New York, NY, Sept. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New York Film Academy (NYFA) launches its groundbreaking WSCUC-accredited Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Musical Theatre diploma program within the hub of the musical theatre {industry}, New York City. Eligible college students can apply now for admission to this system starting Fall 2023.
In this four-year program, college students will study from {industry} professionals with expertise as reside performers, dancers, voiceover artists, music administrators, administrators, and choreographers, and can achieve further expertise in musical efficiency for the display underneath the tutelage of tv and movie professionals.
This program is an thrilling addition to NYFA’s profitable One and Two-Year Musical Theatre Conservatory applications which have graduated quite a few Broadway, film musical, and tv actors whose credit embody Spielberg’s West Side Story, Aladdin, Les Misérables, Beetlejuice, Finding Neverland, The Tina Turner Musical, Brown Nation, New Amsterdam, In the Weeds and way more. Musical theatre college students can now get the identical centered musical theatre conservatory coaching with Broadway professionals, whereas additionally finding out a curated liberal arts curriculum to earn their BFA diploma.
Faculty and their Broadway credit embody Department Chair, Kristy Cates (Wicked, Finding Neverland, Charlie and Chocolate Factory); D. Michael Heath (Starlight Express, The Most Happy Fella, They’re Playing Our Song); Michelle Potterf (Chicago, Crazy For You, Will Rogers Follies); Deidre Goodwin (Chicago, A Chorus Line, Nine, Rocky Horror, Never Gonna Dance, The Boys From Syracuse); Jennifer Swiderski (Mamma Mia, The Drowsy Chaperone); Nick Cartell (Les Misérables, Scandalous, Jesus Christ Superstar); Katie Adams (Wicked, Urinetown, Grease); James T. Lane (Kiss Me Kate, King Kong, Scottsboro Boys, Chicago); Todd Buonopane (Spelling Bee, Grease, Cinderella, Chicago); Wysandria Woolsey (Parade, Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast); David Solomon (Tootsie, Side Show, 9-5, The Mystery of Edwin Drood); Stephen Nachamie (She Loves Me); Charissa Bertels: (If/Then, A Christmas Story).
“The BFA in Musical Theatre is a thrilling program that gives aspiring musical theatre performers a jump start on pursuing their passion for acting and the musical theatre arts in a supportive, challenging, hands-on environment, under the mentorship and guidance of seasoned professionals,” says Michael J. Young, President of New York Film Academy.
The curriculum provides a complete training for each stage and on-camera appearing, with program necessities and alternatives together with the completion of fully-produced fundamental stage musicals, solo-performances, collaborative showcases, on-camera content material, and extra. At the top of the diploma program, college students take part in an Industry Showcase for Casting Directors, Agents, and Managers who present invaluable suggestions as the scholars transfer ahead into their skilled careers.
“Graduates of our program will be equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to pursue an ever-evolving career in the performing arts. We offer exciting and challenging courses covering the fundamentals of musical theatre as well as on-camera, voiceover, audition technique, and business classes. These courses, combined with our Broadway faculty, industry masterclasses and extensive performance opportunities, will prepare our graduates to take on the exhilarating and competitive world of musical theatre and beyond,” says Kristy Cates, Chair of the Musical Theatre Department at NYFA.
Like with each NYFA diploma program, musical theatre college students have entry to industry-standard tools, together with voice apply rooms and dance studios. In addition to their musical theatre research, college students construct a powerful liberal arts basis by way of lessons in basis research, together with the humanities and humanities, and social and behavioral sciences to arrange them with the essential pondering and writing expertise required to efficiently current and apply themselves all through their careers.
Students can study extra concerning the new BFA in Musical Theatre program and its audition necessities by visiting the New York Film Academy’s diploma program web page or by submitting a request for info.
About New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy (NYFA) is a number one movie, media, and performing arts faculty that gives hands-on intensive undergraduate and graduate diploma applications, certificates, and workshops throughout a large number of areas of research in New York City, Los Angeles, South Beach/Miami, Gold Coast (Australia), Florence (Italy), Beijing and Shanghai (China), and extra. NYFA additionally provides on-line training permitting college students the chance to advance their inventive and technical expertise in “Hands-Online Workshops,” out there throughout NYFA’s movie, media, and performing arts disciplines.
NYFA is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). This accreditation extends to all NYFA campuses within the United States and abroad.
For extra info, please go to nyfa.edu.
