Full Description
Working on a musical is exciting for students, teachers, and the entire middle school community! As the first musical theater book especially for middle school productions, The Magic of Middle School Musicals provides a step-by-step guide for success. Bobetsky approaches planning and producing musicals in the context of a curricular unit of study and includes strategies for assessing student learning. Dr. Victor V. Bobetsky, a former New York City middle school music teacher, begins with advice on how to select a musical, obtain copyright permission, and arrange the music for middle school voices. He discusses strategies for teaching the music in the choral classroom, auditioning, casting, and rehearsal procedures. Practical suggestions show directors how to work with student actors, create choreography, and manage scenery, set design, costumes, lighting, and more. The Magic of Middle School Musicals gives music teachers the information and confidence they need to artistically adapt musicals from the American repertoire to the middle school level so that teachers, students, and audiences can experience and enjoy this unique, familiar, and musically expressive genre!
Contents
Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Select Your Show Chapter 3 Create a Unit of Study Chapter 4 Arrange the Music for Middle School Voices Chapter 5 Auditioning and Casting Procedures Chapter 6 Involve Your Performing Groups Chapter 7 Organization, Scheduling, and Your Master Plan Chapter 8 Acting, Stage and Tech Crew, and Choreography Chapter 9 Scenery, Set Design and Construction, Costumes, Makeup, and Lighting Chapter 10 Student, Parent, and Schoolwide Involvement, Fundraising, Publicity, and Promotion Chapter 11 Create an Original Musical Chapter 12 Assess the Unit of Study
