Level 4S: Long Form Advanced Musical

Service Description

Take your improv to the next level with Instant Theatre’s musical improvisational theatre program! The focus of this course is to help students apply their improvisational abilities towards singing and feel more confident performing musical improv on stage. Students will learn basic song structures and be able to sing a full song using a suggestion both on their own and in a group. Participants will be placed in troupes of 6–9 performers and will have the opportunity to showcase their work in "Canon Fire: Improvised Musical Improvised Show," co-produced by Instant Theatre and the Vancouver Musical Improv Society. What You’ll Learn: -Musical Analysis: Identify and perform a verse, chorus, and bridge in a typical song structure -Musical performance skills: Cleanly share verses with other performers, support and sing along with other performers’ choruses, lead and follow along and with basic choreography enhancing the songs, transition from scenes into songs, and end songs concisely -Growth: personalized feedback to refine performance and boost confidence -Versatility: apply musical improv to a range of styles and long form improvisational theatre Bonus: Enrolment includes a free student pass to all Instant Theatre productions during the course term. Meet Your Instructors Rachel Kent & Brad Duffy: Rachel (she/her) is a trained theatre actor and singer, with over 10 years experience in Improvised Comedy. She started out with “The 11 O’Clock Number!: The Improvised Musical” with Grindstone Theatre in Edmonton, Canada and is in her 3rd season with The Improv Center (formerly Vancouver Theatresports) on Granville Island, where she performs, coaches, and teaches weekly. She has trained at The Annoyance in Chicago, at Magnet Theatre in New York, and has led workshops as far away as Germany. Read more about Rachel on Instants Instructor's page. A veteran of stage, screen and mic, Bradley Duffy (he/him) has been performing for close to 30 years and has never stopped learning. He is excited to be deep diving his current obsession, musical improv, most notably studying at UCB, Magnet Theatre and Boom! Chicago. Read more about Brad on Instants Instructor's page. Accessibility: Little Mountain Gallery has varying levels of accessibility depending on the theatre space in use. Some areas are fully wheelchair accessible, while others may have limited access due to structural constraints. If you have accessibility needs, please contact us before registering.