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Performing arts & digital media summer programs for college-bound and pre-professional students

Santa Fe University of Art & Design
Music Theatre Performance Skills

Dates	July 29 - August 6, 2012
Ages	15 & up
Tuition	$1540
Audition	**Headshot, Resume, Teacher Letter of Recommendation Required

	Tuition includes room & meals

Producer: John Weckesser
Artistic Director: William Wesbrooks
Master Teachers: Jon Jory, Gail Springer, Ron Strauss

If you are a triple threat, or on your way to becoming one -
The Santa Fe University of Art and Design Theatre Intensive is for you!

Study with peers as passionate, focused and driven as you
Learn from professionals who are working in the national musical theater scene
Receive individualized attention in small classes
Deeply hone your skills and talent over this 8-day intensive
Study in a university setting dedicated to the arts
Leave ready to ACE any audition or interview

Join us - in beautiful Santa Fe where extracurricular activities include a behind-the-scenes tour of the world-class Santa Fe Opera and cultural excursions unique to New Mexico.

Philosophy:
Music theatre performers are often not given the credit they deserve for the complexity of the craft they pursue. They must be well-trained in singing, acting, and dancing, and in order for those skills to work most effectively the performer must understand how the impulse to communicate provides both the energy and inspiration for all three of these skills. This workshop will show them how to "put it all together".

Description:
This 8-day training session in music theatre performance skills will include song analysis, private voice lessons, monologue classes, dance classes and an audition preparation curriculum designed to prepare high school students who plan to apply to college music theatre programs, or audition for summer theatre internships or regional theatres. Classes will show students how to select and prepare audition material - both songs and monologues - and provide coaching, rehearsal, and performance of this material with voice teachers, acting teachers, vocal coaches, and musical directors. Students will prepare material in a format that would be suitable for either college auditions or recorded submission, and each student's audition presentation will be filmed and given to the student to use in their college applications. A showcase performance at the end of the workshop will include choreographed group numbers, and each student will perform the audition pieces that he or she has prepared.

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**Send Headshot, Resume, letter of recommendation to our office.
US Performing Arts, 100 Meadowcreek Dr suite 102, Corte Madera, CA 94925

** Check-In and Travel Information

Students check-in by 5:30pm on the first day of camp.
Travel may be into either Albuquerque International Sunport(ABQ) or Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) Flights should arrive into Albuquerque International Sunport(ABQ) or Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) on the First Day of camp before 2:30pm.
Flights should depart from Albuquerque International Sunport(ABQ) or Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) on the last day of camp (Monday Aug 6) after 10am.
Transportation is available to and from Albuquerque International Sunport(ABQ) or Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) for $30 EACH WAY.
_{At least two flights a day arrive into the Santa Fe airport from both Dallas and LA directly, on American airlines only.}
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Directors and Faculty

John Weckesser
Producer

John Weckesser is the Chair of the Performing Arts Department at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design.
He received his BA from The College of Wooster in Ohio, and received his MFA in theatre from Wayne State University in Detroit on an acting fellowship. His career turned to Theatre Administration and among his credits are General Manager for the New York City Theatre Workshop for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs and Assistant Casting Director for the Lincoln Center Repertory Theatre, House Manager for the American Place Theatre in New York and co-founder and Managing Director of Arena Fair Summer Theatre in Wooster, Ohio. He has acted in nearly 80 productions including, He Who Gets Slapped, Bus Stop, Fiorello! and Chicago. Also at the College, he has directed A Memory of Two Mondays, A Place on the Magdalena Flats, and Carousel. He created the CSF Mobile Theatre which for 11 years toured the state and parts of Mexico. He established the Artist-in-Residence and Guest Artist programs in the Performing Arts Department. In 1990, CSF, in recognition of his contribution to the college, dedicated the laboratory stage theatre in the Greer Garson Theatre Center as the Weckesser Studio Theatre. Mr. Weckesser is the recipient of several National Endowment for the Arts awards for studies in arts administration, and he has served on the New Mexico Arts Commission panel. In 2001 he received the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts.

William Wesbrooks
Artistic Director / Master Teacher, Voice

William Wesbrooks is the Music Assistant Professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. At NYU, he is credited with the development and oversight of a summer music theatre workshop, which as of the summer of 2011 had over 300 applicants for 32 places. He has been a guest instructor at American Musical and Dramatic Academy, the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Rockford College.

His professional directing credits include work Off-Broadway (The Water Coolers, Tallulah Hallelujah!), National Tours (Brigadoon, The Sound of Music, West Side Story), North Shore Music Theatre (The Secret Garden) TheatreVirginia (A Wonderful Life, Pirates of Penzance) and many others. International work includes My One and Only produced in Cologne, Berlin, Munich and Vienna, and the Fantisticks for the Venice Carnival of Music, Theatre and Dance.

