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Students to be graded on making a song and dance

Australian students will be able to formally study musical theatre, both theoretically and practically, as of 2016.

9 Nov 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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Image: The 2012 musical, Margaret Fulton: Queen of the Dessert. Photo by Gerard Assi.

The new syllabus to teach musical theatre is launched this week by the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB). The program, covering both vocal technique and repertoire, will be introduced along with a series of publications designed to support musical theatre education from beginner to diploma levels.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts