{"id":665,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/musicaltheatredegree\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:38","slug":"musicaltheatredegree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/musicaltheatredegree\/","title":{"rendered":"WestConn to offer musical theatre degree in the fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/breadcrumb.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n    &#013;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014  As Western Connecticut State University continues to expand and grow its reputation as one of the premiere higher learning institutions in a multitude of disciplines, it\u2019s only natural that the university would be the first in the state to offer a bachelor of arts in musical theatre beginning in fall 2010.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been attracting a lot of theatre students with backgrounds in acting, singing and dancing,\u201d said theatre arts department chairman Sal Trapani. \u201cAs we added musical theatre classes, students began clamoring for more and more musical theatre instruction. After a long process, we have come up with what we think is a groundbreaking and unique program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>With a specialized degree in collaboration with the university\u2019s music department, the musical theatre program will give students a comprehensive knowledge of and training in all aspects of musical theatre. The program will include acting, dance training, individual voice instruction, music theory, keyboard competency, auditioning techniques, voice and diction and theatre history.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>The program is unique, Trapani says, because it offers not only training and performance experience in New York City and internationally but also will provide contact with industry professionals from musical powerhouses all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no other school in the country that offers the training and the performance opportunities that we do \u2014 with a very caring and professional faculty at public university prices,\u201d Trapani said. \u201cWestConn has all the attributes of a small private institution. The hallmarks of our program are professionalism and a commitment to excellence. This is an exciting time for us. The new degree program is going to make us less of a well-kept secret and more of a force in musical theater education nationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Opportunities for students will include performance at the annual New York Showcase and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and travel to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and the Humana Festival in Louisville, Ky. <\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Trapani at trapanis@wcsu.edu.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>\u00a0<br \/>&#013;<br \/>\n  Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York.  Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s best small private universities<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebookShare\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/facebookshare.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;\n        <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; DANBURY, CONN. \u2014 As Western Connecticut State University continues to expand and grow its reputation as one of the premiere higher learning institutions in a multitude of disciplines, it\u2019s only natural that the university would be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-665","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}