A this discipline course at Arizona Christian University.
Open to all students at the University and interested community players qualified by audition. Study requires preparation and performance of a musical theater work (musical, operetta, or opera). Instruction focuses on singing techniques (voice work in singing, projection, and diction), acting techniques (textual analysis and method/technique of building a character), stage movement (stage presence and blocking), costuming and makeup. Selection by audition. May be taken for audit. May be repeated for credit.
Offered 2026-2027: Spring Traditional.
Engage the Course Material
Build a working understanding of musical theater as the course's central subject.
Apply Discipline Methods
Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.
Connect Course Content
Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.
Demonstrate Course Competencies
Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.
A Biblical Worldview treats music as a craft worth doing well — a way of engaging beauty, skill, and worship with the seriousness any vocation deserves.
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