Description
How can you plan a music rehearsal that is efficient and effective?
In the world of musical theatre, the music director is responsible for planning music rehearsals to teach all vocal parts to a cast where not everyone sings on every song. There's also only a few rehearsals available to teach everything. Planning good music rehearsals requires organization and creativity. In this episode, I use recent productions of INTO THE WOODS and ROCK OF AGES as different examples of how I prepare for music rehearsals.
Technical note: The microphone sound is not quite as good as normal. I will hopefully improve the issue for the next episode.
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