Course Offerings

etc. Music School Offerings
Registration is now open! E-mail etcmusicschool@gmail.com to register!

 

Current Academic Calendar: Fall Term, 2018:
Monday, Sept. 10: Fall ’18 term begins for all private lessons/classes
End of Private lessons for the term: Friday, November 30

Fall Term ’18 Show Dates:
November 10 – etc. TinyShows Show
November 16-18 – etc. KidShows Show
November 30-Dec. 2 – etc. Presents Show
December 7-9 – etc. Ambassadors Show

 

etc. Offerings are also available to browse online here: etc. Music School online storefront

Please Note: Scholarship and work-study options are available for students in need! We do NOT turn anyone away for inability to pay. Please contact director Mike at etcmusicschool@gmail.com with possible scholarship/work-study inquiries!

Private Lessons

Private lessons are currently available in piano, voice, classical composition, pop/musical theater songwriting and guitar in 30-min., 45-min. and 60-min. increments, with the following pricing:

$55 per 30-min. lesson
$70 per 45-min. lesson
$80 per 60-min. lesson

etc. Loyalty Promotion: Get $50.00 off private lessons if your student is also enrolled in The etc. Choir, etc. TinyShows, etc. KidShows or etc. Presents ensembles!

etc. TinyShows

(Open to students entering grades K-3 in Fall ’19)

TinyShows is a multi-modal arts learning program where our smallest student-artists work with our professional staff to create, rehearse and perform their very own mini-musical!

Each week, TinyShows students enjoy instruction in voice, dance, acting and visual art!

– Term begins Saturday, Sept. 7
– Fall rehearsals: Saturdays, 10-11 am
– Planned show date: Saturday, Nov 9 @ 11 am
– $175 / student

 

The etc. Choir

(Open to singers aged 13-21)

The etc. Choir:
The mission of the etc. Choir is to instill a love of vocal music within the ensemble through positive, focused rehearsals and to engage and support our communities through polished performance of eclectic and challenging repertoire.

The award-winning and widely-traveled etc. Choir learns and performs a wide variety of music, from classical to folk, jazz to rock and musical theatre, with a vast majority of our repertoire being all-original arrangements created specifically for our unique sound. There is NO audition to join, but we guarantee that your singer will be challenged, inspired, and will meet great new friends in our ensemble!

– term begins Sunday, Sept. 9
– Fall rehearsals: Sundays 4-6 pm
– $325 / student for the term


etc. Loyalty Promotion:
 Get $50.00 off enrollment if also enrolled in etc.  Music School private lessons or the etc. Presents Musical Theater Ensemble!

Members of the etc. Choir sing ‘Welcome Home’
Sign up for the etc. Choir online!

etc. KidShows Musical Theater Program

(NEW: Open to students entering 3rd-6th grade in Fall ’19)

etc. KidShows brings our unique training and performance program to elementary and middle-school students!

Each term, KidShows’ student-artists take part in a wholly-original musical, with characters, songs and scenes written specifically for them by professional musical theater artists and educators, culminating in a fully-produced musical that they can’t get anywhere else!

– NO AUDITION to join!
– Term begins Saturday, Sept. 7
– Fall rehearsals Saturdays, 11 am – 1 pm
– Planned show dates: Nov. 15-17
– $300 / student


etc. Loyalty Promotion:
 Get $50.00 off enrollment in etc. KidShows if also enrolled in etc. Music School private lessons!

etc. KidShows production: “Reboot”

etc. Presents Musical Theater Ensemble

(Ensemble open to student-artists aged 13-19)

etc. Presents Musical Theater Ensemble:
etc. Presents’ creations are main-stage, fully costumed/designed original musicals created with teens, for teens, about topics teens are interested in. Keeping true to our school’s mandate, the etc. Presents ensemble is NON-AUDITION to join, but AUDITION for specific parts. Everyone in etc. Presents’ shows receives named, ‘meaty’ roles, with several lines of dialogue as well as featured musical moments (solos, duets, dances, etc.)!
Opportunities for student writing, choreography and/or composing are available for students who wish to take advantage of them!

 

– NO audition to take part (audition for specific parts)
– Fall ’19 term begins Sunday, Sept. 8
– Fall rehearsals take place on Sundays from 1-4 pm
– Planned show dates: Nov. 29 – Dec. 1
– $325 / student for the term

Sign up online for the etc. Presents ensemble!

This Fall ’19 Term, we’re doing the original musical “Rewritten”!

 

Rewritten invitation

etc. Loyalty Promotion: Get $50.00 off enrollment in etc. Presents if also enrolled in etc. Music School private lessons or the etc. Choir!

The etc. Presents ensemble performs “Fracture” (2018)

etc. Ambassadors (Adult ensemble)

Calling all 18+ actors, singers, dancers, musicians, composers, writers and directors !

The etc. Ambassadors brings our etc. Music School training and philosophy to adult serious amateurs, pre-professionals and early-career theatre professionals.

etc. Ambassadors musicals are conceived, written, composed, staged, choreographed and performed by the members of the ensemble.

– Fall Auditions: Saturday, Sept 14, 2-4 pm @ Noyes Cultural Arts Center
– Fall rehearsals begin Saturday, Sept 21
– Fall rehearsals Saturdays 2-4 pm
– Planned show dates: Dec. 6-8
– $250 materials fee

Whether you are looking to perform in this new show, are hoping to join us behind the scenes as part of the creative team, or looking to dabble in both, the etc. Ambassadors ensemble is here for you. Come audition!
All interested in auditioning may e-mail director Mike O’Mara back at: etcmusicschool@gmail.com to receive a time slot that works for you!

 

‘This is Not the End’ from “The New Normal” (2018)