Location: Drayton Entertainment Youth Academy (145 Northfield Dr W, Waterloo)
Cost: $35 + HST per tutorial
Private Vocal Tutorials
Students of all levels of experience are welcome to enroll in Private Vocal Tutorials. Students will collaborate with their Instructor to set goals and choose materials that suit their vocal style. Instructors will guide students through a variety of vocal techniques to build students vocal strength and improve confidence as a solo performer.
Goals
- Focus on vocal technique
- Build vocal strength
- Improve confidence for live performance
- Tailor lessons to student specific needs and vocal style
- Set personalized goals for each student
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will have a better understanding of vocal technique across multiple genres, including vocal warm-ups, pitch/range and breathe control.
- Students will build vocal strength by exploring material within multiple genres
- Students will develop an understanding of solo performance by analyzing emotion, interpretation and vocal phrasing.
- Students will build a repertoire of suited to their vocal style
Private Acting Tutorials
Students of all levels of experience are welcome to enroll in Private Acting Tutorials. Students will collaborate with Instructor to set goals and choose materials that suit their acting style. Instructors will guide students through a variety of acting techniques to build students understanding of becoming a character and improve confidence as a solo performer.
Goals
- Expose students to various methods of Acting technique
- Build physical and intellectual responses to text
- Improve confidence for live performance
- Tailor lessons to student specific needs and acting style
- Set personalized goals for each student
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will develop an understanding of becoming a character through the study of text, and how their character is impacted by the “world of the play”
- Students will develop an understanding of how to build their character through movement and vocal exercises
- Students will learn to make clear choices for their characters by analyzing the emotional and intellectual content of the text
- Students will build a repertoire of contrasting characters
Students will have a better understanding of various acting techniques.
Book a half hour one-on-one coaching with Hadley Mustakas to work through a monologue for an upcoming show, learn about acting through song, prepare for an audition, or focus on fundamentals to sharpen your skills.
Tutorials with Hadley are available Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays from January 14th – April 3rd from 3:00pm – 3:30pm and 3:30pm – 4:00pm.
Students should come prepared with material to their first tutorial but may ask Hadley for suggestions about material for future coaching.
Hadley Mustakas
Drayton Entertainment: Edna in An Inspector Calls, Tinkerbell in Peter Pan: The Panto, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Kaylee in the Prom, Ali in Mamma Mia, Jane in Mary Poppins, and Wendy in Peter Pan. Other theatre: Sophie in Mamma Mia, Belle & Others in A Christmas Carol (Tweed & Company), Sarah in Simone, Half and Half (Carousel Players), Liesl in The Sound of Music (Thousand Islands Playhouse), and Ensemble in The Roaring Twenties (Victoria Playhouse Petrolia).
Hadley (she/her) has an Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance and a positive attitude! She likes to spread kindness, smiles, and sparkles! Hadley started dancing from a very young age and got her start in theatre through the youth opportunities with Drayton Entertainment. She is thrilled to encourage the magic of jazz hands in the inspiring generations to come.