Singing: Musical Theatre Vocal Skills

About this course

'This is the real deal voice training!' Adalberto, Udemy student'Easy to follow examples with good explanations.'John Willis, Udemy studentNEW: COURSE NOW INCLUDES FREE DOWNLOADABLE MP3 EXERCISES.Do you want to be able to sing to the standard of a West End or Broadway star? Learn with an award winning singer.This is a course for you if you love musical theatre and also want a robust singing course that will stretch you beyond your current vocal capabilities. As well as being focused on music theatre, this course is a bootcamp for all vocalists.You will learn to be a versatile music theatre singer by studying the singing techniques needed to hit the high notes from the major epochs of musical theatre, including music hall and operetta, Tin Pan Alley and early jazz show tunes (Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin etc), classic Broadway music theatre (Rogers and Hammerstein, Kern, Rogers and Hart etc), 70s & 80s music theatre (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Boublil and Schönberg etc) and contemporary music theatre (Schwartz, Menken etc).In each section, there is a brief introduction to the era and its composers plus an explanation of how the singing techniques of each era developed. We then dive into practical, technical  exercises to help you master those techniques. We will look at vocal skills such as:Expanding rangeMastering voice qualities to make the right sound for each show and character discussedDealing with the break in the passagioIntercostal lateral breathing (required in music theatre exams)Anchoring