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| Dates | June 24 - July 14, 2012 |
| Ages | 16 - 22 |
| Tuition | $4100 |
| Audition | UCLA Musical Theater Conservatory Audition Requirements! |
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| Tuition includes room & meals Grade entering in Fall 2012 |
The Musical Theater Conservatory offers training in the musical theater forms that are prevalent today both on Broadway and in National Tours. Although its foundation is based on some of the classics of the musical theater, the conservatory develops the student's acting and musical performance and movement techniques in such areas as rock and roll, gospel, operatic and jukebox musicals. It is a conservatory that reflects the need for musical performance of this century in training the actor who can sing and the singer who can act. Approached with the same discipline and training that is expected of the working professional the Conservatory nurtures the young artisttowards their potential and then encourages them to go further to new heights. It not only trains the voice, the body, and the soul but also the intellect in terms of what musical theater performance is all about. Comprised of working faculty in the musical theater, the Conservatory will give each of its participants the training of a lifetime in one of the finest Theater Departments in the world. The Conservatory offers the student master classes with the likes of such artists as actors as Jeff Goldblum, JoBeth Williams, Ken Page (CATS), Karen Morrow (WHITE CHRISTMAS) and Sammy Williams (A CHORUS LINE)
This intensive three week program culminates in a performance with live musicians after which will be a personal critique from some of the leading professionals in Los Angeles to further enhance and provide guidance to the student's training. Our guests over the years have included: Director Gordon Hunt, Director AJ Carothers, Director Gary Gardner, Choreographer and Associate Director Ray Bolger Musical theater Program Nicholas Gunn, singer actor performer Chris Carothers, Jerry Sternbach, Music Director for Reprise Los Angeles, Stephen Dry, Theatrical Agent, Maggie Murphy, President Kiefer Sutherland Productions and former Guest Artist with the Louisville Repertory, Broadway actress Karen Morrow and stage and screen star Sally Struthers. Who knows as yet what the summer of 2011 will hold in store? This is an experience not to be missed!
Click Here for a Typical Week Schedule for Musical Theater Conservatory
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Kay Cole brings her renaissance sensibilities to all her work as both a director and choreographer. She is well known in the musical theater world and has directed and choreographed productions at The Hollywood Bowl, The Coconut Grove Playhouse, the Pasadena Playhouse, Reprise, and The Geffin Playhouse. Some of her inventive staging and directing credits include A Chorus Line, Getting My Act Together, Robber Bridegroom, Sweeney Todd, and Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks (The Geffin and Broadway). She has worked in London's West End where she choreographed Snoopy and Blockheads and the recent Los Angeles hit production of Bark! The musical theater has been Ms. Cole's entire life. Some of her acting credits include the original company of A Chorus Line, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, The Roar Of The Greasepaint The Smell Of The Crowd, and Bye Bye Birdie among others. Her expertise in the field is known throughout the country and she provides the other half of the whole as the co-director of our Musical Theater Conservatory.
Steven Kaminski is a Musical Director who has scored original music for many motion pictures and television and was musical arranger for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The original music he scored for Showtime at the Apollo was heard weekly for years all over America. He was the Musical Director for a Smothers Brothers Special and for a one-woman show by Cloris Leachman that toured the country. He continues to be one of the leading vocal coaches in Los Angeles and although fluent in all styles of piano and vocal repertoire, his technique is rooted in the classical style for performance development.
April Shawhan is an actress, director, and a member of the adjunct faculty of the UCLA Theater Department. She has brought her teaching talents to the Trinity Rep Conservatory, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Playwright's Horizons. She has directed and acted in countless plays on Broadway, Off Broadway and Regional Theater playing such roles as Blanche in Streetcar Named Desire, Jane Seymour in Hal Prince's Rex and Hero in Much Ado About Nothing for the Tyrone Guthrie. She brings her extraordinary talent, energy and guidance to the Theater Camp of the UCLA Arts Camp and along with other theater faculty has made that program into a major acting arena for young people.
Regarded as one of America's most prestigious universities, UCLA is home to the number one ranked theater department in North America. Bordered on the north by protected wilderness and on the south by Westwood Village, UCLA has long been known as an entertainment magnet for the entire Los Angeles area. Selected for their artistic and professional achievements, UCLA 's exceptional faculty from the School of Theater, Film and Television lead these inspiring workshops.
The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) is the only university in the country where the study of theater, film, television and digital media is integrated within a single professional school.
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*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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