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3.00 Credits
Students may petition to do independent work mentored by a music division faculty member. Approval is granted when the project specified is substantive, meaningful, and is something that the individual student can accomplish through primarily independent work. Petition forms are available in the offices of the Registrar, the Music Division and Academic Affairs. 0.5 - 3 credits
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2.00 Credits
This course helps students to free and expand their instruments to remove tension and inhibitions, in order to become flexible, creative and expressive actors. Students discover the fundamentals of acting, including concentration, pursuing an objective with both physical and psychological actions, and discovering the truth, using both improvised and 'scripted' scenes. First year Musical Theater majors only. 3 hours weekly; 2 credits
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2.00 Credits
Warm-ups, alignment work, exercises which physicalize images and explore character body movement. First year Musical Theater majors only. 2 hours weekly; 1 credit
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5.00 Credits
Introduction to the basics of technical production, including stage management, safety, set, costume, lighting and sound design and construction. Requires a production crew assignment. 3 two hour seminars throughout the year; .5 credit per semester
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2.00 Credits
The course concentrates on choral unity, musical skill, blend, intonation, cooperation, vocal range and dexterity, and stylistic flexibility within the Musical Theater Chorus. Students sing in small ensemble groups, large ensemble groups; solo parts within ensembles and solo singing backed up by ensemble are also explored. Staged performance (first year revue) concludes the second semester. First year Musical Theater majors only. 3 hours weekly; 2 credits
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2.00 Credits
Builds the fundamental music skills that singers must possess with focus on written theory and solfège. Students enter the course with a knowledge of the basic rhythmic and pitch notations and the names of the keys on the piano keyboard (from prior experience and/or a study packet sent out during the summer.) The first semester looks at rhythm in simple meters, accidentals, the building of tetrachords and major scales, key signatures, major and perfect intervals, and the circle of fifths. Solfège involves rhythmic reading drills and the moveable "do" system to sing melodies in various keys using stepwise motion. Thesecond semesters continues with minor, diminished, and augmented intervals, minor scales and their corresponding key signatures, the four types of triads and their inversions, and the composition of chord progressions given a bass line using the standard rules of counterpoint. Solfège continues with rhythm in compound meters, melodies using skips and arpeggios, and minor melodies (aeolian, harmonic, and melodic forms). May be waived based on a Music Theory placement exam administered at matriculation. 2 hours weekly; 1 credit
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2.00 Credits
An introduction to speech for the stage: basic principles of relaxation and alignment, physical technique and diction, principles of relaxation, breath control and resonance for vocal quality. Phonetics and the physiology of the vocal mechanism are examined. Individual training in the correction of regional speech and in the improvement of voice quality. Oral interpretation. First year Musical Theater majors only. 2.5 hours weekly; 1.5 credits
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2.00 Credits
Students will read representative plays from the classical era to the contemporary period. These plays will be used to examine dramaturgical structure, genre and style, and serve as the focus for projects through which students will explore the roles of the playwright, the director, the actor, the designer and the critic. Requirements include readings, short papers, projects and exams, and attendance at and assessment of Conservatory and select Boston professional productions. 2 hours weekly; 1 credit
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2.00 Credits
An in-depth historical and thematic study of American musical theater from the Black Crook in the late 1800s to contemporary musical theater, as well as the European musical theater and opera genres and styles that informed the evolution of musical theater in America. 2 hours weekly; 1 credit
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2.00 Credits
Students acquire the basic piano skills they need in order to learn music independently. The main focus of the first semester is learning to read and play melodies and simple accompaniments. In the second semester, students learn to read, write and transpose lead sheets; this necessitates the study of basic music theory, including the construction of scales, the circle of fifths, and the analysis of chord symbols. Midterm and final examinations require the performance of both prepared and sigh-read scores. Students with piano skills may test out of Piano classes. 1 hour weekly; 1 credit
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