Fee: $225 (Combine with Drama & Dance for $350)

 Grades: K-9th

Location: Village Church of Gurnee

Saturdays, 3/1-5/10 @ 10:35am-12:00pm (No Class 3/29 OR 4/19)

Mandatory Tech: Saturday, 5/17 @ 9:00am-10:30am

Mandatory Performance: Saturday, 5/17 @ 11:00am

Recording Day: Saturday, April 12th at Cellar Studio in Kenosha (Students will be scheduled a time between 2pm-6pm)

Filming Day: Saturday, April 26th after class (Location TBD)

Students gain an understanding of different musical genres through training in vocal technique, harmonization, rhythm, style, simple movement and coaching in stage presence culminating in a final concert for family and friends. Students perform as a class for 2 numbers and in smaller ensembles based on age and ability. All students receive solos within these numbers. All students perform in a final concert as well as participating in a professionally recorded and filmed music video.  ON BROADWAY will focus on Broadway musical numbers paying special attention to Acting the Song which encourages students to express themselves fully through both vocal and dramatic performance.

Students in grades 4th-12th who are new to Vocal Academy should prepare an audition video of any song that showcases their vocal abilities and stage presence to be submitted no later than February 28th. K-3rd grade students new to Vocal Academy should expect to sing Happy Birthday a cappella and/or do some individual vocal warm ups with the instructor on the first day of class.  These "auditions" are simply to give instructors an introduction to your voice and stage presence.  All students will participate in a final concert at the end of the session for family and friends!

Fee: $200 (Combine with Vocal for $350) 

Grades: 2nd-9th

Location: Village Church of Gurnee

Saturdays, 3/1-5/3 @ 8:30am-10:30am (No Class 3/29 OR 4/19)

This class is not performance based and there is not a final showcase. Parents are welcome to observe the final 30 minutes of class on May 3rd.

Acting is about reacting! We do this by listening to scene partners, finding the character's motivation, using our bodies to express the emotions of a character, and being vulnerable enough to take risks in new ways. Truthful acting comes from genuinely entering the scene rather than "putting on an act" through gestures and facial expressions while dance is an extension of acting through rhythmic movement and physicality.

In this class, students will enhance their skills in theatrical acting and musical theatre dance. Each week, students will explore different aspects of theatre including, but not limited to, scene work, script analysis, character development, creating a backstory, risk taking, theatre games, stage directions, picking up choreography quickly, acting the dance and creating authentic performances. This class is not performance based, however, students will be filmed as they complete work on various scenes, dances, etc. in order to track progress, as well as serve as a teaching tool for growth and parents are welcome to observe the final 30 minutes of class on May 3rd. Students must be willing to take risks, accept immediate feedback and spend time working on material regularly at home. This will be a fun, yet serious dive into growing student's abilities.