Workshop: Musical Improv - Scenes and Songs

Workshop Description: You'll learn how to make up songs on the spot, with an emphasis on scene-based musical improv, song structure, and group singing. We'll cover how to go from a scene into a song, what kinds of scenes call for what kinds of songs, and the unique opportunities for comedy and emotion that musical improv presents.
You'll learn how to sing BANGING group numbers, and how to provide musical side support, backup singing, and choreography. Whether this is your first musical improv workshop or you’ve had a taste and are looking for a deeper dive, you'll be sure to learn something new and have fun doing it, all in a welcoming, supportive environment.

Workshop Length: 2 hours

Prerequisite: Have taken Improv 101 or an equivalent introductory improv course. This workshop is also a good continuation for students who recently took the Mettlesome workshop "Intro to Musical Improv."

What Should I Bring? Comfy clothes for movement and a notebook to take notes. Please bring a full water bottle.

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Instructors:
Austin Campion (he/him) is a long-time improviser and musical improviser. He performed for many years in Chicago, taught at the PIT in Chapel Hill, and performs with Mettlesome's musical improv house team Broken Records. He is also the producer of Singamajig, an improvised musical for kids and adults.

Matthew Schmitz (he/him) is a musical improviser and Mettlesome instructor who co-captains Mettlesome's musical house team Broken Records. He performed short and long-form at Endgames Improv in San Francisco before moving to Durham in 2024 and joining Mettlesome. Prior to Broken Records he also studied musical at Endgames and Leela Improv in SF.

Musical direction and accompaniment by TJ Wissick.

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