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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Wild Party at Baldwin-Wallace!

Greetings from the B-W Conservatory!

My name is Ryan Garrett and I am a sophomore Music Theatre major from San Antonio, Texas. It’s been a crazy few weeks here on campus with the opening and closing of our Fall musical, Lippa’s WILD PARTY. Directed by the head of the musical theatre program, Victoria Bussert, the show featured choreography by Martín Cespedes and music direction by Brian Taylor.

A B-W graduate, Taylor is currently working actively in New York City as a music director. Working with a professional like Brian was a fantastic learning experience for me and for the entire company of the show. Baldwin-Wallace constantly gives students these incredible opportunities to work with professionals who are experts at their craft. The show turned out to be a tremendous success, garnering rave reviews in the local papers and proving to be a great learning experience for the students involved in the production. Here’s a slideshow video of the production: http://www.rogermastroianni.com/multimedia/wildparty/

It’s also been quite a Wild Party here in the admissions office. Just this past weekend, we had our first audition day for the music theatre program. There were 51 students in attendance who were able to observe a master class with New York casting director Bob Cline. It was a great day of new talent as we begin to build the new conservatory class of 2014.

Looking forward to seeing you soon,

Ryan Garrett
B-W Conservatory Admissions
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