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Day 2

Written Assignment : Marked Up Score 2.0

September 1, 2019 by drmarcreynolds 1 Comment

It’s time to write down the decisions you have made about the song you are singing. Take Marked Up Score 1.0 to a new level! Don’t forget to create a way to archive your work. These can be a resource that saves you a tremendous amount of time in the future!

Instructions:

  1. Find the score you marked up from “Marked Up Score 1.0”
  2. Readjust your who, what, where, when, why of the song to be more specific and emotionally charged.
  3. Add WOTE decisions in your boxes.
  4. Add subtext and inner-monologue under the written text and music it belongs to.
  5. Add “See, Feel, Do” at the arrows you drew at the end of every phrase.
  6. Add specific actions in the circles you drew around action music.

Example:

This gives you a picture of what it will all look like all together in one place. If you want specific and easier to read versions of each individual element visit the descriptions above and look at the examples posted there.

Marked-Up-Score 2.0 ExampleDownload

NOW IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY – TRY IT OUT!

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The Difference Between Fully Staged and Concert Style Performances.

September 1, 2019 by drmarcreynolds Leave a Comment

How do I take this aria or song that I have prepared for a fully staged production or scenes project and use it in a concert or vice versa? What am I supposed to do in a recital? I can’t use props and costumes, can I? These are some of the common questions young performers have as they try to negotiate the different situations they find themselves performing in. It can seem like there are unspoken rules and expectations that if they get wrong will cost them their careers. Let’s make it simple.

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How to help others give you useful feedback

September 1, 2019 by drmarcreynolds Leave a Comment

Our most useful critics are often the ones that around us most often. These are also often the most neglected. They might be hesitant to comment because they aren’t experts. You might hesitate to ask them because you know it won’t be what you need. These people you interact with though represent at least a section of the audience you are trying to entertain. Most performances are not just for the artistic elite. Here is how to help them help you.

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Good Risk Taking

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far it is possible to go. — T.S. Eliot

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. — Pablo Picasso

Discovery, exploration, and art-making, in general, require that artists take risks to make progress in their art. The artist has to push past their current understanding and comfort zone into discomfort and the unknown. The key is to determine which risks are good and which are not when it comes to working on the stage.

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Action!

September 1, 2019 by drmarcreynolds Leave a Comment

Now that you have identified what your character is thinking, what they are looking at and reacting to, and what they want you are ready to go back and decide what action belongs in the circles you drew on the action music on Day 1.

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