Musical Theater

Musical theater performers must study and perfect three disciplines: singing, acting, and dancing. To be competitive in the professional world, they must be known as "triple threats", meaning their skill levels in those three disciplines must be advanced. In the Goucher Summer Arts Institute, the students enrolled in Musical Theater will have classes in all three disciplines to begin this process.

In dance, they will be taught tap, jazz, and modern dance, the first two of which are mainstays of musical theater dance. Singers will develop their voices by finding out what muscles are involved, how they work together, and how to progress from beginner status to advanced. With the help of these exercises, the students will make a solid start in this process. They will also learn songs from the musical theater repertoire. Acting exercises will expand the student's capacity to be another person, experience different emotional situations, and interact with others to make a specific moment or scene believable. Finally, the students will perform songs from the musical theater repertoire in a showcase at the end of the Institute.

Faculty
Richard Hartzell | Lester Holmes | Carol Wolfe-Ralph

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Placement and Audition Information
The Musical Theater Program Orientation and Placement Audition will be held on Sunday, July 10^th at 2:30pm in Merrick Lecture Hall and Dunnock Theatre.  

All musical theater participants are required to attend so the program director can be informed of the student's interests, goals, and skill level. 

Please come prepared to perform the following:
One song of your choice which demonstrates you level of vocal ability.  (If ladies are able to sing in both chest/belt voice and head voice (soprano) please demonstrate this capacity within your song choice.) AND a 1-minute monologue to show your acting ability

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