ANMT’s sixth annual MUSICAL THEATRE BOOT CAMP presents:
PREPARING YOUR SCORE in FINALE NOTATION
Instructor: Clifford Tasner
Two Saturdays, 1:30-7:30pm
August 6 & 13
Course Fee: $195 (Early Bird/ANMT Member Fee: $150)
Start from scratch laying out a score: enter the notes of the melody; the accompaniment; the chords; the lyrics; add the dynamics and other expressions (tempi, character names, etc.). Next: work on laying it out so that it looks pleasant to the eye. The instructor will demonstrate, and then each participant will get a chance to step up to the computer and try it out. (Pre-requisite: a rudimentary knowledge of Finale software). NOTE: this session will take place at the office of the instructor (in North Hollywood). When you register for the course you will be given the exact address.
To register (or for more info) - CLICK HERE
INSTRUCTOR INFO:
Clifford Tasner makes his living orchestrating big films (Benjamin Button, The Golden Compass, The Valley Of Elah, The Wolfman among others) and composing the scores for smaller ones. His first love, however, is Theatre, and he is delighted to have some of his work included in Got Musical! He writes and produces the songs for the political satire troupe The Billionaires. These can be enjoyed and downloaded at TheBillionaires.org. Tasner is a member of Local 47 Professional Musicians Union.
Tasner has worked in Music Preparation for the Film Industry for the last 20 years as a copyist, proofreader, transcriber, arranger and orchestrator. He has been using the Finale program since 1989.
Author: Elise Dewsberry
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Artistic Director of New Musicals Inc., Elise has been involved in the development of new works for over forty years: as an actor/singer, as a director, as a dramaturge, and as a writer. While living in Toronto, Elise served as the Assistant Artistic Director of the Muskoka Festival; the Co-Ordinator of the festival’s annual Musical Theatre Writer’s Colony, the Associate Dramaturge of the Canadian Stage Company; the Resident Dramaturge of the Smile Theatre Company; and was the co-founder of Toronto’s Script Lab. Elise spent many years touring Canada with Nine Months – a one-woman musical which she commissioned from writers Carl Ritchie and Stephen Woodjetts. Elise and Carl also co-wrote Any Body Home?, which was produced by the Cordova Bay Theatre in Victoria, British Columbia, and published by Dramatic Publishing. Elise joined ANMT as Associate Artistic Director in 2003; joined Founding Artistic Director John Sparks as Co-Artistic Director in 2010; and became Artistic Director of New Musicals Inc. in 2013. Elise is also the author and evaluator of the Book Lab and the Outlining Lab, offered online through www.writingmusicaltheatre.com, and publishes a monthly blog on the craft of musical theatre available at https://nmi.org/elises-video-blog/.