SONDHEIM BY SONG TYPE
A series of six 90-minute online Zoom sessions conducted in February & March 2024 exploring the life and craft of arguably the most important figure in American musical theater, Stephen Sondheim, through a window of song-types.
Price listed is for the Zoom recordings of ALL SIX sessions. Sessions are not sold separately.
A series of six 90-minute online Zoom sessions conducted in February & March 2024 exploring the life and craft of arguably the most important figure in American musical theater, Stephen Sondheim, through a window of song-types.
Price listed is for the Zoom recordings of ALL SIX sessions. Sessions are not sold separately.
A series of six 90-minute online Zoom sessions conducted in February & March 2024 exploring the life and craft of arguably the most important figure in American musical theater, Stephen Sondheim, through a window of song-types.
Price listed is for the Zoom recordings of ALL SIX sessions. Sessions are not sold separately.
COURSE DETAILS
SESSION 1: “OPENINGS” – songs that open a musical and launch the story
SESSION 2: “SOLOS” – songs which reveal a single character’s motivation or state of being
SESSION 3: “DUETS”- two characters in musical conversation
SESSION 4: “TRIOS” - three characters sharing perspectives and desires
SESSION 5: “ENSEMBLES” - multi-character scenes using multiple song types
SESSION 6: “CLOSINGS” - penultimate scenes and finales of musicals
Sessions dive into Sondheim’s artistic voice, his creative techniques, dramatic devices, multi-layered rhyme schemes, and the game-changing advances he made to the art of musical story-telling. Interwoven into this exploration of his work is the story of Sondheim’s own life, from his boyhood days with Oscar Hammerstein in Bucks County, to the 1960s scavenger hunts he devised with actor Anthony Perkins, to his final days at his Connecticut estate.
Each session includes a 15 minute Q & A at the end.
There are 3 homework assignments over the course of the six sessions. Each assignment takes about 15-20 minutes to complete.
Fee is PER PERSON to watch the Zoom recordings of ALL SIX SESSIONS.
NOTE: Within 24 hours of purchase, you will receive an email with links to all six sessions, along with a password to access the videos.