Music Theater Workshop
Now in its fourteenth year and expanded to two weeks, the summer High School Music Theater Workshop is for high school performers who are Broadway bound. Westminster faculty member Frank Abrahams is workshop coordinator and musical director. He is joined by opera star Nova Thomas and Broadway star Carolann Page. Both are members of the Music Theater Program at Westminster. Faculty members including Nancy Froysland Hoerl and Elem Eley will teach voice. All students will experience musicianship training through movement with guest professor Lucas Ciavatta from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Every participant performs in the concert version of a Broadway musical and many also perform in a showcase review.
Rider University - Lawrenceville Campus
July 19 - August 2, 2009 (New This Year: 2 Week Program)
Tuition: $1600
Enrollment is open to students entering the 10th grade through those who have just completed their senior year. Enrollment is limited and applicants are reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis and acceptance is based on available space in each voice part. Please list all voice parts you are willing to sing (mark first and second choices, if appropriate). Students must participate in both weeks of the program and must be residents on-campus during the Workshop.
Program Highlights
- Acting (including scene study and audition techniques) with Nova Thomas
- Voice instruction with Carolann Page, Elem Eley and Nancy Froysland Hoerl
- Perform in the Musical Theater Showcase Review prepared by Nova Thomas and coached by students in the college Music Theater Program
- Perform in a Concert Version of a Broadway Musical directed by Carolann Page with musical direction by Frank Abrahams
Daily Schedule
- Morning: Classes in acting, choreography, voice, and musicianship
- Afternoon: Ensemble vocal rehearsals, individual coaching
- Evening: Blocking rehearsals
- Spend Sunday in New York at a Broadway show.
- Final Sunday Showcase performance and concert performance of a Broadway show.
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The Music Theater Workshop will be attending South Pacific! They will perform a semi-staged concert of Bye Bye Birdie. |
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