Whatever Happened to Class?
Got this in an email from cabaret singer and director Scott Coulter, and am passing on the word...
SONGBOOK
A group vocal coaching session focused on musical storytelling
Every song is a story waiting to be told and every singer a potential storyteller.
SONGBOOK is a musical study session geared toward bringing the two together.
The six week series will focus on fine-tuning the approach to your current material as well as adding new material to your repertoire to create your own personal songbook.
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Stand outside an audition room for an hour or so. Most everyone who walks through the door can sing. Who gets called back? Who books the job? And why?
Think of the last singer you saw perform. When were you most engaged in their performance? When did your attention wander?
Make a list of the people you know who can sing.
Now make a list of the people you know who really tell a story while singing.
Are the lists the same? And which list are you on?
Nothing can raise your level of performance, nothing can make you more engaging as a performer, nothing can make you more hirable as an actor and nothing can better connect you to your audience than making good story telling choices.
Every song is a story waiting to be told and every singer a potential storyteller.
What's your story?
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SONGBOOK begins Tuesday, March 2nd and runs for the next six Tuesdays.
Cost: $400 for the six week session (a little more than $65 a class)
Time: 1-4pm or 6-9pm
Place: 313 West 118th Street
Contact: songbooknyc@gmail.com
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"Scott Coulter is an exceptional teacher who can both articulate and demonstrate the ways in which a singer can dramatically improve his or her technique. I have witnessed any number of singers literally weep with joy with the sudden improvements he brings so quickly and easily."
-- Scott Siegel, Producer, Host, Author, Critic
"I have seen Scott Coulter's teaching skills first hand -- in New York and as far away as Latvia (yes, Latvia). He has the gift and the ability to communicate the art and craft of interpreting lyrics to singers....and he does it with a sensitivity to the performer."
-- Michael A. Kerker
Scott Coulter (Teacher)
Theatre, recordings, cabaret, teaching, directing: Scott Coulter does it all. For his work in cabaret, he's been awarded four MAC Awards (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs), four Bistro Awards and two Nightlife Awards. TimeOut NY picked his show,"Unexpected Songs," as one of the 'Best of 1999'. His self-titled debut CD won the 2003 MAC Award for Outstanding Recording and was chosen as the best recording of the year by TheatreMania and Cabaret Scenes magazine. Scott has appeared at Town Hall in numerous editions of the popular "Broadway by the Year" series (BBTY) and can currently be heard on the Bayview recordings of those performances. Since 1997, Scott has performed around the country with award-winning songwriting duo Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich in their many revues and tours with composer Stephen Schwartz, Liz Callaway and Debbie Gravitte in the revue "Stephen Schwartz & Friends." He has taught master classes from Los Angeles to Kalamazoo to Riga, Latvia. As a director his credits include many shows for The Town Hall in NY (Broadway by the Year, Broadway's Rising Stars, Broadway Originals, Broadway Unplugged), BBTY at The Berkshire Theatre Festival and, along with Michael Kerker and ASCAP, he's produced Michael Feinstein's "Standard Time" at Canegie Hall. He is co-founder/owner of Spot-On Entertainment and is a graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
David Kreppel (Accompanist)
David Kreppel has worked as a music director, arranger, orchestrator, writer, coach and actor for nearly 20 years. Broadway and touring credits include The Lion King, A Chorus Line, Mamma Mia, Saturday Night Fever, and The Little Mermaid among others, as well as regional work at The Old Globe, The Signature Theatre, The Cincinnati Playhouse, Theatreworks (CA) and Chicago’s Marriott Lincolnshire. Having spent countless hours on both sides of the audition table and both on and below the stage, he has unique insights into connecting story to song and how to showcase each actor’s individual strengths in performance.
SONGBOOK
A group vocal coaching session focused on musical storytelling
Every song is a story waiting to be told and every singer a potential storyteller.
SONGBOOK is a musical study session geared toward bringing the two together.
The six week series will focus on fine-tuning the approach to your current material as well as adding new material to your repertoire to create your own personal songbook.
***************************************************************************
Stand outside an audition room for an hour or so. Most everyone who walks through the door can sing. Who gets called back? Who books the job? And why?
Think of the last singer you saw perform. When were you most engaged in their performance? When did your attention wander?
Make a list of the people you know who can sing.
Now make a list of the people you know who really tell a story while singing.
Are the lists the same? And which list are you on?
Nothing can raise your level of performance, nothing can make you more engaging as a performer, nothing can make you more hirable as an actor and nothing can better connect you to your audience than making good story telling choices.
Every song is a story waiting to be told and every singer a potential storyteller.
What's your story?
**************************************************************************
SONGBOOK begins Tuesday, March 2nd and runs for the next six Tuesdays.
Cost: $400 for the six week session (a little more than $65 a class)
Time: 1-4pm or 6-9pm
Place: 313 West 118th Street
Contact: songbooknyc@gmail.com
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"Scott Coulter is an exceptional teacher who can both articulate and demonstrate the ways in which a singer can dramatically improve his or her technique. I have witnessed any number of singers literally weep with joy with the sudden improvements he brings so quickly and easily."
-- Scott Siegel, Producer, Host, Author, Critic
"I have seen Scott Coulter's teaching skills first hand -- in New York and as far away as Latvia (yes, Latvia). He has the gift and the ability to communicate the art and craft of interpreting lyrics to singers....and he does it with a sensitivity to the performer."
-- Michael A. Kerker
Scott Coulter (Teacher)
Theatre, recordings, cabaret, teaching, directing: Scott Coulter does it all. For his work in cabaret, he's been awarded four MAC Awards (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs), four Bistro Awards and two Nightlife Awards. TimeOut NY picked his show,"Unexpected Songs," as one of the 'Best of 1999'. His self-titled debut CD won the 2003 MAC Award for Outstanding Recording and was chosen as the best recording of the year by TheatreMania and Cabaret Scenes magazine. Scott has appeared at Town Hall in numerous editions of the popular "Broadway by the Year" series (BBTY) and can currently be heard on the Bayview recordings of those performances. Since 1997, Scott has performed around the country with award-winning songwriting duo Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich in their many revues and tours with composer Stephen Schwartz, Liz Callaway and Debbie Gravitte in the revue "Stephen Schwartz & Friends." He has taught master classes from Los Angeles to Kalamazoo to Riga, Latvia. As a director his credits include many shows for The Town Hall in NY (Broadway by the Year, Broadway's Rising Stars, Broadway Originals, Broadway Unplugged), BBTY at The Berkshire Theatre Festival and, along with Michael Kerker and ASCAP, he's produced Michael Feinstein's "Standard Time" at Canegie Hall. He is co-founder/owner of Spot-On Entertainment and is a graduate of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
David Kreppel (Accompanist)
David Kreppel has worked as a music director, arranger, orchestrator, writer, coach and actor for nearly 20 years. Broadway and touring credits include The Lion King, A Chorus Line, Mamma Mia, Saturday Night Fever, and The Little Mermaid among others, as well as regional work at The Old Globe, The Signature Theatre, The Cincinnati Playhouse, Theatreworks (CA) and Chicago’s Marriott Lincolnshire. Having spent countless hours on both sides of the audition table and both on and below the stage, he has unique insights into connecting story to song and how to showcase each actor’s individual strengths in performance.