Intro to Musical Improv Workshop with Travis Ploeger

1727 North Charles Street,Baltimore MD 21201

06 August, 2022

Description

Have you seen people do musical improv and thought, “that looks like fun?” Are you not afraid to sing in public, and can carry a tune? (Even if you are sure no one else would want to hear you?) Do you have some improv experience, either by completing classes or performing? Then this workshop is for YOU! This 3 hour workshop will go over the basics of song improvisation. Participants will spend time practicing key skills, including: song structure recognition, communicating with the accompanist, and overall music theater technique. Limited class size guarantees plenty of opportunity for coaching. What better way to spend a few hours, than making up some instant songs with the founder of Washington Improv Theater’s iMusical! Travis Charles Ploeger is the creator/director of the popular and critically-acclaimed WIT production of iMusical: The Improvised Musical. He has also written and performed music for other WIT projects including several of their 48-Hour Film Festival entries. A working director/performer in NYC for more than a decade, he was the music director and pianist for Chicago City Limits (both resident and national touring companies) from 1998 until 2006. He was also a founding member of “I Eat Pandas,” with Eliza Skinner and Glennis (McMurray) McCarthy, and is a veteran of the stages of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, People’s Improv Theater and Magnet Theater. He is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music, a season ticket owner of the Minnesota Vikings, a passionate Washington Nationals fan… and has either accompanied or music directed in approximately 2,000 performances of improvised musicals… and counting. He also has yet to turn down the chance to visit a tiki bar.