Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance (MST&DA ) Executive Director Kristi Towey reports:
We are so excited to offer London Academy Of Music & Dramatic Arts
(LAMDA) acting and public speaking classes and private lessons to ages 5 and
up. The program is a wonderful compliment to our performance theatre for
ages 8+. This past year, all LAMDA students from MSTDA earned Distinctions
and Merits from the in person examinations conducted by a LAMDA examiner
from London.
Tomorrow morning, September 7th, we have our Open House from 9:30-noon. We welcome anyone to stop by if they have questions about any of our programs. There will be a LAMDA demo class for ages 5+ at 9:30am. Email MSTDA to reserve a spot in a demo class or to get more information at info@mstda.org.
According to the MST&DA:
MSTDAs successful LAMDA program expands further after an amazing set of
results!
Since its launch at MSTDA two years ago the London Academy of Music and
Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) program has grown from strength to strength.
MSTDA is proud to be one of only a few centers in the country that are
able to offer the Internationally recognized LAMDA qualifications to young
people and adults alike.
The Learners spend the academic year working towards their LAMDA
assessment covering all aspects of theater and performance – as well as
public speaking and for our younger Learners poetry and reading.
Each program is designed to instill confidence and increase self
expression and communication skills in a fun learning environment whilst
maintaining integrity and discipline of a professional drama training
program.
Led by the LAMDA Representative for the US, Mark Waite, and experienced
LAMDA tutor, Kiat Sing Teo, this year has seen our largest number of
entrants and all students received Distinctions and Merits across the
board.
Connor Ausman – who you may have seen playing Leonard Vole in the MSTDA
production of Witness for the Prosecution earlier this year, managed to
achieve a Distinction in the Gold Medal Award – the highest accolade LAMDA
can give and one of only five awarded in the entire US this year.
As one of the oldest drama schools in the world – the LAMDA Exam program
is now available in over 150 countries and the newly appointed Patron is
none other than Benedict Cumberbatch.
Each year, over 100,000 people from diverse backgrounds and abilities take
LAMDA exams, united by their enthusiasm for communication and performance
and a desire to succeed.Higher level exams (medals) offer UCAS points for
UK universities and are valid for American college applications.
This year saw our first visiting assessor since we began the program. The
Chief Examiner, Ms Linda Macrow, flew in from London to assess our
Learners directly and was impressed with the high standards achieved at
MSTDA, which was reflected in the results achieved.
New Programs and Continuing Enrollment
With the new academic year upon us we have decided to expand the program
further and will be inviting 12 of our top theater students aged 11 – 16
years to join an exclusive program that will enable them to focus purely
on Acting for the Theatre and support the many production-led programs
MSTDA are known for.
Selected learners will explore theatre-making and acting fundamentals.For more information on the syllabus, visit LAMDA Exams
This sits alongside our Introductory and Junior LAMDA programs for ages 5+
as well as the one-to-one sessions which also focus on Speaking in Public.
The program culminates in a showcase for parents. This engaging syllabus
builds confidence, enhances collaboration, improves language skills, and
strengthens memorization, all while ensuring fun
Enrollment is now open for all of our LAMDA programs and other classes at MSTDA with scholarships available. To learn more about LAMDA at MSTDA, visit their website here – https://www.mstda.org/lamda. To view the full Fall schedule and register for classes, click here – https://www.mstda.org/fall2024
Heres to another successful year as MSTDA aims to become the leading
LAMDA Centre in the state, if not the country! Contact mwaite@mstda.org
for further details on any of our LAMDA offerings.
As reported earlier this week , MST&DA is holding cast auditions for their upcoming Adult Workshop production of Nel Coward’s comedy Blithe Spirit on Sunday September 8.
MST&DA is located at 548 Main Street.
