Students will improve their stage presence, vocal & emotional expression, gain confidence, strengthen their acting skills and learn how to create a compelling performance whether on stage or in an audition situation. Students will learn how to act their song and bring it to life, improve their acting abilities, and what to expect in a musical theater audition.

Amanda Giese has been a professional singer, actress, and teacher of all ages for over 30 years. She has many professional theater and performing credits including the lead singer,  "Miss Lilly",  in the Golden Horseshoe Show at Disneyland. She has performed in many professional musical theater productions including "Nine", "Mame", "Evita", and "Phantom of the Opera". She has recorded a Christmas album and has performed in many concert venues and showrooms in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Orlando.
As Founder and Director of "Stagekiz!" and "Youth Theater at the J", she directed and musical directed many Jr Broadway & professional shows including "Beauty and the Beast", "Seussical the Musical", "Aladdin", "High School Musical", "Fiddler on the Roof", and many more.   She also coaches and consults with middle and high school thespian troupes, and has adjudicated and presented vocal performance workshops at Florida District Theater Festivals and State Thespian Festivals.
Amanda holds a Bachelor's Degree in Theater and Vocal Performance and has been a private voice teacher and performance coach for nearly 25 years.

Homework Offered
Students will be expected to work on whatever we go over in the lesson. Progression and preparedness for their audition will be dependent upon the amount of work and practice they put into it. Students may need to print out sheet music, mark their music, download & practice with accompaniment tracks, memorize their song selection & their monologue, and rehearse their audition as much as possible.  Students may spend anywhere from 30 mins to an hour or more per day prior to the audition or performance they're preparing for.   The amount of time spent will be dependent upon the student's goals, age, and abilities.
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered

Every effort will be made to provide free sheet music and monologues to the student by uploading them to the Outschool classroom or giving them links to trusted websites to look for them. However, if a student wishes to do a song that is not in the teacher's database, students may need to purchase digital sheet music from musicnotes.com or SheetMusicDirect.com. Some accompaniment tracks may come from YouTube.