Professor Kenneth Pickering, Professor David Henson

A Teacher's Guide to Musical Theatre

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Produktbeschreibung

Are you a teacher of musical theatre who struggles to plan and construct lessons? Are you looking for a structured approach to teaching musical theatre to students of all abilities? Do you know your Ivor Novello from your Stephen Sondheim? Despite being one of the most popular forms of performance study, Musical Theatre is often the most difficult to teach due to its part-practical and part-academic approach. With few books on the market directly aimed at teachers, it can be a challenging and daunting task to devise a course of study that takes in the history of the form as well as considering the wider aspects that come together to make a successful musical. A Teacher's Guide to Musical Theatre enables teachers to plan and deliver courses in Musical Theatre with confidence and flair. The unique structure of the chapters guides teachers through key facts and concepts in musical theatre history and offers practical in-class activities for students. From topics for class discussion and essay assignments to journal entries and portfolios to sample test questions, this book is full of practical advice from experienced teachers in the field which make it the idea companion for teachers and instructors on diploma and degree-level courses, as well as those devising courses in part-time performing arts schools. Devised to provide sufficient engaging and inspirational material for an initial term or semester, the book establishes the principles of teaching this relatively new subject and encourages teachers to extend much further into the subject. From The Mikado to Hamilton and everything in between, this book breaks down decades of history into appropriately sized lessons, designed to give students a rounded survey of the subject and an understanding of how musicals work. Offering expert guidance to those with varied fields of expertise and practical experience but limited teaching experience, this book is the only existing guide to structured and stimulating practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 253mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9781350213920
• ISBN-10: 1350213926
• Artikelnr.: 61218339

Autorenporträt

Professor David Henson is former Director of London College of Music with skills in directing, acting and musical theatre. Currently researching for a book publication in dialogue in the performance space. Have been responsible for creating postgraduate and undergraduate courses in Acting, Musical Theatre, Voice Studies, Acting & Theatre Making and Actor Musicianship courses in many conservatoires and universities including Royal Central School, London College of Music and Royal Conservatoire, Birmingham. Creator and writer of first Advanced Level Performing Arts and Chief Examiner for Advanced Level Music, Drama and Performing Arts plus vocational qualifications at all levels. Author of 3 publications in musical theatre and recently completed a chapter in Bloomsbury's Perspectives and Practices in popular Music Education. Professor Kenneth Pickering is currently lead assessor for the Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre. Former Professor of Theatre at Gonzaga University, USA and Chief Examiner for Speech, Drama and Musical Theatre for the London College of Music and Trinity/Guildhall. Consultant to Rock School and Stagecoach Theatre Schools. Author of 13 published and widely performed plays and musicals and of Studying Modern Drama, Key Concepts in Drama and Performance, Drama Improvised, Drama in the Cathedral and co-author of Theatre Studies, Naturalism in Theatre, Choreographing the Stage Musical and two Workbooks for Musical Theatre (with David Henson). Recently completed a chapter on Peter Brook for Bloomsbury.

Inhaltsangabe

1. An introduction to the teaching of musical theatre Establishing the
principles of effective teaching in this field and emphasising the
integrated nature of the subject, this chapter explains how the book may be
used in a variety of ways. Each 'lesson' is envisaged as 2 x50 mins in a
typical twelve- week semester. 2. Lesson One: The Elements of Musical
Theatre Using a simple narrative song as an example, this chapter explores
and establishes the basic elements and possibilities of musical theatre.
3. Lesson Two: What do you mean? Acting in musical theatre. This chapter
establishes the concept of 'acting through song' and provides the basis for
performance approaches throughout the book. 4. Lesson Three: Play the dots?
The art and use of accompaniment. The chapter discusses the use of various
forms of accompaniment and establishes the best ways for teachers to work
with live and recorded music. 5. Lesson Four: 'I could have danced all
night': What about choreography? What and how do we teach the integration
of music, movement and acting? What is the purpose of dance and how has the
'dance musical' evolved? Projects and explorations involving various dance
forms and the role of the choreographer 6. Lesson Five: Where did it all
start? Exploring the history of the development of this art form to enable
students to place their work in context. 7. Lesson Six: The 'Biz'. Here we
look at the way in which the theatre often celebrates and explores itself
through shows: e.g. 'Cabaret' 'Sweet Charity',' Kiss me Kate', 'A Chorus
Line'. 8. Lesson Seven: 'Pogroms in the East' Some key historical facts
describing the effect of migration from the Opera Houses of Europe to the
USA by predominantly Jewish musicians. We then consider the diversity of
musical theatre and the influences of black culture; minstrel shows and
jazz together with the influence of various other ethnic groups. The
creation of the Broadway and Hollywood musical scene. 9. Lesson Eight:
Chorus time. Many students regard being cast as a member of the chorus as a
disappointment, but the chorus is now an integral 'main character'. This
was not always the case. (see Berlioz and his comment on the behaviour of
the chorus in Paris Opera Houses in his 'Memoirs' and G and S's work to
eradicate this lack of discipline etc).We now explore precisely what a
chorus does in 'A Chorus Line' or 'JCSS'. and create tasks to develop the
ideas touched in on Lesson One. 10. Lesson Nine: Patter, Hamilton and
Gilbert and Sullivan. The recent revival of 'The Mikado' by Jonathan Miller
(giving it an 'after life' as he likes to call it) suggests that we ought
to reintroduce the work of G and S to a generation that is largely ignorant
of it and then link the patter songs with the rap of 'Hamilton'.