MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE   [Archived Catalog]
2023-2024 Greensburg Campus Catalog
   

MUSIC 1383 - MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to the foundational elements of the musical theatre performer's process and to the history of musical theater and its performances, as well as to examine the use of song in a theatrical context as a mode of human expression. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of vocal structure and technique as well as physical and vocal presence in front of an audience within the context of specific genres/ style periods of musical theatre. Fundamental acting techniques will be developed in the context of musical theatre practice through the use of regular warm-ups, theater games, improvisation, and study of song texts. Students will be exposed to representational musical theatre performances and literature, and the course features a cumulative listening exam. Each of the main units of the course will culminate in an in-class performance. Students will be required to evaluate a full production of a musical.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis


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