A 10-week musical revue and training course dedicated to providing high school performers with intensive skill building in the fundamental areas of acting, voice, and dance towards the pursuit of their craft.
The Shedd Institute’s Musical Theatre Training Academy was established to provide a regional training opportunity for young performers, grades 9-12, to further develop and hone existing skills in the core musical theatre disciplines of acting, voice, and dance. Directed by local musical director/conductor and educator, Vicki Brabham, students will work under the guidance of professional coaches and production staff/guest artists, to prepare The Revue, a publically presented show featuring ensemble, duet, and solo repertoire associated with the course's featured artists (composers, lyricists, or performers from the classic age of musical theatre and musical comedy).
Enhancing the core training, workshops in dialect study, elocution, audition preparation, and technical production skills will be sprinkled throughout the schedule, creating a rich & multi-faceted sampling of the kind of professional training required to succeed in a college program and beyond.
A limited number of merit-based Ed Ragozzino Scholarships are available upon application. Financial aid is available upon application.
Winter 2016 will feature works by Oscar Hammerstein and will present the original revue HAMMERSTEIN! in 2 cabaret-style public performances at The Shedd Institute’s Jaqua Concert Hall on Sunday, March 13th at 4:30 & 8:30 pm.
A limited number of merit-based Ed Ragozzino Scholarships are available to applicants through the generosity of Shedd Institute donors in honor of Eugene musical theatre legend Ed Ragozzino (1931-2010).
To apply for a Ragozzino Scholarship, request an application form and submit along with your Academy registration form.