Audition Master Classes

The Ultimate Audition Training

Spend an afternoon with some of CMT's most talented guest and resident teaching artists and directors. Learn about the audition process, how to perfect an audition song, how to make the most of a cold reading, and how to stand out during a dance audition. All participants will take part in a mock audition and receive personal feedback from instructors. Audition Master Classes are held prior to each Mainstage and Rising Stars audition.

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Who Can Attend?

Audition Master Classes are available year-round for all Rising Stars and Mainstage performers (ages 8-20), with a special session in the summer for Junior Talents performers (ages 6-9).

What To Bring

Students should have a prepared song to sing. An accompaniment CD (with background or karaoke music) is highly encouraged for Rising Stars and Junior Talents performers; whereas sheet music or an accompaniment CD is encouraged for Mainstage performers. Students are asked to wear closed-toed shoes and comfortable clothing that they can easily move around in. They should also plan to bring a water bottle, a notebook, and pen or pencil to take notes.

Where is Class Held?

All Audition Master Classes are held at the CMT Rehearsal Hall, Studio A.

• 1401 Parkmoor Avenue
• Suite 100
• San Jose, CA 95126
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Cost

Each Audition Master Class requires a fee of $95.

Cancellation Policy

Registration deadlines are set for 5:00 PM, one week prior to each class start date.

Cancellations or exchanges made prior to the registration deadlines are subject to a $25 processing fee (within first 60 days of purchase) or $50 processing fee (after 60 days of purchase).

No refunds for cancellations or exchanges will be honored after the registration deadlines.

Check payments written with non-sufficient funds will be subject to a $35 fee.

To request a cancellation or exchange, contact registration@cmtsj.org. Please include: your reason for cancelling/exchanging; the ticket buyer's name; the participant's name; the title of the class or event; the date and time of the class or event; the age group and/or session number.

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Now Registering for the 2011-2012 Season

