$299+Fees
$299+ Fees*
PREREQUISITE: YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETED LEVEL 1 MUSICAL IMPROV OR EQUIVALENT AT ANOTHER COMEDY THEATER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS CLASS. In the comment section of Checkout, please list when you took said classes and who your instructors were.
If you fail to meet the prerequisites for this course and continue to register anyway, we will have to transfer you out and add the balance as class credit, to be used for other classes.
Building on the musical fundamentals learned in Level 1, Level 2 dives deeper into technique and structure to help you turn your scenes and songs into a musical! You’ll work on melody and style as well as structure and song-type. Exercises will focus on emotional commitment and heightening the stakes of a scene to help you find your best voice to start a solid and interesting song. With continued work on movement and teamwork, this class will help you develop the skills you need to get a standing ovation at the end of each number. You don’t have to be a great singer to be a great musical improvisor, come one, come all! Pre-req: Musical Improv Level 1 (or equivalent)
***Grad Show will be held on SUN 11/12 @ 5:30PM***
* As of 7/1/2023, we are instituting a strict no refund policy.
Calendar for Musical Improv Level 2
7:00pm Global Comedy Studios
New York, NY
7:00pm Global Comedy Studios
New York, NY
7:00pm Global Comedy Studios
New York, NY
7:00pm Global Comedy Studios
New York, NY
7:00pm Cre8ive NYC Studios
134 West 29th Street, Floor 2, b/t 6th and 7th New York, New York 10001
Instructors
Mac Gostow has performed and taught musical improvisation for more than 10 years in cities across the country including Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Nashville, Philadelphia and Chicago. A comedy school graduate, instructor and Lead Producer at ImprovBoston, Mac was a member of resident casts including The Family Show, All Access Improv and the ImprovBoston Musical AllStars. As a member of Catalyst Comedy, Mac performed with Boston’s Unscripted Musical Project (B.U.M.P.) and was a founding cast member of Dirty Disney and a kid’s musical improv show, Kerplunk. As one half of M&N: Musical Improv Duo, Mac performed over 100 shows and appeared at the Chicago Musical Improv Festival, Boston Comedy Arts Festival, New York Musical Improv Festival and landed a residency at historic Faneuil Hall. He served as Associate Producer of the Brooklyn Comedy Collective and co-produced Blank! The Musical at The Green Room 42. Mac now serves as the Director of Corporate Partnerships at the PIT, developing customized improv workshops for Fortune 500 companies including Google, Pfizer, JP Morgan, Delta, Burberry and many more. Mac founded the Musical Improv Jam at The PIT in Spring 2021, which still takes place every Monday night at 9:30pm at The Loft!
Ammon Taylor is an award-winning pianist, composer, and music director with a background
in classical, jazz, and musical theatre. A recent transplant from Austin, TX with years of
experience in arts education, he has taught piano, composition, and musical theatre to
children and adults of all ages. Ammon is an avid accompanist of improvised theatre, and
has toured nationally with performers from Austin’s Hideout Theatre. The winner of B. Iden
Payne awards for his original scores in 2015 and 2016, and for his live music performance
in 2018, he attended the National Winter Playwright’s Retreat in 2019, and is a current
member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.