January 5, 2021
Tuesday the 5th Today, Tuesday the 5th, was our first day participating in the Musical Theatre J-term hosted by the Post Oak School and taught by Ms. Bowman and Mr. Lowery. Our class includes seven kids: Sabrina, Nora, Jack, Nathaniel, Katie, Patricia, and myself (Cidette). We started the morning by going over the varying types of theatre and how they appear chronologically in musical theatre history. We covered three main eras, the Golden Age (1940-1964), innovations (1970-1999), and rejuvenations (2000-present). We then quickly delved into the genre portion of musical theatre, and how it affects the tone of a show. Genres such as: Golden Age music, modern acoustic “pop/folk”, innovative music, rock, pop, jazz, hip hop, country, classical, and folk. Now that we had the basics of genre and era down, Ms. Bowman started to explain the varying types of song, and how a song’s purpose helps move the musical forward. Types of songs can include, but are not limited to: the ope...