| I am always happy to talk about my experiences at UArts because I love the school...sophomore year has definitely been a lot harder than freshman year in many ways, but if the school weren't kicking my butt, it wouldn't be getting me anywhere haha!
this semester my theater classes are: acting studio technique II (meisner is all year sophomore year), voice lessons, fundamentals of singing and acting, ballet, jazz, music skills, piano lab, voice and speech for actors IV, and musical theater history. i also have an additional liberal arts class of a Spain History class, which is actually GREAT this semester! I have weekly coachings in addition to my private voice lessons, plus we also have 3 master classes with our voice teachers a semester. i also have a semester of crew, but fortunately I was on wardrobe crew for a show from this past weekend so I'm done for the semester now. I was glad to have an early show to get it out of the way!
Next week, we also have sophomore evaluations. There are 4 major evaluations at UArts: 2nd semester freshman year, both semesters sophomore year, and first semester junior year. This semester our evaluations are with our acting studio teacher, our voice and speech teacher, and the head of the musical theater program who is our teacher for fundamentals of singing and acting. It's just a way for teachers to check in and let you know how you are doing. It's not a high-pressure thing as we have no cuts, but it's a good informative and beneficial way to see where things stand.
One thing that also has been very helpful this semester is that we video tape a lot of our work in my fundamentals of singing and acting class and it's posted on a private uarts website. it's really helpful because we can watch our performances on our own and self-correct.
As usual, theater thrives in Philly. Avenue Q was here a few weeks ago. My Fair Lady, Gypsy, Les Miz, and many others are on the way.....and all in the backyard of UArts.
i'm always happy to talk to prospective students, so feel free to send questions my way! |