Shen Curriculum Fridays @ Five with Alex Lacamoire

Event time: 
Friday, March 1, 2024 - 5:00pm
Event description: 

The Shen Curriculum for Musical Theater presents

Alex Lacamoire, Theater Musician

 (Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Musical Director, Music Copyist, and Orchestrator!) for a Fridays @ Five master class and discussion

March 1, 5 - 7 PM: The Ballroom at 220 York Street

A casual reception (salad, pizza) follows the class.

All are invited to attend! Register here: https://forms.gle/rEwzCEWGRMMxPQQ29

Alex Lacamoire joins Fridays @ Five March 1 for a class combining performance critique with Q&A and a discussion of what it take to get a theater career started as a musician and then, to maintain it in a changing world.  To apply as a participant (singer/actor), please submit your name, resume, and a musical theater song/cut you can offer to dan.egan@yale.edu by Friday, February 23.  We are looking for 4 - 5 performers .

Non-participants are welcome to attend!

Questions: dan.egan@yale.edu

Multi-hyphenate musician ALEX LACAMOIRE has won three Tonys and three Grammys for his work on the Broadway musicals HamiltonDear Evan Hansen, and In The Heights. He won his fourth Grammy producing the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2018 for his work on Hamilton. In 2019 he won an Emmy award for his work on FX’s Fosse/VerdonBroadwaySweeney Todd (current revival), Freestyle Love SupremeDear Evan HansenHamiltonBring It On9 to 5The People in the PictureLegally Blonde, High FidelityAnnie (2011 revival) Wicked and Bat Boy (Off-Bway).  Film/television: FX’s Fosse/VerdonThe Greatest ShowmanThe Incredibles and Sesame Street.  Alex has also provided orchestrations for The Rockettes and the Oscars.  He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater, Berklee College of Music.