Betty Buckley To Teach Song Interpretation Workshop

Legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley will continue her successful Song Interpretation Workshop in March 2010. The Fort Worth native will assist aspiring young artists and experienced performers and educators in the craft of singing, acting and storytelling.
Ms. Buckley will share her expertise for telling stories in song and guide her students through a methodology to facilitate audience connection through songs and monologues. Her emotional connection to songs and audiences is renowned, and that very connection is at the heart of what Ms. Buckley imparts to her students.

The Tony award winner has thrilled audiences for years with acclaimed performances in such Broadway shows as Sunset Boulevard, Cats, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and 1776. Recently her highly praised starring role in the M. Night Shyamalan feature film The Happening, joins her other memorable film performances which include Tender Mercies, Frantic, and Carrie. In 2009, Ms. Buckley was honored with the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Theater and was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2007. She also has an extensive concert career and is currently receiving rave reviews for her new show For the Love of Broadway! at the prestigious Feinstein's nightclub in NYC. The New York Times' Stephen Holden acclaims "Betty Buckley was at the very top of her game." John Simon of Bloomberg Press raves "Equally accomplished as actress and singer, she pours a lifetime into every song."

The Song Interpretation Intensive class schedule consists of six sessions beginning on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Classes begin at 6:30pm and last 4-5 hours. For further details and to arrange an interview, prospective participants should call (940) 300-4944 An accompanist will be provided. For more information go to www.bettybuckley.com.

Ms. Buckley has been a teacher for 37 years and has taught numerous singers, actors and professionals including investment bankers, athletic coaches and persons who want to perfect their ability to effectively communicate in their work and in relationships.

The class also welcomes auditors who participate in all aspects of the class except the individual singing coached by Ms. Buckley.

Last year, Ms. Buckley directed a benefit concert for Imagination Celebration featuring workshop participants. Mark Lowry's review celebrates "The results, we must say, were heavenly." (See Ms. Buckley's video interview regarding the concert at www.theatrejones.com) Some workshop participants may be working towards a second benefit concert in the future.

She is also an Emmy-nominated television (Eight Is Enough, Law and Order:SVU and HBO's Oz) and film star (Tender Mercies, Carrie, Frantic, Another Woman and The Happening).

The Actor-Singer works regularly in concert with her ensemble of musicians. Her solo CD, Stars and the Moon: Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar Warehouse, received a Grammy nomination. In 2007, she released a new CD Betty Buckley 1967, which hit the Billboard charts. Her newest recording Quintessence, with long-time collaborator Kenny Werner and her quintet was released by Playbill and Sony BMG Broadway Masterworks in Spring 2008.

Named for Buckley's outstanding contribution to the musical theatre, The Betty Lynn Buckley Awards honor outstanding Musical Theatre in Tarrant County high schools.

Photo credit: Monica Simoes

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