Lesson 4 - 8th October 2015

I will be seeing each of you 1-on-1 next week.

Please bring a song to sing. I will also be asking you some questions about how you warm up your voice.

3.15  Blessing

3.20  Caleyah

3.25  Ellie-Jean

3.30  Esther

3.35  Grace

3.40  Jahmai

3.45  Lauren

3.50  Madeline

3.55  Panashe

4.00  Rhiann

4.05  Ronni

4.10  Sarah

4.15  Tashan

4.20  Teigan

Lessons 1-3 - 17th September - 1st October 2015

These are the first songs we will be looking at. Please make sure you have listened to them before next week.

The lyrics can be found here and here .

Suggestions for other chorus songs (Musical Theatre songs, please) can be emailed to:
philip.collins@westking.ac.uk

Solo singing:

Musical Theatre students will need to be working on solo songs. For Dance students, it is optional.

Starting next week, each week part of the lesson will be spent working on solo songs. Those of you confident doing so will work with me on your songs in front of the class; those of you who are less confident will work with just me (with one or two friends in the room if you would like).

All songs should be from the Musical Theatre repertoire - ie. songs from shows. Songs from films are acceptable.

It is important that you get used to working with an accompanist. Therefore, you will have to provide sheet music for each song you sing. There is a selection of scores in the library at college (including the Musical Theatre Anthologies which have selections of songs published by voice type.)

Other good places for scores:
Westminster Music Library
Barbican Library

Foyles on Charing Cross Road
Chappells
Argents / Music Room

All MT students need to bring sheet music for at least one song to every lesson. If you are using a score too heavy to carry comfortably, bring it once, let me know and I will photocopy it.

Musicals - you ought to see...

Here are some things you perhaps ought to see, grouped by composer. I have tried to avoid just picking my favourites and also to give a good balance of styles and eras.

It's worth noting that this is something I have just cobbled together (I will asked Shelley and Tracy to have a look and add anything that they think I have missed) and you should be investigating other things as well.

There are film versions of many of these - very often these will differ significantly from the stage version and it may be worth watching both!

Leonard Bernstein
West Side Story
Candide

Cole Porter
Kiss me, Kate
Anything goes
High Society

Rodgers and Hammerstein:
The Sound of Music
Oklahoma
South Pacific
Carousel

Stephen Sondheim
Company
A little night music
Into the woods
Sweeney Todd

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Evita
Cats
The Phantom of the Opera

Kander and Ebb
Chicago
Cabaret

Lerner and Loewe
My Fair Lady

Jerry Bock
Fiddler on the Roof

Marvin Hamlisch
A Chorus Line

Jason Robert Brown
Parade
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