Translating Musical Styles for the Stage (with Christie Chiles Twillie) from rock and roll dance competitions Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 33 min 91 sec ✓ Published: 04-Dec-2020
Description: Music Director and Christie Chiles Twillie talks about interpreting and translating stylistic music to the stage for effective storytelling.nnIn this class, music director Christie Chiles Twillie will talk about the specific challenges required to translate a piece of music that has been successful in one style (gospel, rock and roll, ragtime, classical) to fit the specific dramaturgical needs of the stage. How does a song that was written for the radio become a moment in a musical to push a sto