Adam Wachter (Royal Welsh College of Music and UK Drama)

Broschiertes Buch

Your Rep Book

How to Find, Choose, and Prepare Successful Audition Songs

Beschreibung

Prepping for Musical Theatre auditions can be stressful and confusing... but not any more. How do you find the right songs, in multiple genres? Where do you get the sheet music? How do you edit it down to your 16- or 32-bar cut? What even is a 16-bar cut?! Relax, diva: The Rep Book has the answers to all these questions and so many more. Author Adam Wachter has spent years accompanying and sitting on the panel at auditions for everything from BFA programs to Broadway shows and has taught courses on Repertoire selection at schools in the US and UK. This friendly and accessible guide is designed to answer those key questions and help you stock that rep book with tight cuts of great songs so you can walk into your next audition and ace it. This book takes its readers step-by-step through the strangely mysterious process of building a repertoire portfolio (or "rep book", in MT-industry parlance). Leaving no stone - or showtune - unturned, it helps you identify what songs you need, in which categories, and shows you where to find them before helping you source and cut the sheet music. And also how to prepare for the audition itself: how to communicate effectively with the accompanist, and how to act your song.

Autor

Adam Wachter is a composer/lyricist, music director, and educator who has taught musical theatre performance on the faculties of Point Park University in the US and both the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and LAMDA in the UK. The Hollywood Reporter called him a "breakout star" for his music direction (and quips) on the Disney+/ABC series "Encore!", and his other pit experience includes MD and keyboard credits on Broadway (The Addams Family, War Paint, Allegiance, Finding Neverland), Off-Broadway ( Carrie, Old Jews Telling Jokes, Unlock'd, Yank!), and regionally (The Old Globe, Barrington Stage Co., DC Shakes, Signature Theatre Co., Bay Street, PCLO, Wallis Annenberg, Weston Playhouse, La Mirada). His musical Tarrytown won the Craig Noel Award for 'Best New Musical' and was short-listed for the Richard Rodgers Award, and his original songs have been performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, 54 Below, the Hackney Empire, and the Savoy Theatre, and on CBS, Bravo, Boomerang, and the BBC. He has won the Stiles + Drewe 'Best New Song' Prize and the MAC Wallowitch Award, earned an MA from Goldsmiths, University of London, and received the 'Professional Achievement' Alumni Award from his alma mater, the University of Michigan. Visit adamwachter.com to learn (and hear) more!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 191mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781350417663
• ISBN-10: 1350417661
• Artikelnr.: 68543986