Courses outside Conservatory include:
Voice and movement classes develop even more specific skills in:
› Music theory musicianship › Private voice and piano › Ballet I and Jazz I
› Dialects › Period movement › Stage combat › Alexander Technique
First-year students do not perform publicly but do present scene work for the Conservatory at the end of the year. SCENE II: EXPLORATION You stretch and strengthen basic techniques from your first-year units using highly contrasting styles of dramatic literature. Added to the core of acting and voice and speech are: › Yoga › Neutral mask › Physical characterization › Musical theatre music & text analysis › Audition technique In Musical Theatre Song Study, these skills are applied to various Broadway genres and to the completion of an audition book.
Third-year Musical Theatre Styles units are devoted to musical theatre scene, song, and dance study.
Courses outside Conservatory include:
› Vocal ensemble › Ballet II or III › Jazz II or III
› Musical Theatre Dance Styles I or II › Dance improvisation and composition › Continued private voice and piano SCENE IV: PREPARATION New skill and investigation units are added to your core curriculum, including:
› Interviewing › Auditioning › Cold reading › Acting for the camera › Clown
Courses outside Conservatory include:
› Musicianship › Private voice and piano › Ballet II and Jazz II › Musical theatre dance audition › Tap dance › History of the American musical theatre
You continue in specialized musical theatre:
› Acting and audition techniques › Ballet II or III › Jazz II or III
You join the casting pool and are now eligible to perform in the Conservatory season.
› Musical Theatre Dance Styles I or II › Dance improvisation and composition › Private voice Musical Theatre students have the opportunity to present a solo cabaret performance, and, in Spring semester, present in Senior Showcase!
SCENE III: APPLICATION Work in contrasting styles becomes even more ambitious. Skills you acquired in years one and two are applied to:
› Shakespeare › 17th- and 18th-century comedy of manners › Edwardian drama
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