Teen Conservatory

Teen Conservatory - Grades 9-12

Mondays 4:00 - 7:30pm
September 16 - November 25
Tuition: $306 (15% discount)

The Conservatory Program is designed for advanced high school and middle school students that plan to pursue musical theatre at a collegiate level and as a professional career. This program will continue throughout the school year, and students will have opportunities to be considered for Rochester Opera House’s professional and teen productions.

There will be no class on October 7-21. In addition to participating in Vocal Workshop, Acting Workshop, and Broadway Dance, conservatory students will receive professional headshots. Conservatory classes can be taken in a bundle here, or as a one off class each semester. More information on individual classes below.

*Class schedule subject to extend due to snow days/illness of staff

Vocal Workshop
Mondays 5:15 - 6:15pm Tuition: $120

This workshop-based class will focus on training students for a future in professional singing. Lessons will include music theory and reading sheet music, vocal placements (belt/chest, head voice/falsetto, and mixed voice), proper breathing and diaphragm work, vocal health, building your audition book and repertoire, stylized singing in different genres of music, basic piano, and understanding harmony structure. Students will be working on solo pieces, duets, and ensemble material.

Acting Workshop
Tuesdays 6:30 - 7:30pm
Tuition: $120

Acting Workshop will focus on training students for a future in professional acting. Students will build a toolbox of the fundamentals, including performance techniques and exercises, sense memory, emotional recall, improvisation, character tasks, text analysis, imagination, the mechanics of staging, character-process, script analysis and mindfulness of the ensemble. Students will be working on monologues, improvisation and group scene work.

Broadway Dance
Tuesdays 4:00 - 5:00pm Tuition: $120

This class will be a high energy environment where students will develop multiple dance styles used in Broadway shows. Students will learn the fundamentals of Musical Theatre Dance, Jazz, Lyrical, Hip-Hop, Tap, and Ballet. Exploring the choreography of Broadway Musicals, combinations and class time will focus on increasing students’ strength, coordination, knowledge, technique, connection with the audience and audition prep.