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Techniques for making your improvised songs more convincing and polished. Once you've learned the basics of Musical Improv, how do you advance to where it really sounds like your song was composed exactly for the scene you're improvising? This 3-hour workshop assumes basic knowledge of verse-chorus and tagline song formats. It will teach you some simple techniques (used by real songwriters!) for creating better songs (that happen to be improvised!)
Prerequisite: Intro to Musical Improv
About Your Teacher:
Stephen Gilbane has been accompanying improvisational troupes since 1991, when he joined ImprovBoston as music director and helped develop their signature improvised musical structure. He was artistic director and founding member of Musical Improv Company, and Hidden Falls, improvisational troupes that specialized in developing and performing full-length improvised musicals around such items as the rock opera, the 7 deadly sins, the Rom-Com, a famous movie supplied by the audience, and the musical biopic. He has been teaching improvisers how to do songprov both locally in Boston and at improv festivals from California to Washington DC. He has co-written a number of short musicals, including The History Of Nails!, Romance101!, Hollywood Insider, and 10 Gorefest musicals, ImprovBoston’s annual scripted Halloween musical. He has workshopped his full-length musical Showstopper! A High-Tech Musical with NOMTI, the Boston-based musical theater workshop, of which he has been a member for 4 years. He has played keyboards with a variety of bands, including a neo-Cabaret ensemble, a jump-blues band, and a jazz standards group. He studied jazz piano with the late, great Charlie Banacos and film scoring at Berklee School of Music.
Small but Important Details!
*Please note that once you make your purchase, your place in the class is NON-REFUNDABLE
unless we have 48 hours notice before first class AND we can get someone to fill your spot.
*Students must be 21+ years. (In actual years, not maturity. ;)
*Our classes involve physical activity, and we could be on our feet for at least an hour.
If that's an issue, please let your instructor know how we can accommodate the class to fit your needs.
Please email us with any questions about accommodations for ability.
Prerequisite: Intro to Musical Improv
About Your Teacher:
Stephen Gilbane has been accompanying improvisational troupes since 1991, when he joined ImprovBoston as music director and helped develop their signature improvised musical structure. He was artistic director and founding member of Musical Improv Company, and Hidden Falls, improvisational troupes that specialized in developing and performing full-length improvised musicals around such items as the rock opera, the 7 deadly sins, the Rom-Com, a famous movie supplied by the audience, and the musical biopic. He has been teaching improvisers how to do songprov both locally in Boston and at improv festivals from California to Washington DC. He has co-written a number of short musicals, including The History Of Nails!, Romance101!, Hollywood Insider, and 10 Gorefest musicals, ImprovBoston’s annual scripted Halloween musical. He has workshopped his full-length musical Showstopper! A High-Tech Musical with NOMTI, the Boston-based musical theater workshop, of which he has been a member for 4 years. He has played keyboards with a variety of bands, including a neo-Cabaret ensemble, a jump-blues band, and a jazz standards group. He studied jazz piano with the late, great Charlie Banacos and film scoring at Berklee School of Music.
Small but Important Details!
*Please note that once you make your purchase, your place in the class is NON-REFUNDABLE
unless we have 48 hours notice before first class AND we can get someone to fill your spot.
*Students must be 21+ years. (In actual years, not maturity. ;)
*Our classes involve physical activity, and we could be on our feet for at least an hour.
If that's an issue, please let your instructor know how we can accommodate the class to fit your needs.
Please email us with any questions about accommodations for ability.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
The Happier Valley Comedy School admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
The Happier Valley Comedy School admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religious affiliation, age, ability, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
