MUC 248 - Voice Performance Workshop 4: Music Theater - Dance/ Style/ Performance Technique, 1 credit hour

Prerequisite(s): MUC 247 or consent of the Director of Opera Studies
This course focuses on Golden Age Music Theater, late 20th Century Music Theater repertoire geared towards classically trained voices, and/or Operetta at the discretion of the instructors and according to the talents of the class. Classes will develop fundamental dance techniques for Waltz and other formal dances encountered in opera, operetta, and musical theater as well as choreography for assigned ensemble scenes. Assignments will focus on dramatic work, musical preparation, staging of assigned scene repertoire, and interpretation and performance techniques. Coursework culminates in a final workshop performance.