Boston, MA. 17ºC
Excitement all over! I enter the class and I could rapidly recognize several familiar faces from the first Cabaret class and from las semester Theory and Practice of American Musical Theater (What a long name!)
We started the class with a presentation exercise. We are supposed to pair each other with someone that we don't know. Interview them, find something in common and introduce this person to the class. Josh, was my partner. He is 24 and he is finishing his undergrad.
After that, we did a quick warm up and we started signing one by one in front of the class as our "voice presentation". A good way to get to know our classmates and their voices and a the same time a way to break down the tension of... Oh, my god! At some point I'll sing in front of the class. We did it the first day so we are ready for whatever comes!
More than half of the class had the chance to sing. Here's a little info from my classmates:
Rrrrrrraquel, for some reason my name is hard to pronounce here. He, he!
Excitement all over! I enter the class and I could rapidly recognize several familiar faces from the first Cabaret class and from las semester Theory and Practice of American Musical Theater (What a long name!)
We started the class with a presentation exercise. We are supposed to pair each other with someone that we don't know. Interview them, find something in common and introduce this person to the class. Josh, was my partner. He is 24 and he is finishing his undergrad.
After that, we did a quick warm up and we started signing one by one in front of the class as our "voice presentation". A good way to get to know our classmates and their voices and a the same time a way to break down the tension of... Oh, my god! At some point I'll sing in front of the class. We did it the first day so we are ready for whatever comes!
More than half of the class had the chance to sing. Here's a little info from my classmates:
- Bob: sang "Sara Lee". He described himself as a "Pam Junkie". "It's been two weeks since the last class..."
- Ren: sang "Show Me" from My Fair Lady. She wants to work less on character songs and focus more in soul-kind ones.
- Mindy: sang "No Time At All" from Pippin. She answered to a classmate that asked her if she gets nervous before signing: "Getting nervous? Life is too short for that."
- Michael: sang "Maria" a sassy adapted version from The Sound Of Music. He wants to work on something more Poppy. Leave for a while musical theater songs. He has already worked on it before and wants a new challenge.
- Marianne: sang "You Can Always Count On Me" from City of Angels. After signing her song she said: This sounded better in the shower"
- Joan: sang "They Say It's Wonderful" from Annie get Your Gun. She performed long time ago and she wants to get back to it. After singing: "I was so scared! I could feel my legs shaking."
- Me/Rrraquel: sang "Come To Your Senses" from Tick,Tick...Boom! "Everyone is nervous but the important thing is to step up and sing. I just want to sing till I die!"
- Sarah: sang "I Get a Kick Out Of You" from Anything Goes. she performed a "maniac" version of it.
- Ryan: sang "There are Giants In The Sky" from Into The Woods. "Hi! I came for my dose of Pam."
- Carole: sang "People Will Say We Are In Love" from Oklahoma. She sings in a choir and loves musical theater.
- Robert: sang "Marry Me A Little" from Company. He puts himself on Pam's hands for choosing a song.
- Sabrina: sang " Buddy On A Night Shift" from One Shine Follies. " I want to experiment more with the acting part of the songs and forget about singing."
- Josh: sang and played with his guitar his song.
Rrrrrrraquel, for some reason my name is hard to pronounce here. He, he!
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