WORKSHOPS/CLASSES
Actor-Musicianship USA offers workshops, courses, and classes for all sizes of class and levels of experience. Each of these offerings has been developed at University, in the business, and face-to-face with actor-musicians. Please fill out a contact form below for more information.
Production Photo from Once, St.Michael's Playhouse, VT. Direction and Music Direction
by Chris "Red" Blisset.
(Photo credit: Andy Duback.)
One-Day or Two-Day
Workshops for Colleges and Theatre Programs
Actor-Musicianship USA will come to your university and offer workshops and lectures (some of which are beneficial to the non-musician.)
Topics/exercises available:
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Audition Lecture and Intensive for the Actor-Musician (or the Actor)
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Ensemble Work
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Taxes for the Actor-Muso
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Headshot/Resume' Input
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Musicianship Counsel
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Road Work (Finding Work, Turning Work into More Work, Saving Money on the Road.)
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One-on-One Sessions
(or One-on-Two)
for Actor-Musicians
These 60-minute Sessions (90 minutes if shared with another) offer personal attention and input on the following topics:
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Actor-muso Auditions
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Entering the room
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The Interview
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Specific Auditions (Once, MDQ, etc.)
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Headshot/Resume' Input
Actor-Musician I and Actor-Musician II for Theatre Programs
These semester-long (3-credit) classes were developed at Virginia Commonwealth University and incorporate
methods from Jeremy Harrison's book and work.
Sections Covered:
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History of Actor-Musicianship
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Ensemble Formation
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Doing the Work
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Audition Intensives (including working up specific auditions the actor is right for)
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Headshot/Resume' Input
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Musicianship Intensives/ Adding Instruments
Contact Us for Classes and Workshops
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE
Beyond workshops, classes, coaching, and counsel, there are some resources available to the actor-musician, whether seasoned or just starting out.
Every actor-musician should have a copy of this book. Many of the methods celebrated by Actor-Musicianship USA come from this fantastic piece, and from its author, the preeminent scholar in this field: Jeremy Harrison.