Vocal Tech
The three best consonants to help you find placement.
What are "M", "N", and "Z"?
On the steps of the Lyceum, the first production of this musical featured Susan Berkompas as the witch.
What is Into the Woods?
This musical film, starring Renee Zellwegger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere, was the first musical since "Oliver!" in 1968 to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
What is Chicago?
You will roar with delight at this popular musical which features puppets, actors and dancers to create their innovative staging and creative story.
What is The Lion King?
Pip, Padfoot and Penny
Who are her cats?
"Those Boats Don't Float" helps with this area of vocal technique.
What is openness?
This original musical (by yours truly) has been produced twice at VU and twice by ACTC.
What is The Beat Goes On?
This film of a Long running, popular musical set during the french revolution won 3 Oscars.
What is Les Miserables?
You'll be green with envy when you see this "popular" show that defies empty houses.
What is Wicked?
She is in this Hogwarts house.
What is Griffendor?
Our first area of focus in this class and the foundation of using your voice.
What is the diaphragm?
This toe tapping musical borrows melodies from Gilbert & Sullivan and Victor Herbert. It was the first musical Vanda directed at VU and it starred Ryan Miller as the leading man.
What is Thoroughly Modern Millie?
This musical film set in Baltimore during the 1960's, is a film version based on a broadway musical that was a musical based on a film without music
What is Hairspray?
This Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is the current longest-running show in Broadway history.
What is Phantom of the Opera?
Mysteriously, she has read every single book this author has ever written.
Who is Agatha Christie?
Lip trills are particularly helpful in achieving placement for this particular singing range.
What is the mix voice?
This fairytale-type story was the very first musical produced after Susan Berkompas became Department Chair. It's as if VU was waitin' for her.
What is Brigadoon?
You ain't never seen a musical like when Disney turned an animated film into a live Broadway musical that was then recreated as a live action musical film. (Now on Disney +)
What is Aladdin?
This musical will so delight and inspire you, "you'll be back" to see it again and again.
What if Hamilton?
Her first job after graduating college.
What is singing backups for an Elvis impersonator?
What are the three legs of the "vocal technique stool."
What are breathing, placement and openness?
A show that will never be produced at Vanguard because of its content.
What is Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, La Cage aux Folles, Be More Chill, Kinky Boots, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Fun Home, Rent, The Wild Party, When Pigs Fly, Taboo, Zanna Don't, Assassins, Billy Elliot, Jersey Boys, Motown: The Musical, the revival of Pippin, If/Then, Spring Awakening, etc. ?
Disney favorites Alan Menken and Tim Rice wrote this famous sci-fi musical that premiered in 1982 on Broadway and became a film version in 1986.
What is Little Shop of Horrors?
Say this musical name three times and tickets just might appear.
What is Beetlejuice?
She can quote from every single episode of this beloved TV show.
What is I Love Lucy?