Narrative Musical Improv Intensive with Tara Copeland

About this Workshop:

In this six-hour intensive workshop, intermediate and advanced musical improvisers will have the opportunity to learn to improvise a narrative musical in five scenes.

Tara Copeland provides a deep dive into narrative structure, focusing on the song types and characters that allow for satisfying musical stories. Students will learn how to tell a compelling musical story without writing or directing--simply by "yes, anding" their characters' wants and needs to a resolution.

Date, Time & Location: This six-hour intensive workshop will take place on Sunday, July 12th from 10:00am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm - 5:00pm in San Francisco (venue to be announced soon).

Intermediate/Advanced Students Welcome: This workshop is open to those who have studied or performed musical improv at the intermediate or advanced level. If you have never studied musical improv or have only taken one or two classes, please know that your registration will be cancelled.

Maximum Capacity: In order to ensure the best possible experience for those taking part, we are capping this workshop at a maximum of 14 total students.

About the Instructor:

Tara Copeland (actor, comedian, improv instructor, writer) has been teaching improv for over fifteen years in New York and Los Angeles. She has traveled the world teaching improv and has taught for such companies as GE, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Chase, Citigroup, and the Walton Arts Center.

Tara created the musical improv programs at the Magnet Theater in NYC and at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, where she teaches and performs in Los Angeles. You can also see her work in CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, COLLEGE ROAD TRIP, GLOW, and the upcoming film GLOW. She lives in Los Angeles with her brilliant writer husband, Andrew Eastwick, Maggie, the best eleven-year-old daughter ever, and a kind of weird cat named Ozmo.

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