Vickie Wonders Foltz
3100 Stafford
Nashville TN 37214
615-883-1987 (home)
615-545-1663 (other)
Gwoodtree@aol.com (e-mail)
Gwoodtree@bellsouth.net (email)

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Faculty IES, Furman University 2004, 2005
Faculty IES, San Antonio TX, 2006
Region 6, Can-Am Winter Workshop 2005, and 2006
Region 21 Summer Workshop 2006

COACHING:
Buffalo Gateway Chorus, Region 16
High Country Chorus, Region 8
Women of Note, Region 9
Diablo Vista Chorus, Region 12
Perth Harmony Chorus, Region 34

SCENARIO WORK
Fox Valley Chorus Region 6
Granite City Chorus, Region 6

REGIONAL EXPERIENCE
Regional Faculty 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Summer Singsation Faculty 2003,2004,2005
Fall Fling Faculty 2003,2004,2005,
Quartet Workshop Faculty 2003,2004,2005
Coaching Memphis City Sound Chorus
YWIH Regional Quartet contest, coach 2004
YWIH Chorus director, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Quartet Coaching:
Allure
Reckon So
Noteriety
Trading Places
Yes. Ma’am

TEACHING DATA LIST
Class Topic: Writing indirect emcee (character scenes)
Class Title: Making A Scene
Class Time: 1 hour
Description of Class: Using musical theater techniques to write character driven emcee packages; developing character on paper.

Class Topic: Staging techniques for choruses
Class Title: More than A Chorus Line
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: Using freezes, tableaus, movement sequences, use of mime, use of shapes, changing the “shape” of the chorus, staging an movement principles to dramatically involve the chorus.

Class Topic: Writing and performing direct emcee spots
Class Title: Communication With Your Audience
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: How to write emcee spots that are more than just jokes; and performance techniques utilizing dialogue, focal points, public speaking techniques; through leading them in some writing exercises, brainstorming approaches an onstage exercises.

Class Topic: Acting techniques for musical theatre performances
Class Title: Helping to Tell the Story
Class Time: 2 hours
Description: (1st hour) Finding and developing a specific character that fits into the chorus plan, asking th right questions,finding the character’s intentions and creating a “beat sheet. (2nd hour) Using effort shapes , physicalization and essences to create and play a character different from yourself.

Class Topic: Creating a scene with your chorus
Class Title: It Takes A (Choral) Village
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: How to build a scene sequence (package) from idea of song, to finished performance, using story boards, chorus contributions, scenarios, character stories, chorus character exrcises, choral beat sheets.

Class Topic: Preparing chorus members for musical theatre performing
Class Title: Playing Games
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: Acing exercises to prepare chorus members for character work. Exercises will focus on concepts of onstage focus, stge orientation, character development. These theatre games are designed to fit into small moments before or during rehearsals. The class will consist of participants learning the games/exercises through playing them.(New class listings)`

Class Topic: Understanding the Expression category
Class Title: Painting from the Epression Paintbox
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: Looking at and defining the expression category, discovering the tools that will aid in the expression category, experiencing implementing those tools and the difference it makes. This class works with a demonstration chorus.

Class Topic: Using movement for Vocal Production
Class Title: Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: Many choruses are afraid of musical theatre work out of fear of what the movement it will do to the sound. This class will show how movement can be used so that it doesn’t hurt the vocal production, but actually helps achieve it. We will address physical aspects of vocal production both in rehearsal ad performance

Class Topic: Sustaining energy throughout a package
Class Title: Keeping Your Energy Up
Class Time: 1hour
Description: Performance requires energy. Good performances demand a high level of energy. Outstanding performances both demand and generate huge flows of energy. This class will help singers understand the energy blocks, and give singers procedures to build and increase the energy in their performances.

Class Topic: Writing the Scenario
Class Title: Once Upon A Time
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: This class will help to impress upon singers the advantage of working with a scenario, and to give them the techniques to write one.

Class Topic: How to work a ballad expressively
Class Title: The Ballad As A Monologue
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: This is a workshop with a demonstration chorus. Using theatre skills and techniques, we will work on building a moving, expressive interpretation of a ballad.

Class Topic: Being a responsible performer in the chorus
Class Title: How to Be an A Singer
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: This class will inspire singers to seek excellence by guiding performers and directors to take personal responsibility and establish the habits and the vision of success.

Class Topic: Building characters
Class Title: Fun With Dick and Jane (and Anyone Else You’d Like to Be!)
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: This class will help performers in creating and working with characters, and show them how to carry these characters into the songs.

Class Topic: Helping performers take risks in their performance skills
Class Title: Getting Out of the Box
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: Exercises to help performers feel at home onstage and identify what is holding them back, develop a plan to overcome their hesitancy and practice the steps.

Class Topic: An overview of performance skills for directors
Class Title: Preparing Directors of Character Work
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: A class for directors and choreographers. Using acting exercises to prepare directors and their choruses for character work using onstage focus, stage orientation and character development.

Class Topic: the director as a character
Class Title: Character Work for Directors
Class Time: 1 hour
Description: A class for directors. Finding and developing a specific character that firs into the chorus’ plan. Using the director’s leadership in character to help with concepts of onstage focus, stage orientation and character development, to help the chorus play characters different from themselves.


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