ANMT’s sixth annual MUSICAL THEATRE BOOT CAMP presents: MUSIC FOR LYRICISTS
Instructor: Bill Berry
Saturday/Sunday afternoon, 2pm to 6pm
August 6 & 7
Course Fee: $95 (Early Bird/ANMT Member Fee: $50)
Have you ever felt a little bowled over when your collaborator starts throwing around terms like ‘coda’, ‘dotted-eighth’ and ‘arpeggio’? Don’t you want to just tell them to go ‘Fugue’ themselves? I KNOW right? It’s like they’re speaking a whole different language. (Italian maybe?) Well don’t be dismayed! ANMT to the rescue again with a cool little course called Music For Lyricists. Learn the basics of music theory and how to read a lead sheet. Find why some words fit smoothly into a musical phrase while others do not. Never again say to your analyst, ‘My composer doesn’t understand me’. Communication is the key!
Taught by songwriter/funnyman Bill Berry, Music For Lyricists will offer you the basics of what those dots and lines are all about as well as to assist you to write lyrics to melodies with a whole new perspective.
Los Angeles songwriter Bill Berry co-wrote the musical soundtrack for ABC television’s acclaimed 2006 comedy series SONS & DAUGHTERS. His songs have been featured in films, theater and television, as well as numerous commercials and artist’s recordings and many of his lyrics are included in the popular book on lyric writing BECOMING REMARKABLE by Harriet Schock.
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REGISTER BY JUNE 3 TO RECEIVE EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT!!!
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/.