Valerie Accetta to Host Audition Workshop, 11/22

Valerie Accetta is giving her wildly popular audition workshop on November 22nd from 2-5pm, and this year it's open to singers ages 8 and up. Are you thinking about auditioning for a Musical Theatre Degree? Or is your student looking for that extra edge in the Voice of the City competition? Valerie has done it all and will give you insights and input as only a pro can. Register here to reserve your chance to work with Val.

Valerie Accetta is the Head of Musical Theatre at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a member of Actor's Equity Association, an Associate Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers, and a Certified Master Teacher Candidate in the Estill Voice Training System. As an Equity actress, Valerie played Margy Frake in the First National Tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's State Fair, starring John Davidson. During her time in New York City, she performed in numerous other musicals including the title role in Cinderella, Maria in The Sound of Music, and Lady Larkin in Once Upon a Mattress.

She first began her studies in musical theatre at the University of Miami and received a BA in Musical Theatre Pedagogy from Otterbein University and an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University. She was the Head of Drama at Campion School, a British international school in Athens, Greece, directing seven productions including Godspell, which toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the summer of 2010. Her other directing or assistant directing/choreography credits include Gypsy, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Avenue Q, The Producers at Virginia Repertory Theatre and Annie at the Pioneer Theatre. For the last two summers, Valerie has been a guest director at Weathervane Playhouse in Ohio directing both Oklahoma! and The Pajama Game.

In addition to her directing and teaching work, Valerie stays active in other areas of the theatre business. In 2013, she worked as a rehearsal accompanist at Arena Stage in Washington DC on Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children starring Kathleen Turner. She has had two articles published in the international journal, Studies in Musical Theatre, and is currently writing an article about the Broadway production of Amazing Grace, having accompanied two early workshops of that production with the creative team. She serves as the Vice Chair for the Musical Theatre Committee of the Southeastern Theatre Conference and as the Vice Chair for the Alabama Conference of Theatre University Division.

For more information, visit: http://columbuschildrenschoir.org/valerie-accetta-master-class/