Australian Music Theatre
Mini Symposium
Our 2022 mini symposium has been completed. Keep an eye on our website for 2024.
The Music Theatre Research Roundtable is an association of academics from around Australia, who are interested in the area of Music Theatre. We explore a range of theoretical perspectives on music theatre in Australia. We define music theatre as ranging from opera and musicals to contemporary theatre with sung music, staged song cycles and performance art with singing. MTRR brings together theatre scholars, historians and musicologists with interdisciplinary researchers.
When: July 2024
Time: TBC
Where: TBC
The Music Theatre Research Roundtable will continue to hold online and in-person Symposiums on Australian Music Theatre. Our Symposiums are a joint initiative of the MTRR with support from the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne.
Section 1 "The Room Where it Happens" - Local & Global Appraoches to Music Theatre
Dr Melissa Fenton. The Globality of Musical Theatre: A Brief History
Dr Ellin Sears 18,000kms from Broadway: what it’s like studying music theatre from one of the most isolated capital cities in the world
Section 2. "Anything You Can Do...." - Australian Pedagogy & Rehearsal processes
Adrian Kelly Achieving praxis between stage and pit: Boleslavsky’s Six Lessons for musicians
Trevor Jones A Lyric Text First Approach to Learning Musical Theatre Song
Nicole Stinton The Slow Singing Approach: Teaching Music Theatre students to holistically and authentically embody a song
Industry Interviews Tyran Parke interviews Fiona Choi
Break A poster presentation by Jassy Husk will be presented on the screen during the break
Section 3 “I don’t need a roof” - Identity Politics in Music Theatre
Jayde Kirchert How do I make new music theatre that is feminist?
Erin McKellar I Feel Pretty: Using Discretization to unpack gender disparity in musical theatre composition
Dr Sarah Courtis Decolonising Musical Theatre on Australian Stages
Dr Narelle Yeo Opening
Dr Narelle Yeo Closing
2022 Program
Dr Stuart Grant What is and is not musical theatre? - A phenomenological reduction
Industry Interviews Tyran Parke interviews Brittanie Shipway
Check out our 2022 program
Meet the Presenters
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Dr Melissa Fenton
The Globality of Musical Theatre: A Brief History
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Dr Ellin Sears
18,000kms from Broadway: What it’s like studying music theatre from one of the most isolated capital cities in the world
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Dr Stuart Grant
What is and is not musical theatre? - A phenomenological reduction
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Adrian Kelly
Achieving praxis between stage and pit: Boleslavsky’s Six Lessons for musicians
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Trevor Jones
A Lyric Text First Approach to Learning Musical Theatre Song
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Nicole Stinton
The Slow Singing Approach: Teaching Music Theatre students to holistically and authentically embody a song
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Jayde Kirchert
How do I make new music theatre that is feminist
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Erin McKellar
I Feel Pretty: Using Discretization to unpack gender disparity in musical theatre composition
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Dr Sarah Courtis
Decolonising Musical Theatre on Australian Stages
Meet the Interview Panel
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Tyran Parke
The Interviewer
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Brittanie Shipway
Interviewee
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Fiona Choi
Interviewee
Poster presentation
Meet the Chair of MTRR
DR NARELLE YEO
Narelle Yeo is the inaugural Program Leader in Music Theatre at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and Senior Lecturer in Voice and Stagecraft. She is an opera and music theatre director, and teaches vocal technique to classical, music theatre and contemporary students at the Conservatorium. Narelle has directing and performing credits in the USA, Europe and Australia. She is the founding director of touring company Opera Carnivale.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions regarding the Mini Symposium.
Dr Narelle Yeo Convenor, Music Theatre Research Roundtable, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney narelle.yeo@sydney.edu.au
Erin McKellar Mini Symposium Organiser Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney erin.mckellar@sydney.edu.au
Jayde Kirchert Mini Symposium Organiser Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne jkirchert@unimelb.edu.au