Musical Theatre
Franklin Elementary Session: Wednesdays, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm starting Wednesday August 28, 2024
Roosevelt Elementary Session: Wednesdays, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm starting Wednesday August 28, 2024
ALL CLASSES ARE HELD AT THE SANTA MONICA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
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Details
Our Musical Theatre Program provides a unique experience to students who wish to have a taste of Broadway, right here in Santa Monica! This years musical selection is the critically acclaimed "Greatest Showman", which has been edited by our wonderful director Tomas Juarez. Students who participate in our program will get to experience a Broadway style casting where each student will audition for a part and assignments will be given out for solos and leads accordingly. Auditions will take place within the first month of classes, with a "mini" performance of the musical in December, and the full musical performance in May. In addition to singing, students will get an introduction to other aspects of musical theatre, such as staging and acting, and dancing.
We provide three different sessions: Franklin, Roosevelt, and Middle School. Although labeled as "Franklin" and "Roosevelt", these sessions are open to any elementary student who wishes to join, however we do gear towards 4th and 5th Graders for our Elementary Sessions. If your child is younger and would be interested in singing, we would recommend checking out the Children's Choirs!
Faculty
Tomas Juarez Jr,
also known as Tommy, is a voice teacher at the Santa Monica Conservatory and a voice student from Santa Monica Community College. He studied under Dr. Janelle Destefano and has performed for SMC for the last 3 years and a half. He started a voice class in SMC and a semester later, joined the music program known as The Applied Music Program which started him on his road to classical singing. As well as joining this program, he has performed for many concerts such as The Applied Benefit Concert and opera productions such as Il Campanello, The Magic Flute, and Dido & Aneas. Tommy is a teacher that doesn't only teach how to sing but he teaches posture and adjusts the body to help sing more clearly.
He can teach any genres from classical to pop and ballads. He has also started teaching beginning piano to further help his students understand music and music theory. To help his students understand is his priority and he hopes to help further them in the musical studies.
Sandra Lee
is a LA native and began her dance journey when she was 8, taking hip-hop classes. Through her education at Santa Monica College, she soon fortified her dance training with ballet and modern. Performing in both Synapse and Global Motion dance companies since 2014, she learned and adapted a variety of dance including contemporary, house, African, traditional Asian and Polynesian styles. She has also competed and trained with numerous well-known LA hip-hop companies such as VMO, Groove, and the Kinjaz. She is currently a lead instructor with the SMC Dance Academy, teaching musical theater and world dances to the 4th and 5th graders of the Santa Monica Unified School District as well as a principal dancer for the Sri Susilowati Dance Company. Sandra is thrilled to teach and share her love of dance at the Santa Monica Conservatory.
Location:
The Santa Monica Conservatory of Music
1501 Colorado Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Email: frontdesk@smcm.org
Call/Text: (310) 576-3600