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Ms. Miller's Page: IA Academy

Drama, Dance, Interdisciplinary Arts Academy

WELCOME

SD42 INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS ACADEMY 2024 SHOW:

 

 

November 28th- December 7th, 2024

 

TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON!

 

 

The Interdisciplinary Arts Academy is dedicated to providing students with hands-on, immersive learning through the production of theatrical performances. Both cast and crew gain a wide range of competencies from interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills, to project management, time management, and creative thinking. They walk away with the confidence of having achieved a monumental goal: putting on a full-scale Broadway Musical.

 

We would like to celebrate the addition of a student-led production slot in the spring, where students can put to the test everything they have learned! 

 

GSS Student-Led Show [May 2024]:

 

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REHEARSAL TIMES:

 

Tuesday/Thursdays 3:30pm-6:30pm

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AUDITIONS:

 

We're looking forward to seeing you!

Auditions will be held February 20th, 2024. 

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CREW: 

 

Thank you to all who expressed an interest in being a part of our crew!

Crew Applications are currently OPEN. (Paperwork available below)

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About the Director/Producer:

 
Before joining the staff at Garibaldi Secondary, Ms. Miller received her BFA from UVic and returned to the Kootenays to work in a local musical theatre company. After completing the season with them, she had the opportunity to start theatre and film classes for the new independent school in town.
She enjoyed the work in the film class very much and when the opportunity to move back to the coast to work in the film industry came up, she took it. Over the next few years, Ms. Miller worked on many sets and production offices in commercials, television, and film. While she had a lot of fun, met a bunch of really cool people, and learned a lot, the work hours weren’t conducive to the life style she wanted to live.
Inspired by her time spent teaching in the independent school, she went back to school to get her BEd, in Theatre and IB, from UBC. Upon graduation, she accepted the job at Garibaldi, where she has worked since 2019. 

 

AUDITION STEP ONE:

Please review the information below... 

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Rehearsals will start in September and be held Tuesday and Thursdays 3:30pm-6:30pm, unless otherwise scheduled.

Rehearsals run for ELEVEN weeks starting Tuesday, September 3rd.

Crunch Week starts Monday, November 4th, at which point we will be rehearsing Monday-Friday for TWO weeks.

Performance weeks run Tuesday, November 21st to Saturday, November 30th, 2024.

 

AUDITION STEP TWO:

Please review the following Company positions...

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CAST:

Sophie Sheridan

Donna Sheridan

Sam Carmichael 

Bill Austin

Harry Bright

Sky

Tanya

Rosie

Lisa

Ali

Pepper

Eddie

Chorus

 

CREW POSITIONS:

Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager 

Wing Manager x4

Sound Board Op

Sound/AUX

Lighting Coordinator

Lighting Board Op

Spotlight Op

Props Coordinator

Props Construction

Costume Coordinator

Costume Construction

Set Construction

Set Painting

 

 

AUDITION STEP THREE:

Choose Crew or Cast Applications...

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CREW: 

 

CREW APPLICATION

 

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CAST: 

 

AUDITION MATERIAL (Mamma Mia Material Up Now!)

*Please choose one scene AND one song (32 bars)*

 

OR 

 

Bring in your own:

  • approx 1 minute monologue (show us your character building skills)

  • approx 1 minute song with instrumental track (make sure to demonstrate your vocal range)

 

 

AUDITION STEP FOUR:

Please attend the dance audition in person, even if you are submitting a video audition.

 

DANCE AUDITION (all call): February 20th @ 5:30pm

 

 

AUDITION STEP FIVE:

Please email sharmila_miller@sd42.ca to do any of the following: 

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1. Book a 10 minute audition time slot (below), or

2. Submit a video recording of your audition (by [deadline TBD]), or

3. Submit a completed production application

 

 

AVAILABLE TIME SLOTS:

 

Thank you to all who came out to audition! 

In-person auditions are now closed.

 

 

Please submit all auditions via video by [February 23rd, 2024]. <-- UPDATED!

