The Hidden Song Forms of Musical Theater Nobody Talks About!

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There are two major song forms in contemporary musical theatre that you need to know and not nearly enough people are talking about. For our purposes, we’re going to call them the Macro-AABA and the Micro-AABA. They are like the 32-bar AABA chorus form…but also not. These forms are flexible and grounded, and easily allow for contemporary vocal styles and tuneful melodies. So, I think it’s safe to say that you do not want to miss out on knowing and using them.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - The Contemporary Song Structures of Musical Theatre You Need to Know
0:42 - Macro-AABA & Micro-AABA Definitions
1:58 - Macro-AABA Example
6:38 - How and Why Macro-AABA Works
8:01 - Micro-AABA Uses & Possibilities
9:49 - Micro AABA Example (inside a Macro Example)
12:55 - Why These Work & a Warning

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Michael Radi (any/all) is a Composer-Lyricist, Librettist, Performer, Vocal Coach, Musical Theatre Writing Coach, Musical Director, and the Founder of the Musical Theatre Writing Collective currently residing in New York City. They are an alumnus of the esteemed Lehman Engel BMI Musical Theatre Workshop as a lyricist, and has written six full-length musical theatre pieces in addition to ongoing projects. His original musical The King’s Legacy, which received its world premiere production in August 2019 at the Bristol Valley Theater in Naples, NY, and has also been presented in Industry Reading format both in fall of 2019 as part of the Dramatists Guild Friday Night Footlights and in November 2016. Michael’s original one-person show ’S Wonderful: An Evening with George Gershwin also played its premiere production at BVT in 2021. Other current projects include a musical adaptation of The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, a queer pop-punk adaptation of Hamlet, and a mother-daughter coming of age musical set in the world of competitive baton twirling, based loosely off of their family's history with the sport.

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