Workshop: Introduction to Musical Improv

Workshop Description: You'll learn the basics of musical improv - how to make up songs on the spot and collaborate with others while doing so. You’ll learn how to improvise songs that sound like they were composed ahead of time, how to create compelling choruses, and how to sing as a group. We'll cover tips for rhyming and practice musical games that can wow an audience!

Workshop Length: 2 hours

Prerequisite: Have taken Improv 101 or an equivalent introductory improv course.

What Should I Bring? Comfy clothes for movement and a notebook to take notes. Please bring a full water bottle.

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Instructors:
Austin Campion (he/him) is a long-time improviser and musical improviser. He performed for many years in Chicago, taught at the PIT in Chapel Hill, and performs with Mettlesome's musical improv house team Broken Records. He is also the producer of Singamajig, an improvised musical for kids and adults.

Matthew Schmitz (he/him) is a musical improviser and Mettlesome instructor who co-captains Mettlesome's musical house team Broken Records. He performed short and long-form at Endgames Improv in San Francisco before moving to Durham in 2024 and joining Mettlesome. Prior to Broken Records he also studied musical at Endgames and Leela Improv in SF.

Musical direction and accompaniment by Sean Crane.