Plan of Study – Musical Theatre

The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.

The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.

The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.

The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.

The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.

The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.

The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.

The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

For the classical and musical theatre singer, a private lesson with a professional collaborative coach/pianist. Lesson will focus on the varying artistic needs for the singer: foreign languages, style, emotional relationship to the lyric/poem, understanding of song’s piano accompaniment, and working collaboratively with a pianist. Prerequisite: Completed two semesters of applied voice.

The study and public performance of staged productions from the operatic, light opera, and Broadway genres. Open to all students and community members.

Designed for the non-music major, this course is for those without extensive formal music training (e.g., self-taught) or those whose musical learning experiences were primarily aurally based (e.g., learning music by ear). Introduction to the visual symbols and terminology of music notation and links them to aural understandings of music. Prior knowledge of music notation and music theory not required.

Fundamental harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic practices of the 18th and 19th centuries, including major and minor keys, intervals, cadences, primary triads in root and inverted positions, through an integrated visual/aural/compositional approach. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 1140, Sight-singing and Ear Training I.

An exploration of the basics of acting through exercises that build a process from script page to stage, including approaching a script, preparation and research, and how to work collaboratively in the professional world. Scripts used include monologues and scene work. Preparation and research of scripts include investigating not only the particulars of the script itself, but how it relates historically to the periods in which it is set, in which it was written, and to the history of theater.

Explore the varying styles of dance as used in the musical theater genre. Short segments of various styles of dance used in the musical theatre genre, such as ballet, tap, ballroom, modern, jazz, contemporary, and others will be studied.

Explore the varying styles of dance as used in the musical theatre genre. Short segments of various styles of dance used in the musical theater genre, such as ballet, tap, ballroom, modern, jazz, contemporary, and others.

A project based course involving in-depth study of the practical aspects of theater production. Students engage in the study of theoretical and practical perspectives of applied theater including technical production, stage management, and design that provide the framework for future productions.