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    DICTION

    Summer MM in Choral Conducting at Simpson College

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    Diction 1: Italian, French, and German (Summer 2019, 2022, 2024)

    Required Text:Adams, David Adams. A Handbook of Diction for Singers: Italian, German, French.  Oxford: Oxford University, 2008.

    Diction 2: Latin, Spanish, and Russian  (Summer 2021, 2023, 2025)

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