 

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News Articles 

 

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GREASE

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THE WIZ

Maple Ridge News

 

PAST SHOWS 2014-2022

2023-2024 The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical
2023-2024 Something Rotten!
2022-2023 Little Shop of Horrors (Student-Led)
2022-2023 Grease
2021-2022 Legally Blonde: The Musical
2020-2021 Matilda
2019-2020 The Wiz
2018-2019 Mamma Mia
2017-2018 Peter and the Starcatcher
2016-2017 Grease

PAST SHOWS 2006-2014

2015-2016 Footloose
2014-2015 Spamalot
2013-2014 Rock the Ridge
2012-2013 9 to 5
2011-2012 Legally Blonde
2010-2011 Hairspray
2009-2010 Rent
2008-2009 Chicago
2007-2008 Grease

 

PAST SHOWS 1998-2006

2006-2007 Oliver
2005-2006 Swing Kids
2004-2005 Cinderella
2003-2004 Footloose
2002-2003 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
2001-2002 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2000-2001 Three Musketeers
1999-2000 Hair
1998-1999 West Side Story

RESOURCES

These videos are not mandatory. They are here to help you, should you wish. I will continue to update this page as we find more videos. 
 
1. Finding the 1 count
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWJml61Nrh0
  1. Listen for the addition or subtraction of instruments
  2. There will most often be a strong beat on 2, 4, 6, 8 (for hip hop it’s snaps, claps or cymbals)
  3. You can increase the difficulty by adding an “and” as in: 1 and 2 and 3… 
  4. You can increase it more by adding “e and a” as in: 1 e and a 2 e and a 3 e and a...
 
2. Phrasing and Beats (for DJs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW8mOQNHis4
 
3. Reading Notes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsCeYM3yowM
 
4. Reading sheet music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR1l6KBREfU
 
5. Ear Training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-O4yYYYMTY
 
6. Counting styles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK7Wg4PYZdk
 
 
7. Notes and Rests - Basics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVOjKCztqTs
  1. Whole note = 4 beats
  2. Half note = 2 beats
  3. Quarter note = 1 beat
  4. Eighth note = ½ beat
  5. Whole rest = 4 beats
  6. Half rest = 2 beats
  7. Quester rest = 1 beat
  8. Eighth rest = ½ beat
 
 
8. Sight Singing Practice 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CorjNdGT2Z4
 
9. Scales and Triads - 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eT2NoTYwNA
 
10. Scales and Triads (Pentachord) - 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guneXQecmaw
 
11. Sight Singing - 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYVMhYLzGr4
 
12. Sight Singing - 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N37LiX43Aa0
 
13. Sight Singing - 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDScLiP3Lxw
 
14. Sight Singing - 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeWuh8heGwg
 
15. Sight Singing - 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjzi7e_V7KY
 
16. Sight Singing - 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_sqcPBgWbE
 
17. Sight Singing - 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjJaVtyt75E
 
18. Pentatonic Riff & Run -1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkKuecXa5RQ 
 
19. Pentatonic Riff & Run - 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNetlyFLlI4

 
 
WARM UP VIDEOS:
 
1. 10-min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Lf01FJsNY
2. 5-min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E9-UHcwgVA
3. 12-min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTLGjyt1GdQ
 
 
DANCE/CHOREOGRAPHY
 
Techniques
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvKiVZc_f-M
  1. Lyric Study
    1. Go through and interpret the words from the song (ie “time” you could motion to your wrist)
  2. Room Reading
    1. Design movement inspired by what you see in the room (ie closing a door)
  3. Retrograding
    1. Taking a sequence and doing it backwards
  4. Texture and Imagery
    1. Use a feeling and/or an emotion (ie prickly)
 
Notating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPBDKPYN_TM
 
  1. Write it how you would teach it
  2. Include the beats
  3. Include the lyrics (when possible)
  4. Include technical terms (when possible)
 

Garibaldi Secondary School, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada