Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Here is an EXCITING OPPORTUNITY offered by my mentor and teacher, Bill Reed and Bill Reed Voice Studio:  A WORKSHOP ABOUT LES MIS!  I'm going as an auditor, and I think my Music Director is too.  Just to be on the safe side, I do have to say that participation in the workshop doesn't mean that you automatically get a role in Lyric's Les Mis or even get preferential treatment (Sorry, folks, but I really do have to say that.  Clueless people are everywhere.) --but I would think that smart singer/actors would take any chance to get more information about any show they were auditioning for. 
Looking forward to this experience!
P.S. "Joseph" folks...check out the times.  You could do it before orchestra rehearsal!



"LES MISÉRABLES Audition Workshop with Broadway Veteran Kevin McGuire

Bill Reed Voice Studio proudly presents an audition workshop with Kevin McGuire. The workshop is geared toward preparing for Les Misérables auditions. The event is open to the public, and performers may register as a participant or as an auditor. Participants will come prepared with a song selection from Les Mis and will have the opportunity to perform for Kevin and then be critiqued by him. Auditors will participate in group activities and observe the workshop. Both participants and auditors may sign up for any of the four workshop sessions and are encouraged to attend all four sessions. If you intend to be a participant, please contact us in advance to reserve your spot as we have limited space available for participants. There will be a lecture/demonstration component in which Bill Reed will discuss the various theatrical singing styles for Les Mis.

Monday, November 11, 2013
·        Workshop session #1: 12pm to 1:45pm
·        Workshop session #2: 2pm to 3:45pm
·        Lecture/Demonstration & Workshop #3: 4 to 6pm
·        Workshop session #4: 6:30 to 8:30pm

College Street Congregational Church, Sanctuary
265 College Street, Burlington, VT

Fees: Participants, $75; Auditors, $50

Acclaimed actor Kevin McGuire has appeared in both the National and International tours of Les Mis, where he played the roles of the Bishop of Digne and Jean Valjean, amongst many other roles in the show. Kevin was the dance captain for the first National tour of Les Mis, auditioned replacements for the National tour, and worked as the assistant to director Trevor Nunn. Kevin has been in many Broadway shows, including lead roles in The Phantom of the Opera, Jane Eyre, The Secret Garden, as well as being in the Broadway company of Les Mis. Kevin will be playing Scrooge in A Christmas Carol this holiday season at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany. He will also be appearing in Henry IV this winter at The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. under the artistic direction of Michael Kahn. Mr. Kahn was the chair of the Theatre Department at Juilliard and a former colleague of Bill Reed at Circle in the Square Theatre School. Bill Reed has had scores of students in the Les Mis Broadway production as well as in the National tour over the years. Bill has both coached and prepared actors for auditions for Les Mis and then on their roles once they were cast in the show.

Bill Reed an internationally known singing teacher based in South Burlington, Vermont. Dr. Reed’s students include classical as well as theatrical, pop/rock and folk singers, who perform in schools, colleges, universities, conservatories, and with community theater companies. His professional students are currently performing in opera houses and concert halls, regional theaters, on television and film, on Broadway and with touring companies nationally and internationally.

Please Note: Your payment of $75 (participant) or $50 (auditor) allows you to attend all four workshop sessions, if you so desire. However, if you are a participant (singing for Kevin McGuire), then please indicate the workshop session during which you would like to perform. Email Sally Olson, Managing Director, with your session preference: admin@billreedvoicestudio.com

Registration for the LES MISÉRABLES Audition Workshop with Broadway Veteran Kevin McGuire is now open! For more information and to register, please contact Sally Olson, Managing Director at Bill Reed Voice Studio: admin@billreedvoicestudio.com or visit our workshop page:

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