Singers are drawn primarily from the ranks of the school's vocal department.

She applied to vocal departments of the Conservatory and other music colleges in Moscow eight times, but was not admitted.

"A lot of conservatories use the vocal department as a cash cow," Ms. Greenawald said.

There were some distinct deficits in the vocal department on Saturday evening.

She splits her time between touring and teaching at Stanford Jazz Workshop in the vocal department.

Later, her disposition towards singing was discovered and she was admitted to the vocal department.

Spears certainly has nothing on Pink in the vocal department.

When Alex graduated he decided to return to the musical school, however this time he opted to study in the vocal department.

London helped start the vocal department at The New School in 1992 and is an adjunct professor there.

He served as the school's vice-president and head of the vocal department until his death in 1945.