You love accent work.
You love singing.
Now is your chance to do them TOGETHER, learn a ton, and have a blast.
Introducing…
Singing in Accent: A masterclass
Taught by Keri Safran and Andrew Byrne
Saturday, September 21st
1-5PM
YADA Studio City
12745 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604
Cost per Performer: $129 (max 8 participants)/Auditor $60
What is this workshop about?
The dual challenge of singing and dialect work is one of the most engaging demands that an actor can face.
Training them together can be an incredible opportunity to learn new things about yourself as an actor AND as a singer.
In this workshop, Keri and Andrew will give you foundational tools to approach this task with a system in place that sets you up for long-term success.
You will then get up for an individual work session on a song that involves an accent of your choosing.
You can select from one of three categories:
1. Songs from shows that require accents (Light in the Piazza, My Fair Lady, Once on this Island)
2. Songs from shows set in non-US countries ( Les Miz, She Loves Me, Great Comet [I mean, why not sing these tunes in an accent?])
3. Spinning a song in an interesting new way (e.g., “An Old Fashioned Love Story” sung in a German accent to audition for Fraulein Kost)
As a part of your session, Keri and Andrew will give you personalized exercises to take your voice and accent proficiency to a new level.
You will leave with a concrete process that will serve as a foundation for future endeavors in both singing and dialect work.
Frequently Asked Questions
Not at all. This is a process-based workshop, and you don’t have to show up with a mastery of your chosen accent. Just take your best stab at it, and we’ll work from where you are.
Yes. To give us a chance to get up to speed on the accent you’ve chosen, you must tell us by 9/14/24 what piece/accent you’ve chosen to work on.
Absolutely. Keri and Andrew can suggest songs for you to try if you are coming up blank.
Yes to sheet music, no to an accompaniment track (unless you’d prefer to use one). Andrew is a pianist and will play for you.
If you cancel on or before 9/14/24, you can get a full refund. Any cancellations after that date will not be refunded.
Yes you can! It’s $60 to audit, and you can sign up below.
About Keri and Andrew
Andrew Byrne is a singing teacher and author of #1 Best-Seller The Singing Athlete: Brain-Based Training for Your Voice. Andrew’s students have been seen in over 80 Broadway shows.
Andrew has served on creative teams for The Sundance Theatre Lab, Yale Repertory Theatre, North Shore Musical Theatre, and many others. On television, he has worked as a vocal coach for America’s Got Talent (NBC) and Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (Showtime).
Twice named NYC’s favorite vocal coach in the Backstage Readers’ Choice Awards, Andrew travels the world to bring his brand of brain-focused training to singers across the globe. In 2016, he was appointed by the U.S. State Department as the first Arts Envoy to the nation of Belarus, where he led the inaugural Russian-language production of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning Next to Normal. Other international teaching assigments have taken him to Singapore, Switzerland, Denmark, France, China, and four times to Australia (Victorian College of the Arts). In North America, Andrew has enjoyed four teaching residencies in Canada (including The Banff Centre) and served as guest faculty for the University of Michigan musical theatre department. Instagram: @singingathlete
Keri Safran is a Performer and Dialect Coach, an Alum of the famed Groundlings Sunday Company, and a certified Knight-Thompson Speechwork teacher. Her favorite thing is helping actors stage their musical numbers and auditions. Her stupid jokes are your stupid jokes.
Keri believes PASSIONATELY that Accent=Character; you therefore must maintain your accent while singing, as you don’t suddenly stop being that person. She is thrilled to be preaching the gospel and finally teaching this class alongside her personal Voice Wizard, Andrew Byrne.
Coaching Credits: new Off-Bway musical EMPIRE (dir Tony Winner Cady Huffman); Primary Trust, Harry Clarke, The Cake (Barrington Stage Co); 2.5 Minute Ride (Studio Theater); Benjamin Pasek as Oliver! (City Center Encores); Adam Silver in Straight Line Crazy (Hudson Yards); City of Light (Connelly Theatre). TV/Film Coaching (select): characters on Star Trek: Picard; Palm Royale; Fargo; 1923; The Staircase; Slotherhouse; Grey’s Anatomy; The Night Agent, et al. As a performer she last appeared on the NY stage in the revival of Morning’s at Seven, and on screen at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival in Lake George, opposite Shea Whigham & Carrie Coon. She regularly teaches Accent Webinars and Intensives and offers accent tips on her Instagram: @kerisafran; www.kerisafran.com.
Ready to Sign Up?
Singing in Accent
Performer Slot-
Perform a song in accent in an individual work session
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Get in now for this inaugural rate
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Only 10 slots available--sign up now to guarantee your spot
Singing in Accent
Auditor Slot-
Attend the class as an auditor
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Participate in the intro portion of the class with the performers
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Watch and learn from individual work sessions
