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Roberta Morrell Workshop

Unique Master Classes Open to the Public
Next session planned for January 2009. Check back for details in Fall 2008.
Call 610-269-5499 or email info@gsschesco.org for information.

Roberta Morrell, singer, actress, director, author and principal with the famed D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in England will be giving Performance Master Classes in the Choral Room (Rm. 320) of Swope Music Building, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

This high-energy week of master classes is sponsored by the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Chester County, who are importing Miss Morrell direct from England. Amateurs and professionals, youngsters through seniors, will all find great gratification in these classes.

For performers, individual Master Classes are 40 minutes and are excellent for honing your audition or concert skills. Soloists, duets, trios and quartets are welcome, as well as monologues and 5-minute play scenes for non-singers. Each class costs just $60 which includes a video of your session plus observation of the other three master classes in your 3-hour time block.

In addition, Miss Morrell will hold a Group Workshop which costs $20 per person. This group class is for both principals and chorus level folks who want to improve their performance proficiency while having barrels of fun.

All of the master classes and group workshop are open for observation at $10 per person per three-hour time block.

On completing her singing studies at the Royal College of Music, London, Roberta Morrell joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1972 and remained until the closure in 1982. She toured twice in North America and was part of a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1979. Since 1982 when the D'Oyly Carte closed its doors, Miss Morrell has worked as a freelance performer and director, and has staged over 80 operettas and musicals, both in the UK and the USA, where her skills in teaching both stage and dialogue techniques is renowned. She also appears with and directs 'The Magic of Gilbert and Sullivan' company at concert halls throughout Britain.

Advance registration is required for performers. No reservation is needed to observe any of the master classes or group workshop. You may pay your Registration or Observation fees by cash or checks in the Swope Choral Room.