The roles we are looking for at the moment are:

• Assistant Director
• Producer
• Musical Director
• Choreographer
• Publicist/Marketing

If you aren’t too sure what’s involved in these roles and want to learn more, feel free to flick our web admin an email (admin@musoc.org.nz) and she will fill you in.  If you already think you’ve got the skills to take on one of these jobs then email the President (president@musoc.org.nz) and let him know you’re keen.

We’re always open to accepting people who don’t have experience in these positions but want to learn the ropes – if you’re keen to be an assistant to the producer or musical director contact us at one of the above addresses and we’ll see what we can do.

Also while we have your attention, we’re on the look for sponsors for this show – we want to be able to put on a real spectacle and to do that we’re gonna need some extra moolah.  If you can think of a company that might be keen to sponsor us please let the President know ASAP.

¡Hasta pronto!

The Exec x

Tickets are $20, available from Arts Week Box Office (details below). Light refreshments are included with admission and there will be a cash bar on site.

This event is R18

Box Office:
C-Block Walkway (Outside Chilton’s/The Burg)
Monday 30 April – Friday 4 May: 8:30am – 4:00pm

Man have we got a lot of sweet stuff coming up in the next few weeks!

To start off, this year we have made some changes to how Glee Club will run.  This will be in keeping with the responses we got from our Glee Club survey earlier in the year as well as general feedback.  Our singing clubs will now be two separate groups.  The casual all-comers group we’ve always had will still be up-and-running (more news on that to come) and we are also in the process of starting up an auditioned group with a faster pace of learning and a performance focus.  The new performance group is modelled on US show choirs and will be producing cabaret style events throughout the year.  Auditions for the new show choir are next weekend, so check out our page on Facebook or email Sam (events@musoc.org.nz) if you want a chance to be a part of this new Musoc movement.

Coming up next week will be Musoc’s first workshop for 2012.  This workshop will be purely for singing and is designed for people who haven’t done a lot of singing before, so there’s no pressure.  This will be a great opportunity for new members and for people without training who want an extra edge when going into auditions.  The focusses are music theory, technique and singing in harmony.  It’ll run in three clear one-hour segments so if you’re already a harmony-expert but need to learn to read music, you’re welcome to come to the first part and leave early.  Similarly, if you’re already a music pro but need to work on your singing technique, you’re welcome to sneak in late.  To find out more about the workshop, check out Facebook or email Aimee  (admin@musoc.org.nz).

Next on the agenda: Arts Week!  Last year, Musoc brought a fantastic 20s-themed cabaret to Canterbury’s Arts Week and it was a great success.  This year we’re looking at a similar scale event and would love to hear your input.  Do you have an idea for a theme or even a cheesy punning title for the show?  Would you be interested in musically or technically directing?  Email admin with your ideas or to volunteer.

Remember we’re always happy to hear your ideas and feedback, so flick an email to anyone on the committee (admin@musoc.org.nz is always happy to field through your responses!) any time if you have an idea for a show or a question about how the club is running for the year.

That’s all from us for now, hope term 1 has been treating you well,

Adios,

Musoc Admin

T’s & C’s

1. You must be following us on Twitter (@MusocCanterbury).
2. Your tweet must include the hashtag #UCRent.
3. Cast-members of Rent are not eligible to enter and therefore tweets from cast members including the hashtag #UCRent will not be considered entries (although friends, family and acquaintances of cast-members are eligible).
4.  Prize includes two complimetary tickets to see Musoc’s production of Rent (brought to you by Get It On! NZ) and a $50 voucher to the Running Bull Riccarton.
5. Terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.

2. Rent was nominated for a further 19 awards and won all but four of them.

3. In 2003, Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs got married, having met in the Broadway production of Rent as the original Benny and Maureen.   There’s nothing like a good  Showmance!

4. Musoc won Small Supreme Club at the 2010 UCSA Supreme Club Awards.

5. Musoc’s 2011 show The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas won best show at the UCSA Madcaps awards.

Musoc and RENT – a winning combination!

Contact producer@musoc.org.nz NOW to book your audition time, or check out our Get Involved! page to find out more.

If you’re keen to take part, whether on stage, or behind the scenes, check out the “Get Involved!” page for updates.

Musoc members also picked up the following…
Best set design – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Best marketing – The Threepenny Opera
Best director – Erin Harrington for The Threepenny Opera
Best Supporting Actor – Lance McBride for The Threepenny Opera
Best Supporting Actress – Erica Wilkinson for The Threepenny Opera
Best Actress – Lucy Mulholand for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Best Costume – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Best Choreography – Hamish Russell for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

A whole lot of of hard work and talent went into these shows and you all absolutely deserve to be recognised and celebrated.
Well done, everyone!

The Threepenny Opera, by German dramatist Bertold Brecht with music by Kurt Weill, is well known for its bawdy, sharp humour and its songs ‘Mack the Knife’, ‘Pirate Jenny’ and ‘What Keeps Mankind Alive’.

It tells the story of Macheath, the most notorious criminal in Victorian London – after Mack convinces Polly, the daughter of the leader of the beggars of London, to run away and become his wife, her father swears to find Macheath and have him hanged. Complicating this is the fact that the chief of police is Mack’s best friend, but also that Mack can’t keep out of harm’s way: it is the day of the coronation of Queen Victoria, and the public wants nothing more than a good old fashioned public hanging to add to the festivities.

The Threepenny Opera will satisfy all your musical and dramatic needs. With a fantastic cast and production team, it takes us to Victorian London with all its damp, dirty, dark tales – and darker humour.

Directed by Erin Harrington, with Assistant Direction from Sam Creed, The Threepenny Opera is not to be missed.

Music Direction by Cameron Stewart, with Assistant Direction from Daniel Leadbeater

Featuring:
Jason Pemberton
Rachael Norcross
Lance McBride
Maria Webb
Oonagh Beharrell
Matt de Villiers
Erica Wilkinson
Harriet Prebble
Harriet Wise
Will Duignan
Tineke Matthewson
Alana Boyd
Dan Richardson
Dean Wansborough
Emma Price
and Jennifer Brown

The show runs from 7pm until late on:
Tuesday 13th
Wednesday 14th
Thursday 15th
Saturday 17th

Tuesday 20th
Wednesday 21st
Thursday 22nd
Saturday 24th September

Tickets $12 students/$15 everyone else online, at the UCSA Winter Wonderland Market, or at the door. Check out the event on Facebook.

Photographs by Emma Blick

Thursday June 2nd
7pm
UCSA Big Top, 90 Ilam Road
Tickets $20 – available from Unimart and the door

Mademoiselle is inspired by strong, independent, sexy women of music from the past century. Brought to you by Musoc and Dance Co-Op, the clubs that gave you The Sinnerman, Whorehouse, and the gorgeous lounge dancers at The Perfect Storm, the show is a talent-filled evening of singing, dancing, and jazz, with just the right ratio of sexual innuendo to fun.

The music is a mixture of old and new, featuring a stellar cast of talented performers.

Tickets are just $20 – an incredible price to pay for this evening, including fancy nibbles, dessert, and a top-notch show. The Foundry Bar, temporarily located to the Big Top, will also have all the usual deals happening throughout the night.

Tickets are available from Unimart in the UCSA Big Top – get in early!