dance_lesson04The dance call for the singer or actor can be frightening, overwhelming, and a dealmaker or breaker. In this seminar, a Broadway performer, dance captain, or choreographer will share tips and techniques that actors and singers can use to shine in their dance call. Learn how to retain choreography, adapt to different choreographic styles, and improve confidence when dancing in small groups. Look, feel, and perform better in your next dance or movement call.

 

Experience will include:

  • Techniques to build confidence and presentation in a movement call
  • Choreography taught by a Broadway Performer, Dance Captain or Choreographer
  • Mock audition to implement learned techniques
  • Q&A / discussion about the movement audition process

 

Seminar Length: 1.5 hours

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If you want to be in a Broadway show and have a career as a musical theatre performer, it’s not enough to have great singing technique and skill. You’ll need to know how to convey emotion and a story through your performance of a song’s music and lyrics. This experience teaches singers how to break down a song to make it into a “scene to music,” acting techniques for musical theatre, and interpretive methods. All aspects of this experience are designed to help participants work towards creating a show-stopping performance.

 

Experience will include:

  • How to combine acting and singing techniques to create a complete performance
  • Understand how to tell a story with a song
  • Q&A with a cast member or musical director

 

Seminar length: 1.5 hours

06_Singing-instructionsIf you have the desire to perform on a Broadway stage as a singer, you’ll need to know how to harmonize. But harmonizing is a difficult skill to master. Learn the secrets, techniques, and skills for successful harmonizing from an experienced and knowledgeable cast member or musical director. You’ll learn musical selections from a Broadway show and will engage in exercises that will help you use your voice to create the harmonies that define the finest performances of singers on the Great White Way.

 

Experience will include:

  • Harmony technique exercises
  • Learning a selection from a Broadway show
  • Q&A with a cast member or musical director

Seminar length: 1.5 hours

musical rehearsalVocal auditions present performers with a range of daunting challenges. In this seminar, you’ll learn skills and techniques designed to help you effectively audition and present yourself to a panel or creative team. Improve how you present yourself in a vocal audition, increase your chances of landing that booking, getting that role, or gaining admittance into a respected vocal program, and develop your confidence, focus, and image.

Experience will include:

  • Vocal audition techniques taught by a NYC musical director or Broadway performer
  • Professional exercises and helpful tips
  • Q&A / discussion about the audition process, including how to prepare for an audition, what to bring, what auditions are worth attending, and how to follow up after an audition

 

Seminar Length: 1.5 hours

piano 01How can you get to the next level as a singer? Using effective exercises, focused methods, and useful tips developed by master faculty, you’ll discover how to improve your vocal technique and stage performances. Topics covered in this active singing experience include breath support, sound quality, pitch, and tone, and how to expand your vocal range. The seminar may also include a consideration of techniques based on different styles of singing, such as belting, pop, classical, head-voice, falsetto, etc.

 

Experience can include:

  • Vocal technique and genres (belting, head-voice, pop, classical, musical theater, etc.)
  • Safe warm-up techniques to ensure healthy singing
  • Useful professional tips

 

Seminar length: 1.5 hours

Concert pianist playing the pianoIt’s all about finding that Broadway voice. Work with a Broadway performer or cast member to learn musical selections from a Broadway show. Starting with vocal exercises and techniques that have helped to transform the voices of some of NYC’s top singers, this seminar teaches you how to make the most of solo lines, act through a song, and hold your vocal part when others around you are singing something different. What’s the best part? You’ll see the musical selection you worked on performed live on a Broadway stage a few hours later!

Experience will include:
 

  • Vocal warm up and exercises
  • Musical selections from selected Broadway score
  • Q&A with a cast member or performer

 

Seminar length: 1.5 hours