Musical Theatre Workshop Weekend 2020 with Prof. Patricia Martin

with Jacqui Dunnley-Wendt (Musicalschule Ahrensburg)

and Prof. Patricia Martin (Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen)

We are delighted that Prof. Patricia “Patti” Martin, the Musical Director of the Musical Theatre programme at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, will be joining us again in 2020 for a workshop weekend in Ahrensburg!

Together with our headteacher Jacqueline “Jacqui” Dunnley-Wendt, she will be running fun-filled sessions in the individual groups on Saturday 15 February 2019 and Sunday 16 February 2019, rehearsing a song from a musical for each group, for which Jacqui will develop a scene and choreography.

On Sunday, each group will give a small, intimate performance of what they’ve learnt for the participants’ families and friends.

No prior experience is required for this weekend, and beginners will enjoy it just as much as the “old hands” 🙂

Prof. Patricia Martin

Jacqui Dunnley-Wendt

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About Patricia M. Martin

Born in Midland, Michigan, USA, Patricia Martin studied music education, piano, chamber music and vocal accompaniment at Albion College, Michigan (BA in Music and Music Education), and Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (MA in Piano, Chamber Music and Vocal Accompaniment). A scholarship from Rotary Club International enabled her to spend an academic year at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, followed by engagements as a répétiteur and conductor at the International Opera Studio in Zurich and at stages in the state capital, Kiel. She has taught at numerous masterclasses in the USA and Europe. From 1987, she was a conductor for the Hamburg musical productions of CATS and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and has been a professor at the Folkwang University of the Arts since 1992, specialising in musical rehearsal and conducting for musicals. Alongside her teaching, she also works as a freelance musical director and conductor (including CLOSER THAN EVER, Musiktheater Gelsenkirchen; BLUES BROTHERS, MARIA, IHM SCHMECHT’S NICHT, GEFÄHLICHE LIEBSCHAFTEN, THE ADDAMS FAMILY at the Gandersheim Cathedral Festival; HEISSE ZEITEN, Konzertdirektion Landgraf) and has also staged numerous musicals for their German-language premieres, including MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG by Stephen Sondheim and SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD by Jason Robert Brown (Kurt Weill Festival Dessau). Prof. Martin is a much sought-after pianist, accompanist and arranger for various ensembles and well-known jazz, pop and musical performers.