to be able to play scales, arpeggios and root-position chords. It is therefore highly recommended that non-players get some lessons to cover the piano basics.

3. Basic Music theory is preferred but not essential to do the course. You should be able to label all twelve note names, including the #’s and ♭’s, recognise a major triad, arpeggio, know the commonly used time signatures (2/2, 4/4, 3/4, 12/8), note and rest values plus their dotted values, triplet. All Major scales, triads and arpeggios. Note values: semiquaver (sixteenth note), quaver (eighth note), crotchet (quarter note), minim (half note) and semibreve (whole note), dotted and their rests.

Test yourself

Accompanying the basic Keyboard and Scales course is an evaluation test to help you evaluate where you are. Join The Knowledge Hub for free, and you will be able to access the course.