Opera/Musical in Production Ensemble

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Class Hours: 0 Lab/Discussion: 3 Credits: 0/1 Restriction: Successful audition and instructor permission Description: An opportunity with academic credit to make significant contributions to campus opera and musical theater productions, augmenting music course work in the areas of musical training and performance experience for the singer-actor and the pit orchestra musician. Course work consists of rehearsal and performance of a full-length mainstage opera or musical, culminating in four to eight public performances. Singers in the production ensemble learn performance techniques, characterization skill, and physical coordination and freedom of movement on stage. Instrumentalists in the pit orchestra learn performance and ensemble techniques, including challenging reading skills and the ability to interpret a wide variety of musical styles. This is a repeatable course that meets Music Department ensemble requirements.