Musical Comedy Workshop
Schedule: Wednesdays, August 27, September 3, 10, 17, 24, 2008, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Location: UW Campus, Seattle (see maps)
Reg. # 96960

Course Description

This class is for people who love to sing and would have fun performing a musical comedy song or scene in class. This class is for singers of all levels. It focuses on obtaining good vocal technique and the chance to use good vocal technique while singing and performing a musical comedy song or scene in class. The class covers basic vocal technique, performing skills, confidence in performing, awareness of your audience, and the ability to control nerves in a performance situation.

If you have ever wanted to have the chance to sing a favorite musical scene, ensemble, duet or solo, this is your chance. Students will sing and warm up as a group and have the opportunity to sing and study with the instructor one-on-one. There will be a performance at the conclusion of the workshop.

Instructor

Peggy Wilms Dunlap
Lyric Coloratura Soprano
Dunlap has sung throughout North America. Among the many roles she has sung are Rita in Donizetti's opera "Rita"; Musetta in Puccini's "La Boheme"; Monica in Menotti's "The Medium"; roles in Leonard Bernstein's "The Trouble in Tahiti"; and Susanna in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" with The City of Angels Opera Company. The Comic Opera Theatre included her as Norina in its production of Donizetti's "Don Pasquale," and as Adele in "Die Fledermaus" by Strauss. She was selected soprano soloist for the Los Angeles Brahms Festival, singing German Lieder and masterpieces composed by Brahms. Dunlap has done extensive performances, recordings and tours for Disney Productions, and much musical theatre. She also has won several vocal scholarships, including a grant from The Gladys Turk Foundation, and grants from The Metropolitan Opera National Council in Los Angeles.