Musical Theater Summer Intensive with Rebecca Pearce

Interested in performing in musical theater? Want to know what it takes to get paid to sing on stage? This Summer intensive is for you! All ages and abilities welcome!! Learn how to prepare for a role on stage and sing for a LIVE audience at the end of the week!!

Class runs 2 pm to 4 pm Monday, August 8, through Friday, August 12, with a performance showcase Friday night at 8 pm

What to expect:

Come prepared with 2 memorized musical theater songs of your choice. It will be set up masterclass style. That means, each performer gets a chance to sing in front of the class to help prepare you for performing on stage. Also, get one on one personalized feedback on how you can improve. You will learn how to pick the right songs for you that will help you get cast!

Personalized vocal tips and techniques that help improve your singing, strengthen your voice, and help keep your voice healthy and strong. Learn how to warm up daily, strengthen head voice and belt correctly. Learn how to audition, cut down songs for an audition to showcase your abilities, prepare a role with character background, acting coaching, and stage movement… some dancing will be involved! But don’t worry dancing experience is not required, you will learn a little and have fun doing it! Learn how to prepare a stage resume, and prep for a career in music theater from the very beginner up to the emerging professional!

Performing at the end of the week is optional, if you just want to come learn and grow you will not be disappointed! If you choose the class option only ( not performing at the end ) you do not need to have memorized songs and can use lyrics.

Groups, duets, trios are welcome!! Discounts available for groups, and families.

Rebecca Pearce, of Rebecca Pearce & Friends and Whiskey Tango Band has also performed as lead singer for The BTown Hitmen, as well as Trials and Tribulations Blues Band where she is featured on the Idaho Ladies Sing the Blues CD by The Boise Blues Society.

Rebecca Pearce & Friends is known for Classic Country, American Songbook, Blues, Jazz, and sold-out tribute shows such as Patsy Cline, Judy Garland, Sarah Vaughan, Nat King Cole, as well as Vintage Halloween, Old Fashioned Christmas, Speakeasy, as well as private and corporate events.

Rebecca Pearce is a resident company member of Opera Idaho and Opera Elect. She toured Rome and Orvieto, Italy with Operafestival Di Roma and Nino Soprano. Rebecca has guest soloed for Boise Hymns of Thanksgiving performed at the Century Link Arena which aired on PBS, placed in the nation's top 20 in the 2019 National Classical Singer Vocal Competition in Classical Division Emerging Pro and top 40 for Emerging Pro Musical Theater Division, as well as top 40 in the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Nationals. She was 4th in region at 2016 NATSAA 44th Annual NATS Artists Awards Competition for Singers. She is also a featured soloist in the recording series with violinist Kevin Lee at the Romantic School of Music.

Rebecca was classically trained by the Utah Shakespearean Company where she performed for 5 years. She has performed in theater companies throughout the western United States for more than 20 years. Performing in musical theater such roles as; Narrator in Bad Guys of Broadway, Dora in Fiorello, Grandma Tzeitle and Fruma-Sarah in Fiddler on the Roof, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Christine in Phantom of the Opera, Eponine and Cosette in Les Misérables, Ursula in Little Mermaid, Annie Oakley in Annie get your gun and more. Locally she performs and works with theaters including Watson’s Playhouse, Huckleberry Star, Boise Little Theater, and Boise Music Week.

Rebecca also served as Vocal Director for Dreamweaver. She also works as an actress, voice-over artist, Casting Director, and more with film companies such as Mindwind Films, Truesong Studio, Brightland Productions, and Jormungandr Productions and more.

Rebecca has been married for 23 years and is the proud mother of four talented children.

She runs her voice and piano studio, has led church choir, children’s choir, and community music groups for over 20 years, organizes and performs community concert series, and also served as both MC and soloist at Impact Dance Alzheimer Benefit Concert, guest soloist and conductor at the Boise Refugee Benefit Concert at Cathedral of the Rockies, and volunteers in schools and communities teaching music and the arts.

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