THEA 212 - Music Skills for Actors (2 credits)

(Prereq: MUS 170 and MUS 171) Restricted to BFA Musical Theatre majors and by permission of the instructor. This course is designed to build and refine your musicianship, the ability to hear, perceive, understand, learn, and perform music. Specific focus will be placed on the practical applications of both aural and visual music theory skills commonly seen in the world of musical theatre. Basic and advanced rhythmic exercises, sight-singing, rhythmic, melodic and harmonic dictation, and tonal harmony will all be studied within the confines of musical theatre. F.