Singprov
Thursday 26th June
10:00am - 4:00pm (with 1hr lunch break at 1:00pm)
This workshop is open to BEGINNER musical improvisers.
Singprov! introduces students to the fundamentals of how to improvise songs that sound as if they had been written. Explore rhyming (and effective alternatives to rhyming), common song structures that lend themselves to improvising, creating memorable hooks, and how to convincingly get into songs from an improvised scene. Discover the many connections between traditional improv and "singprov," allowing students to heighten emotion, strengthen relationships, and access new characters instantaneously. By the end of the day, students will be singing off the cuff with confidence and joy. Take this workshop to add one of the most challenging and rewarding skills to your improv arsenal!
Check your level and see what workshops you’re elegible to take in our FAQ
Thursday 26th June
10:00am - 4:00pm (with 1hr lunch break at 1:00pm)
This workshop is open to BEGINNER musical improvisers.
Singprov! introduces students to the fundamentals of how to improvise songs that sound as if they had been written. Explore rhyming (and effective alternatives to rhyming), common song structures that lend themselves to improvising, creating memorable hooks, and how to convincingly get into songs from an improvised scene. Discover the many connections between traditional improv and "singprov," allowing students to heighten emotion, strengthen relationships, and access new characters instantaneously. By the end of the day, students will be singing off the cuff with confidence and joy. Take this workshop to add one of the most challenging and rewarding skills to your improv arsenal!
Check your level and see what workshops you’re elegible to take in our FAQ
Thursday 26th June
10:00am - 4:00pm (with 1hr lunch break at 1:00pm)
This workshop is open to BEGINNER musical improvisers.
Singprov! introduces students to the fundamentals of how to improvise songs that sound as if they had been written. Explore rhyming (and effective alternatives to rhyming), common song structures that lend themselves to improvising, creating memorable hooks, and how to convincingly get into songs from an improvised scene. Discover the many connections between traditional improv and "singprov," allowing students to heighten emotion, strengthen relationships, and access new characters instantaneously. By the end of the day, students will be singing off the cuff with confidence and joy. Take this workshop to add one of the most challenging and rewarding skills to your improv arsenal!
Check your level and see what workshops you’re elegible to take in our FAQ
Mike Descoteaux is a music director, teacher, composer, improviser and airline pilot, apparently. He was creator and head of the Music Program at The Second City Training Center, music director of the Second City ETC stage in Chicago, and full-time artistic director/executive director of several New England nonprofit arts and comedy organisations. He has “composed” and “conducted” over 1,000 completely improvised musicals with BLANK! the musical (Off-Broadway), Baby Wants Candy, Musical! the musical, and many others. In addition to teaching/performing at institutions like the Second City, iO, Comedy Sportz, the Annoyance, the Magnet, UCB, Northwestern University, and Columbia College, Mike has led workshops in improvisation, sketch, music direction, and music improv at festivals and theaters all over the world.
Deana Criess has been a professional improviser for more than 25 years. A master instructor, director, and performer, Deana has been featured at festivals (New York Improv, New York Musical Improv, Chicago Improv, Chicago Musical Improv, Vintage Improv Women in Comedy, San Francisco Improv, Miami Improv, Impro Amsterdam and dozens more), Fortune 500 companies, and universities and theaters all over the world. Deana’s work has been featured on PBS, NPR, The Boston Globe, CNN, Slate.com, and the Korean Broadcasting System. Her original scripted musical comedy, Lube had a sold-out premiere run in Boston. When she’s not touring, Deana works as an Applied Improv Specialist at Perkins School for the Blind where she uses improv to teach professional and life skills to staff and students.