Meet the staff

ALEX ACEVEDO is an accomplished Bay Area Director, Choreographer, Teacher and Performer. A San Jose native and now San Francisco resident, Alex trained with SJSU, American Conservatory Theatre SF, Alonzo King's SF Lines Ballet, and Studio 10 in Cupertino. As a performer he enjoyed traveling the globe aboard Princess and Norwegian Cruises where he performed choreography by Mark Kanemura of So You Think You Can Dance. Locally he has been seen on stage with Broadway by the Bay (The Music Man, La Cage Aux Folles), Diablo Theatre Company (White Christmas, Legally Blonde), and CMT's Marquee Productions (Tarzan, Singin' in the Rain, Ragtime). As a teacher Alex firmly believes in creating a professional environment where students are supported as individuals and a group. He has taught Dance, Acting, and Audition Technique for DTC, BBB, PYT, CMTSJ, Sunset Music SF, TheArtsLab, Dance Attack, Studio 10, and various schools. As a Director/Choreographer productions include Cats, Footloose, Annie, Les Miserable, All Shook Up (PYT) Little Shop, Honk, Willy Wonka, Charlie Brown (CMTSJ) A Chorus Line, The Pajama Game (Los Gatos High School) Thoroughly Modern Millie (BBBYTC) and Shout! (Bus Barn).
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MARY THERESA CAPRILES has been dancing since the age of 3, and was trained in classical ballet through the Royal Academy of Dance as well as the San Franciso Ballet School. She began studying voice and other forms of dance, including jazz and tap (with Marie Stinnett), at age 10 and expanded into musical theater, primarily with the Children's Musical Theater of San Jose (CMT) where she appeared in more than a dozen shows throughout middle and high school. She performed at Great America for several summers prior to attending Northwestern University as a Theater major. She went on to perform professionally in The Kids of the Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida and as a Special Events Dancer at Tokyo Disneyland, before touring the U.S. and the former Soviet Union as a dancer with Impact Productions. Locally, she has been seen on stage at TheaterWorks and continues to work with CMT as a performer, instructor and choreographer. Most recently she appeared in CMT's Marquee Productions performances of Chicago and Tarzan. She also a fitness instructor at her local YMCA and a nursery school teacher in Palo Alto. Mary Theresa has three beautiful children, and her two daughters are now performers with CMT as well.
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BRITTANY OGLE (now professionally known as Brittany Danielle) is delighted to be back working with CMT! Besides spending most of her childhood as a performer with Children’s Musical Theater, Brittany spent the last three years serving as CMT’s Assistant to the Artistic Director. Best known as a performer throughout the Bay Area, previous regional credits include; She Loves Me (Illona)- BATCC Award and Shellie Nomination, OFF Center’s Becoming Britney (Jamie Lynn Spears) and Noises Off (Brooke)- Shellie Nomination. Last seen in CMT’s production of Hairspray (Amber Von Tussle), other favorite regional credits include, Ulla in The Producers (Foothill Music Theater), Velma in West Side Story with American Idol’s Diana DeGarmo and Bebe in A Chorus Line directed by original Broadway cast member Kay Cole, (American Musical Theater of San Jose), Holly in The Wedding Singer (The Willows), and Eva Peron in Evita - Best Actress Award (Tri-Valley Rep.) Currently, Brittany can be seen in Smokey Joe’s Café with Center REP in Walnut Creek, California. Up next, she will be making her 42nd Moon debut as Dorrie in the American Premiere of Three Sisters. Proud Member of Actors Equity. Please check out www.BrittanyDanielle.com for more information.
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JOEY DIPPEL auditioned for his first CMT production when he was six years old in the 1998 production of Cinderella. Since then, Joey has performed in numerous CMT productions including The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie, Leader of the Pack, Cats, West Side Story & Candide. He attended Archbishop Mitty High School where he took on leading roles such as Will Rogers in The Will Rogers’ Follies, Enjolras in Les Miserablés, & Salieri in Amadeus, as well as assistant choreographed The Who’s Tommy & Leading Ladies. Joey is currently studying musical theatre at the University of Cincinnati’s prestigious College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Last spring, he created, directed, and choreographed a one-act dance piece titled Funhouse and was the dance captain for CCM’s production of Out of this World. Joey received the Joshua Braun Award for his efforts and performances in his Rising Stars career at CMT and frequently returns to teach and choreograph for CMT’s Summer Camp.
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TYELER O'CONNELL started dancing at the age of 3 and is trained in tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, contemporary and hip hop. As a child, Tyeler participated in many CMT performances along side of her older sister. Later in life, Tyeler became a dance instructor for the United Spirit Association where she taught hundreds of kids each year. For the past three years she devoted her time to coaching Homestead High Schools nationally ranked dance team and choreographing for many bay area high school dance teams. In the evenings, Tyeler teaches contemporary and lyrical dance classes at a local studio to children ranging from 7 to 19 years of age. She has danced professionally and can be seen Scottish dancing in the movie Jane Austin’s Book Club. Recently Tyeler graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Biology and is currently pursuing a career in Medical Assisting, with the hope of going to physician assistant school one day. Last year at CMT, Tyeler has had the pleasure of being the associate choreographer alongside Kevin Hauge for the Marquee production of Hairspray, as well as the choreographer CMT’s Winter Rising Stars production of Guys and Dolls.
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CYNTHIA PARIENTE graduated from San Jose State University with her bachelor's degree in Dance and a minor in Child Development. While at SJSU, Cynthia was actively involved with the dance department and was a member of the San Jose State Spectrum Dance Team. She currently performs professionally throughout the Bay Area, and most recently choreographed CMT's productions of Seussical and The Wiz. Throughout her fifteen years with CMT, Cynthia has not only had the opportunity to work as a choreographer and teacher for the company, but has also participated in over thirty musicals onstage. As a performer, she appeared in last season's Marquee Productions of Chicago and Hairspray. Past favorites include West Side Story (Anita), Peter Pan (Tiger LIly), Cats (Demeter) and Little Shop of Horrors (Ronette). In 2005, she was the recipient of the John Ignacio Award for outstanding dance performance.
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SHANNON SELF, a CMT alumna, resident artist, and full-time employee, has taught musical theater, dance and acrobatics in CMT's Master Conservatory and COPA/Summer Camp programs for over ten years. As CMT's full time Education Manager of Core Programs, Shannon oversees all ten productions workshops every year, as well as directs, choreographs, teaches and occasionally performs for CMT. Outside of CMT, Shannon has also performed with companies like AMTSJ, Theatrical Arts Int. in Los Angeles, and Lenape Regional Theater in Philadelphia. During her early residency with CMT, Shannon was fortunate enough to head to Los Angeles to perform in and assist Artistic Director, Kevin R. Hauge, with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. CMT directing/choreography credits include: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Aladdin, The King & I, Wizard of Oz, Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon, The Boyfriend, Barnum, A Christmas Carol, Tom Sawyer, Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver, The Wiz, Guys and Dolls, Cinderella, Wind in the Willows, Fiddler on the Roof, and Heidi. Regional Choreography credits include: Ragtime in Concert (San Francisco), The Bracebridge Dinners (The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite), Crazy for You (Archbishop Mitty High School), Grease (Gunn High School) and Brigadoon (King’s Academy). She also continues her collaborative work on Trilogy (Three Women Dancing), a new dance musical. Shannon has a bachelor's degree in theater and dance from Santa Clara University.
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