i sing for my show choir and it is awesome and i am the youngest kid where should i go to try it out??
2006-12-25 13:55:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Ditto on starting dance lessons. I wish I'd started earlier. Now I'm a college sophomore in beginner's jazz, and I feel really behind my other musical theater buddies.
Also, you must must must get a voice teacher. The director of your show choir should know someone to recommend. (Note: You might want a teacher who is your same voice part, as they will feel things and probably use terminology what will make sense to you. Ex. My teacher is a baritone (male version of mezzo, which I am), and he knows what I describe when I say "it feels like there's something in the back, or my breath feels like this", whereas the other teacher at my school is a coloratura soprano, and is always telling me to feel it in the masque of the face. She might feel it there, but I don't!)
Break a leg.
2006-12-25 16:11:15 · answer #1 · answered by incandescent_poet 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You sound like you're in elementary or high school yet. Get into choir if you're not already. Try out for the school play, even if it's not a musical. Find out about any community theatre, professional or amateur. Take music lessons, both instrument and voice. Dance lessons, too. Take advantage of any opportunity to get any sort of professional experience, both on stage and off, in front of the camera and behind it. If you can't be on stage, volunteer to paint sets, do makeup, build sets, run the light board, get doughnuts, sweep the auditorium, design the playbill, work the ticket booth, and plan the cast party.
The reason is that you want to be a well-rounded person who knows all aspects of the business. If you understand everything, and how it works, you will see opportunities that come up much sooner than the prima donna who wants only the star role. People in the position to cast actors in a role will look for someone who's enthusiastic, positive, and works hard. If a high school junior quits the play because they didn't get a lead role, their chances of getting a lead role as a senior just plummeted, too. But a chorus singer who can dance, who works hard, who helps others learn their lines and steps, and who practices outside of regular practice times will be noticed. Which one do you want to be?
2006-12-25 22:06:58 · answer #2 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You really should find a voice teacher. I recommend this non-profit organization's website.
2006-12-25 21:59:56 · answer #3 · answered by snide76258 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you should get a private voice teacher...ask your school teacher for recommendations
2006-12-25 22:03:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try out for what? I broadway play, etc. ???Get training, that is a must. Get to L.A. or NY.
2006-12-25 21:58:58 · answer #5 · answered by samaustinashlee_billiewjr 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