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Musical Theatre (Continued)

Musical Theatre Open Day - 2nd October 2007

Mary Hammond FRAM, LRAM

(Picture: Photo of Mary Hammond)

Graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in both singing and piano. Singing career has included a wide range of genres, from Covent Garden to rock operas. Also experienced in theatre, TV, radio and recording. Works as a vocal coach and consultant to Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, the Really Useful Group, the Royal National Theatre and other West End managements, and with pop bands and TV personalities. Recent Executive of the British Voice Association and on the Board of the Actors’ Centre.

The Course

Contemporary musical theatre demands versatile performers of a high musical and vocal standard, with strong dramatic and verbal ability, together with dance and movement skills. The Academy’s intensive one-year course trains postgraduate (or equivalent) students pursuing a career in musical theatre. It aims to provide a direct link into the profession, from theoretical class work via practical opportunities.

Students have individual singing lessons, repertoire coaching and spoken word tutorials, as well as classes in voice and the spoken word, extended vocal techniques, dance (including jazz and tap), movement, acting, singing, improvisation, history of musical theatre, musicality, audition classes and project work. Students also take part in master classes and workshops with visiting professionals, and in internal competitions.

For further information—including audition details, a separate prospectus and application forms—please see www.ram.ac.uk/mth or contact the Musical Theatre office.

Musical Director and/or Repetiteur Course
This Course is structured according to individual needs and experience, and is intended to operate alongside, and in tandem with, the Musical Theatre Course. Contact the Musical Theatre Department to arrange a meeting to discuss the details of any application.

The Teachers
Mary Hammond FRAM, LRAM (Head of Musical Theatre, teaching Integration of Acting and Singing)
Karen Rabinowitz Hon ARAM (Course Leader, Director, teaching Acting, Movement and Tap)
Julie Armstrong Hon ARAM (Dance)
Andrew Friesner Hon ARAM, GMus RNCM (Musicality and MD Coach)
George Hall Hon ARAM (Director, teaching Acting and Musical Theatre History)
Stephen Hill FLCM, ARCM (Choral Director)
John Jones BA, Hon ARAM (Director)
Nick Skilbeck (MD Coach)
Anne-Marie Speed MA (Voice Studies), CSSD, ADVS, Hon ARAM, Licensed Estill Voice Craft Practitioner (Spoken Voice)
Mark Warman (MD Coach)
David White (MD Coach)

Visiting Teachers
Illustrious Guest Directors, Musical Directors and Choreographers are employed for specific projects, and have recently included:
Julian Bigg Guest Musical Director
John Caird Guest Director
Peter Cregeen Television Director
Jo Davies Guest Director
David de Keyser Guest Director
Michael Ferguson Television Director
Craig Horwood Guest Choreographer
Martin Koch Guest Musical Director
Martin Lowe Guest Musical Director
Andrew Neil Guest Director
Matt Ryan Guest Director
David Shrubsole Guest Musical Director and Coach
Nick Skillbeck Guest Musical Director
Tony Slattery Visiting Lecturer
Nicola Treherne Visiting Choreographer
Gareth Valentine Guest Director
MarkWarman Guest Musical Director
DouglasWhyte Guest Musical Director

Panel of Advisors
John Caird, Howard Goodall, Howard Harrison, Charles Hart, James Holmes, Nicholas Hytner, Martin Koch, Christopher Legge, Julia MacKenzie Hon RAM, Andrew Neil, Dame Diana Rigg, Matt Ryan,Tony Slattery, Richard Toeman, DavidWhite

SingingTeachers
Ross Campbell ARCM, Dip RCM (Perf)
Graham Godfrey
Ann James BA, LRAM, Hon RAM
Penelope MacKay AGSM, Hon ARAM
Howard Milner MA, ARCM, FRSA
Gareth Roberts ARAM, GRSM, LRAM
Maureen Scott EVTS

Vocal Coaches include:
Stephen Hill FLCM, ARCM, Hon ARAM
Bruce Ogston FTCL (Piano and Singing)
Dane Preece BA, ARCM, LGSM, Hon BC
Andrew Friesner GMus, RNCM, Hon ARAM
Stuart Barr MA, MPhil, DipRCM
Mark Etherington BA, Hon ARAM
DavidWhite
Sam Kenyon
Stuart Morley
JohnWilliams

2006–2007 Highlights

Concerts and recordings in a great variety of styles.
Showcases for agents and casting directors.
Major productions at the Academy and a cabaret at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park.
Fund-raising concert at the Roundhouse, in aid of the National Theatre.
Special invitation-only concert at the Royal Festival Hall, testing the rebuilt venue’s acoustics.
Concerts in London with Jason Robert Brown.
Masterclasses with Michael England, Julia McKenzie, Philip Quast, Jeremy Sams, Sally-Ann Triplett and Gareth Valentine.

Recent Student Successes

Recent graduates have appeared in West End productions of The Producers, Avenue Q, The Woman in
White, My Fair Lady, Jerry Springer the Opera, Mamma Mia, Phantom, Les Miserables, Fame, South Pacific, Jumpers, High Society, Peter Pan, The Pirates of Penzance, Bombay Dreams and Our House, and in tours of Jekyll and Hyde, The Full Monty, Beauty and the Beast, Spend, Spend, Spend, Sunset Boulevard, The Rocky Horror Show, Whistle Down the Wind, La Belle Helene and Zip.