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Singing: Music Theatre Vocal Skills

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Singing: Music Theatre Vocal Skills

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About Singing: Music Theatre Vocal Skills

Introduction

Music Hall and Operetta

Example Song: Why Am I Always the Bridesmaid?

Example Song: Daisy Bell

Technique and Exercises: Breathing

Technique and Exercises: Speech

Technique and Exercises Twang

Technique and Exercises 'Opera' or Tilt

Now Let's Sing Music Hall

Background: Tin Pan Alley

Example Song: Someone to Watch Over Me

Example Song: But Not for Me

Technique and Exercises: Sliding 5ths

Technique and Exercises: Sob

Technique and Exercises Anchoring

Now Let's Sing Gershwin!

Background: Kern, Rogers, Hammerstein and Co

Example Song: Something Wonderful

Example Song: Some Enchanted Evening

Technique and Exercises: Range

Technique and Exercises: The Break in the Passagio

Technique and Exercises: Falsetto

Technique and Exercises: Lightening and Darkening Sound

Now Let's Sing Something Difficult

Background: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Boublil Schonberg

Example Song: On My Own

Example Song: Music of the Night

Technique and Exercises :Avoiding Constriction

Technique and Exercises: Dynamics

Technique and Exercises: Belting

Identifying Voice Qualities

Now Let's Sing 80s Music Theatre

Background: Music Theatre Gets Wicked

Example Song: How Far I'll Go

Technique and Exercises: Diction

Auditions

Music Theatre Exams

Conclusion and Useful Links

What You Will Learn?

  • Do you want to be able to sing to the standard of a West End or Broadway star?.
  • This is a course for you if you love musical theatre and also want a robust singing course that will stretch you beyond your current vocal capabilities. As well as being focused on music theatre, this course is a bootcamp for all vocalists..
  • We will look at the singing techniques needed to hit the high notes from the major epochs of musical theatre, including music hall and operetta, Tin Pan Alley and early jazz show tunes (Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin etc), classic Broadway music theatre (Rogers and Hammerstein, Kern, Rogers and Hart etc), 70s & 80s music theatre (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Boublil and Schönberg etc) and contemporary music theatre (Schwartz, Menken etc)..
  • In each section, there is a brief introduction to the era and its composers plus an explanation of how the singing techniques of each era developed. We then dive into practical, technical  exercises to help you master those techniques. We will look at vocal skills such as:.
  • Expanding range.
  • Mastering voice qualities to make the right sound for each show and character discussed.
  • Dealing with the break in the passagio.
  • Intercostal lateral breathing (required in music theatre exams).
  • Anchoring.
  • Projection.
  • Belting.
  • Diction.
  • The course will help you to ace musical theatre auditions and exams, help improve your vocal skills in a demanding and competitive field of singing and enhance your overall knowledge of music theatre in a way that will impress an examiner/audition panel. We will also have fun!.
  • You can also send mp3s of your singing for feedback..
  • Please feel free to contact me with any questions. I look forward to working with you!.