Singer + Song = Story

TDM 169S Subject & Catalog Number

Description

In Singer + Song = Story, I am inviting students interested in writing songs and scenes to experiment with a unique approach to musical theater making, in a course which injects personally-political, free-spirited, DIY, Punk practices into the process of musical theater making. All this is done with an aim to shake up the show-tune and mess with the well-made-musical.

Students will learn how to build “mini-musicals” as well as create their own “theater-pop-band” using a technique called “autobiographical myth-making.” Students will be encouraged, not only to tell their own stories, but to “autobiographically mythologize” their personal narratives into Tales Worthy of Their Truths.

Performing is encouraged but not at all mandatory. The Auto-Bio-Myth-Making approach also teaches techniques designed to help creators cast off the debilitating self-criticism that takes the fun out of creating.

Course Notes

To be approved in the course, students must submit work samples of any kind: general writing, plays, lyrics/poems, music, etc. Students must submit at least one of the following, Ideally two, for consideration: 3 examples of songs or music they’ve written. 3 lyric writing examples 3 performance videos (on-stage or singing into your phone) Visit the Canvas course page for enrollment information and deadlines. This course satisfies the “Practical" requirement for TDM concentrators and Secondary Field students.