Teaching Voice for Musical Theater
with vocal coach
Adam K. Roberts
This course is intended for voice teachers, vocal coaches, musical directors, accompanists, secondary school teachers, and others seeking to learn and apply foundational approaches to musical theatre voice pedagogy.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the unique vocal needs of musical theatre performers-in-training
- Identify challenges commonly encountered in working with the voice in musical theatre contexts
- Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of vocal hygiene and vocal health practices
- Approach a first voice lesson or coaching session with a musical theatre student in a purposeful way
- Research appropriate song repertoire for a musical theatre performer-in-training
- Implement principals of stylistic framing in coaching musical theatre performance
- Coach a musical theatre performer through the basics of acting a song
- Identify considerations of vocal technique for musical theatre performance
- Discuss primary differences between the role of a voice teacher/studio coach and a production vocal coach
Course Outline
Session 1: Setting the Stage
Session 2: Trap Doors
Session 3: Vocal Health Spotlight
Session 4: In the Studio: The First Session
Session 5: In the Studio: Repertoire
Session 6: Style Spotlight
Session 7: In the Studio: Acting
Session 8: Technique Spotlight
Session 9: Production Vocal Coaching
Session 10: Curtain Call
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