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Students to be graded on making a song and dance

Australian students will be able to formally study musical theatre, both theoretically and practically, as of 2016.

9 Nov 2015

Richard Watts

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Image: The 2012 musical, Margaret Fulton: Queen of the Dessert. Photo by Gerard Assi.

The new syllabus to teach musical theatre is launched this week by the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB). The program, covering both vocal technique and repertoire, will be introduced along with a series of publications designed to support musical theatre education from beginner to diploma levels.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts