This fall, we meet in Sweden!
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The Musical
Theatre Educators Alliance
presented its third European Conference
"WHOSE ARTFORM IS IT, ANYWAY?"
7 - 10 September, 2011
above: students from Balletakademien Göteborg's production of Songs For A New World
Two of Europe's premier musical theatre training institutions will play host to leading musical theatre educators from programs around the world in Fall of 2011 - the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg and the Balettakademien in Göteborg, Folkuniversitetet (Gothenburg Ballet Academy), both located in Gothenburg, Sweden's second-largest city. This international MTEA conference is made possible through the generous support of its host institutions, with additional support from Penn State University.
The Musical Theatre Educators Alliance has been bringing together faculty and administrators from the world's top musical theatre programs for more than ten years, and this is MTEA's third European conference - the first was held in 2005 in conjunction with the International Festival of Musical Theater in Cardiff, Wales, and the second in 2009 was hosted by the Danish Academy of Musical Theatre, and the Stage School in Hamburg.
Our conference hosts this fall are Anna Maria Koziomtzis, Senior Faculty Administrator of the BA Program in Musical Theater and the MA Program in Musical Drama at the University of Gothenburg's Academy of Music and Drama and Hugo Tham, Rektor and Artistic Director of the Ballet Academy Gothenburg.
We are delighted to announce that the distinguished musical theatre writing team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe has agreed to appear as the keynote speakers at our September 2011 conference in Sweden. George and "Ants" are best known for the new songs and additional music and lyrics they contributed to Mary Poppins, and their musical Honk! has been produced over 4,000 times. The Daily Telegraph heralds thems as "the brightest hopes for the future of the British musical." Read more about our keynote speakers on their website!
The conference agenda has beenorganized by Meg Bussert, MTEA Vice President and Chair of Conferences and Søren Møller, MTEA Regional Director for Europe and the UK. along with the conference hosts. The conference agenda is as follows:
Wednesday 7 September |
18.00 (6 pm) |
Executive Committee and Planning Group meeting, Hotel Lorensberg |
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21.00 (9 pm) |
Social get-together, Hotel Lorensberg |
| Thursday 8 September Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg - Artisten |
9:00 am | Conference opening Presentation on host school |
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10:30 am |
Panel presentation on international student exchanges: Cary Libkin (chair), Jonathan Flom, Pia Klausch, Søren Møller, Harold Mortimer, Kim Moke |
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13.00 (1 pm) |
Keynote speakers George Stiles and Anthony Drewe |
| 15.30 (3:30 pm) | International singing technique workshop with Matthew Edwards, Gayle Lockwood, Søren Møller, Patricia Raine and student participants | |
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19.00 (7 pm) |
Conference dinner at Sjömagasinet |
Friday 9 September |
9.00 (9 am) |
Presentation on host school |
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10.00 (10 am) |
"Lost in Translation:" Panel discussion with Scandinavian translators of musical theatre Fredric Fischer, Thomas Bay, Ulricha Johnson, Erik Fägerborn, Jan Mark |
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13.30 (1:30 pm) |
Dance workshop in Teater Thalia with Stacey Alley and Lara Teeter and student participants |
| dinner | Not included in conference fee, many nearby options | |
| 19.00 (7pm) | Visit to Gothenburg Opera, to observe of West Side Story rehearsal run-through | |
| Saturday 10 September Artisten |
9.00 | Light breakfast and open mic |
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10.00 |
Acting workshops for musical theatre: Meg Bussert, Paul Christman, Richard Stoppleworth |
| 13.15 (1:15pm) | Musical Theater History and Performance: Raphael Crystal | |
| 14.15 (2:15pm) | Audition workshop: comparing the practices and expectations of American and European industry professionals. Scott Susong, chair | |
| 16.00 (4 pm) | MTEA business meeting | |
Sunday 11 September |
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Travel day, attendees return home |
The Hotel Lorensberg will be the conference hotel for our September meeting. Conference participants will get a discounted price of SEK 790 (about $130 USD) per night by using booking code HL752. Hotel Lorensberg, Berzeliigatan 15, www.hotel-lorensberg.se, info@hotel-lorensberg.se Tel+ 46 31 810600. Conference attendees are responsible for making their own hotel reservations.
Conference attendees will be interested in knowing that Gothenburg has its own airport (use the abbreviation GOT when searching for flights). Taxis and low-cost shuttle buses runs from the airport into the city of Gothenburg; the cost of travel from the airport to the hotel is NOT included in your conference fee. A taxi from the airport to the hotel is about SEK 300, and can be shared by up to 4 passengers; the airport bus is SEK 70 one-way or SEK 140 round-trip, and you should exit the bus at the Korsvägen stop, which is a short walk from the hotel.
CONFERENCE FEES
The conference fee for the 2011 European Conference will be 1000 SEK (Swedish Krona, equals about 110 Euros or about $160 USD) for current MTEA members.The conference fee includes the conference dinner on Friday night (currently planned for one of Sweden's finest restaurants), lunches on three days, local transportation and other conference expenses.
Organizational members can send up to three representatives from the organization at the member rate; individual members can also attend at the member rate. Non-members must pay an additional $100 USD (about 70 Euros) to become an Individual member of MTEA. Conference fees and membership fees can be paid via PayPal using the buttons on the left. Institutions that require an invoice for conference fees can contact MTEA Treasurer Charles Gilbert. European institutions seeking to pay via bank transfer can get information and instructions by contacting Treasurer Gilbert.