A Cappella! No-Piano Musical Improv Workshop!

Sun Nov 24 2024 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm UTC-05:00

Zissimos Bar | Baltimore

Highwire Improv
Publisher/HostHighwire Improv
A Cappella! No-Piano Musical Improv Workshop!
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In this all-levels workshop, you’ll learn how to create an a capella pop vocal group using improv skills and simple tricks anyone can learn!
About this Event

Musical improv doesn’t need a musician! Imagine being in the movie Pitch Perfect — just bring your imagination and your character!

In this all-levels workshop, you’ll learn how to create an a capella pop vocal group using improv skills and simple tricks that anyone can learn. Remember, your voice is an instrument!

You don’t need to be a great singer. Just commit to a character who truly believes they’re the star of the stage! We’ll explore how to harmonize, build group dynamics, and “yes, and” our way into catchy group songs. 

Missed your chance to be in a collegiate a cappella group? By the end, you’ll have the skills to perform in a pop choir improv show, blending your voice with others and having a blast along the way.

We’ll send you home with a copy of all the games and exercises, giving you everything you need to keep practicing a cappella musical improv after the workshop.

No past musical improv experience required.Suggested: some improv experience OR some singing experience.

About Your Instructors:

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!

About Highwire Improv:

Highwire Improv is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. Our mission is to steward a community of artists committed to growth, collaboration, joy, and justice — in Baltimore and around the world — through improvisational theater.


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Zissimos Bar, 1023 West 36th Street, Baltimore, United States

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