I’ve def­i­nitely grown as a dancer and have gained a lot of con­fi­dence in myself as a per­former and per­son.
Coy Branscum (Musical Theatre Major 2010 – 2011)
Age 18 Dripping Springs, Texas

Curriculum

Musical Theatre Majors are placed in groups based on skill, age and expe­ri­ence. During morn­ing classes, they are com­bined with act­ing majors, rotat­ing between Acting Technique classes. Each stu­dent receives two 30 minute pri­vate voice lessons each week. In the after­noons, they attend classes in group voice, dance tech­nique, Broadway Dance, and Vocal Repertoire.

Course Description

Private Voice

Learn the tech­ni­cal skills needed for healthy vocal pro­duc­tion of all gen­res. Each les­son is tailor-​made to the student’s vocal needs with empha­sis on breath­ing, pro­jec­tion, style, rhythm, and musicality.

Group Voice

You can’t always sing alone. In Group Voice we strengthen ensem­ble singing capa­bil­i­ties and musi­cian­ship through an explo­ration of clas­si­cal and Broadway songs.

Acting a Song

Tell a story like great Broadway stars. Learn to view vocal per­for­mance from an actor’s point of view.

Choreography and Dance Technique

A Chorus Line. Sweet Charity. Chicago. Study Broadway-​style dance forms by learn­ing orig­i­nal chore­og­ra­phy from the lead­ers of musi­cal the­atre move­ment. Depending on level, Musical Theatre Majors take sev­eral dance tech­nique classes which may include: Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Modern and Hip Hop.

Acting

Campers are inte­grated with Acting Majors for part of the day tak­ing classes in Voice and Movement, Improvisation, Scenes and Monologues, and much more.

Musical Theatre History

How did we get from Oklahoma to Wicked? We aim to answer that ques­tion in this class as we explore the devel­op­ment of the ever-​evolving American musical.

Auditions

Discover that audi­tions don’t have to be ter­ri­fy­ing. Learn from expe­ri­ence as we set-​up mock audi­tions in class. Directors/​instructors use their expe­ri­ence from both sides of the table to give stu­dents the “dos and don’ts” of the audi­tion process, includ­ing music prepa­ra­tion, union reg­u­la­tions and appro­pri­ate music/​monologue choices.

Specials

Guest artists may be brought in for spe­cial top­ics such as Stage Combat, Resume Creation, Film Acting, Fosse Style, Partner Dancing, Acrobatics, etc.

Rehearsals

Musical Theatre Majors rehearse song and dance num­bers from musi­cal the­atre reper­toire in the evenings. Some num­bers will include the entire group of musi­cal the­atre majors, while many num­bers will be smaller groups, duets or solos. Each par­tic­i­pant will have the oppor­tu­nity to audi­tion for solos as well as fea­tured singing, danc­ing and act­ing roles for the final showcase.

Showcase

The selec­tions for the final show­case reflect a vari­ety of com­posers, chore­o­g­ra­phers and libret­tists from many dif­fer­ent eras. Previous show­case mate­r­ial includes scenes and songs from Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along & Company, Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years & William Finn’s A New Brain. Original chore­og­ra­phy to Fosse’s “Bye Bye Blackbird” and Michael Bennett’s “One” and num­bers from Hairspray, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Footloose have been per­formed in past show­case per­for­mances. Musical Theatre majors may also take on roles in the Camp Films, which pre­mière in the main the­atre on the final day of camp.

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TAP Camp con­grat­u­lates Acting Teacher Aaron Moten for his Broadway debut as the young col­lec­tor in the revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire last spring! Stay tuned for updates on the TAP Camp family…