Workshop: Intro to Musical Improv at Baltimore Improv Group

(This workshop is fully booked and only for those who were able to register with Baltimore Improv Group. We hope to have another session at a future date.) This FREE workshop at Baltimore Improv Group goes beyond our regular monthly jam and introduces a fully improvised musical. Register here: https://www.bigimprov.org/service-page/intro-to-musical-improv

Learn to collaboratively create an improvised musical story using tools from improv comedy. It’s less scary than you’d think!

You'll use improv games, the verse/chorus song structure, and musical concepts to create a compelling, fun, musical story. By the end, you’ll practice a long-form musical using the Fairy Tale Format — including scenes, songs, heroes and villains.

About your Facilitators: Brian and Casey have been teaching musical improv together for many years with the nonprofit Baltimore Musical Improv Meetup. They make improvised musicals together in the Baltimore-based musical improv group Bad Karaoke Experience (BKE). In a given show, you’ll see them both alternating between singing on stage and doing back-line instrumental accompaniment (Brian on piano, Casey on accordion). BKE has played in DC's Improvapolooza, the New York City Musical Improv Festival, and the Baltimore Improv Festival (BIG).

Brian is also a member of other Baltimore improv teams, including A++ (an all-Asian-American comedy group), and Ready Set No (a D.A.R.E.-style school assembly satire duo). Brian and the cast of Belle! An Improvised Tennessee Williams Play created a series of unique one-act shows at the 2019 Charm City Fringe Festival with encores at BIG in early 2020. Brian holds a BA in Piano Performance from Bowie State University.

Casey is a long-time teacher, including: musical improv, dancing, web development, and technical skills. Casey can play Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance on at least 15 instruments — and he owns an instrument in every color of the rainbow. Imagine someone walking down the street singing, dancing, and blowing bubbles - that’s Casey!

Schedule: Sunday January 28th 1-4pm

Time: 1:00-4:00pm

Cost: FREE RSVP REQUIRED! (Spaces are limited) Prerequisites: none Recommended: either some improv experience OR some musical experience