He received a National Endowment for the Arts Opera/Musical Theatre Development grant for his original work Barbary Keep in collaboration with composer lyricist Ronald Strauss.

Mr. Wesbrooks received his Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) in Psychology, Theatre, and Music from Eastern New Mexico University graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts professional acting training program. He is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the Dramatists Guild and Actors' Equity Association.

Jon Jory
Master Teacher, Acting

Jon Jory on the faculty of and is the President's Chair of the Performing Arts Department of the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. He holds honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Utah, University of Louisville and Bellarmine University As the producing director at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Jon Jory directed more than 125 plays and produced more than 1,000 plays during his 32-year tenure. He conceived the internationally lauded Humana Festival of New American Plays, the SHORTS Festival, and the Brown-Forman Classics in Context Festival. He was also the artistic founding director of Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn., and he has been inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Jory has directed professionally in nine countries. In the United States, he has directed productions at many regional theatres, including Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage; San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater; Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut; the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey; Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis; and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.

He has received the National Theatre Conference Award and the American Theatre Association's Distinguished Career Award. For his commitment to new plays, Jory has received the Margo Jones Award twice, the Shubert Foundation's James N. Vaughan Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement and Contribution to the Development of Professional Theatre, Carnegie Mellon's Commitment to Playwriting Award, and the Regional Theatre Tony Award.

Gail Springer
Master Teacher, Voice

Gail Springer has served on the faculty of the Performing Arts Department at Santa Fe University of Art and Design (formerly College of Santa Fe) since 1980, and has been the music director for over 30 productions at the Greer Garson Theatre. She spearheaded the creation of the SFUAD BFA Music Theatre Program, and has directed The Apple Tree, The Baker's Wife, Bat Boy, and this season's The Wedding Singer. She has also directed over 50 Music Theatre Workshops. Drawing on her versatility as a singer of various styles, and her skills as a Certified Master of the Estill Voice Training System, Gail coaches performing artists from a wide range of musical and theatrical backgrounds. She maintains a private studio and assists at Estill courses around the country.

Gail is currently a regular soprano soloist with Serenata of Santa Fe, and has soloed with Canticum Novum, Santa Fe Symphony, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Desert Chorale, Santa Fe Women's Ensemble, Santa Fe Community Orchestra, and Show Time Santa Fe. Ms. Springer served on the Board of the Albuquerque Dance Theatre, is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Voice and Speech Teachers Association, and Estill Voice International. She has served as an Arts Panelist for the Santa Fe Arts Commission, is a member of ArtWorks, and was appointed Arts Commissioner by the City Council in 2010.

Ms. Springer received her early music and piano training at Chicago's Sherwood Music School, her BMEd and MMEd from University of New Mexico, further study at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and with master teachers in America and Europe.

Ron Strauss
Master Teacher, Voice

Ron Strauss is a contributing faculty member in the Santa Fe University of Art and Design's Performing Arts Department as accompanist and music director. He holds a B.Mus. degree from Philadelphia Musical Academy.

He has worked as a composer, arranger, and accompanist for a variety of performers and productions in New York and San Francisco. He was music director for the improvisational satirical group The Committee in San Francisco and Chicago, as well as for touring companies of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and Godspell. He composes for the concert hall and chamber as well as the stage; his opera Queen of the Night was first produced in Paris at the Atelier de la Main d'Or. In Santa Fe, his music has been performed by numerous groups, including the Santa Fe Symphony, Serenata of Santa Fe, and the Santa Fe Community Orchestra.

Location Information

Santa Fe is known all over the world for its contemporary and cosmopolitan ambiance. Old World architecture and values blend with an attitude that embraces diversity and creativity to create a "City Different" where every day is a fresh experience, yet grounded in a sense of historic timelessness.

Santa Fe's culture, art, and multicultural traditions are a continual draw for visitors. It is home to America's third largest visual arts market, the internationally acclaimed Santa Fe Opera and many performing arts organizations, the renowned annual Indian Market and Spanish Market, fantastic restaurants with world-class chefs, hundreds of eclectic shops, and easy access to endless outdoor activities from hiking to skiing. Now the word is out to filmmakers, and a number of directors and photographers are finding the Santa Fe area a perfect setting for their productions.

With an average 283 sunny days per year, four distinct seasons and a year-round temperate climate, Santa Fe is a very environmentally enjoyable city.

_{*Tuition does not include one-time registration fee($150), weekend stays, or airport transportation.}

If you have questions or need help registering, please call 888-497-3553

Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice. The faculty is comprised of college professors representing their schools and professional industry artists. Images are of USPA programs, but may not represent actual program or location. Photos by Tito Deverya (UCLA TFT), Lauren di Matteo, and Chris Vanderhorst.

** USPA highly recommends that students secure travel insurance to cover trip cancellation, interruption, and/or medical emergency.
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