Voice Image in Academic Vocal Art

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to reveal the features of creating a vocal image in academic vocals. Research methodology. The article uses the following research methods: theoretical – to identify the main features of academic vocal art; anthropological – to understand vocal and artistic activity through the prism of the singer’s individual essence; structural – to ‘construct’ a vocal image in vocal art. The scientific novelty of the article: 1) academic vocal art is a cultural tradition with deep roots and plays a significant role in modern society; 2) academic vocal art is a type of performing activity that is positioned as the self-expression of a creative personality, the manifestation of its essence in the form of a vocal image. Conclusions. The Ukrainian sociocultural space is not conducive to the advancement of academic vocal art. This is due to the following factors: the discrepancy between the rationality of modern Ukrainians and the irrationality of music as an expression of emotions and the subconscious; the fast pace of life, when people lack the time to attend concerts in order to become competent listeners; and the low level of general music education in secondary schools. Academic vocal art is a type of creative practice that is a criterion for a certain singing ‘tone’ and aesthetic tradition of European and Ukrainian culture, determined by objective factors (the performer’s physiology and vocal abilities). The vocal image is born only in the process of performance by the singer and perception by the audience. It is inseparable from the singer, who experiences and conveys the emotions embedded in the vocal work by the authors of the music and poetic text. The vocal image is based on the peculiarities of intonational and linguistic communication, the singer’s physicality, and their spiritual and emotional experience.