The Second City: Chicago - Musical Improv Program
Explore how to create musical songs and scenes through improvisation in this four-term program. Class meets once a week for three hours. There are performances at the end of each of the four levels.
Explore how to create musical songs and scenes through improvisation in this four-term program. Class meets once a week for three hours. There are performances at the end of each of the four levels.
Larry Rosen is teaching Musical Improv Levels 1 and 2 at The Peoples Improv Theater in New York. He has many years of experience and a great reputation. He attended a signing event that I did at the Drama Book Shop several years ago
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a Second City music director? If you think playing the piano, writing and teaching songs, underscoring scenes, and improvising music sounds like fun (it is), you might make a great music director.
This is an example of excitingly organic musical improv expertly tempered with solid technique to create a well-organized, theatrical piece. The sections are very clear:
You can get expert training in the art of musical improv comedy at The Second City Los Angeles! Even you have no musical background, expect to acquire new skills quickly and have a great time doing it.
This performance is perfect. Jenny applies every trick in the book to improvise a funny song, and takes complete possession of the audience. She begins with “Won’t you be my ?” and here comes the romantic power ballad.
This is an example of excitingly organic musical improv expertly tempered with solid technique to create a well-organized, theatrical piece. The sections are very clear:
You need something to sing about, something to launch a song. The audience is going to give it to you. Here are sample question you can use to get suggestions from them:
Imagine a train coming into the station-the engine is pulling a lot of cars, a lot of weight. It takes awhile for the train to come to a halt; it has to “start stopping” a certain amount of time before it actually does. This is analogous to the ending of a song. In order to bring a song comfortably and satisfyingly to a close, we need to do it gradually.