Introduction to core acting and performance principles



COURSE DESCRIPTION

Musical Theater Acting Principles

  • Storytelling

  • The Sung Monologue

  • Characterization: time period, age, gender, physicalization

  • Objectives/Verbs

  • Gesture & Eye Focus

  • Quality of movement 

  • Venues: Film to Football Stadium

Concert Performing

  • Connecting with the audience

  • Creating the mood

  • Mic Technique, monitors, ear pieces

  • Moving on stage

  • Eye Focus, Gesture

  • Working with an ensemble (band, orchestra)

  • Coffee House to Sports Arena

TEACH-IT

  • Helping students with character development

  • Acting games for students

  • How to teach concert performance principles to students 


COURSE FORMAT

  • Number of Modules: 6

  • Online live Coaching Sessions: 3

  • Hours to Complete: 2-3 hours per module, practice hours are ongoing

  • Quiz to pass off each module

  • Continued Online Access to Course Materials

  • Certificate of Completion awarded when you finish!


COACHING SCHEDULE

  • 2023: October

  • 2024: January, March, June, August, October

  • Click Here for full coaching calendar

  • Sign up for 3 one-hour sessions in the same month

  • All three sessions must be completed in the same month

  • Students have access to recordings of coaching sessions

  • Session times determined by participants’ schedules via doodle poll


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Meet Your Instructor

Master Voice Instructor/DMA Candidate

Emily Castleton

Emily Castleton is a world-class voice technician, scientist, vocal styles and acting coach, and Vocologist. She holds a BFA in Music-Dance-Theater from Brigham Young University and a MM in Vocal Performance-Opera from BYU. Currently, she is a DMA candidate in Contemporary Voice Pedagogy (Science Research) at Shenandoah University, where she is completing her dissertation. She has 22 years of university teaching experience at four universities, and currently works with Music-Theatre and Theatre majors at the University of Utah. Emily’s students and former students perform professionally on Broadway, in Broadway touring companies, on cruise ships, at regional theaters, as lead singers in bands, as recording artists, and on television, while others teach professionally at the collegiate and private studio level. She has helped many students successfully prepare for college auditions in music theater, music-ed, music therapy, opera and commercial music programs. She has also helped many students prepare for high school and regional musical theater auditions and competitions. Emily has performed worldwide and at many local and regional theaters. She is a member of NATS, PAVA, and the Voice Foundation and is an NCVS-trained Vocologist. She has presented at the Voice Foundation's Annual Symposium in Philadelphia, and has taught classes and presented masterclasses and workshops at different universities and high schools. She also serves as a student/resident editor on the Journal of Voice editorial board.

QUESTIONS?

Email your questions to: [email protected] or text 801-921-0475