Unlocking Genres: Songs in the Style of ______

Unlocking Genres

Songs in the Style of ______

Instructors: Aden Nepom and Eric Nepom (Portland, OR)

Being able to create a song in any style is a critical tool in a musical improvisers toolbelt.

Join Aden and Eric Nepom as they show you how to take any song, break it down, and improvise something brand new in the style of the original. From music styles like Rock or Country, to Sondheim or Disney and even specific artists like Dolly Parton (rest in peace)---you’ll walk away with tools and skills to not only better improvise songs in any specific genre or style of your choosing, but that help you communicate those choices with your fellow players, and musical directors too.

Bring in songs you’d love to improvise in the style of. We’ll analyze them, play with them and have a great time in this interactive and engaging workshop that helps you solve the mystery of what makes a song a song.

Student Information

Advanced: This workshop is open to those who have studied or performed musical improv at the intermediate or advanced level.

Workshop Capacity

To ensure the quality of the student experience, this workshop is capped at 14 students.

About the Instructors

Real life couple Aden Nepom and Eric Nepom have been improvising for over 65 years between the two of them. They have been playing together for roughly twelve years, and have only been married for ten blissful years. Recognized for outstanding skills in theatre, speech, communication and development, these two share a passion for committed character work, grounded platform building and that moment where one realizes that anything can happen in improv! Individually they’ve created programming, won awards and traveled the world as improv teachers, stage performers and educators. Together, they’ve taught and performed on stages from as close as 20 minutes from their house, to as far away as Tel Aviv. Their festival appearances include the Fertile Ground Festival in Portland, OR, the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival in Austin, TX, the Alaska State Improv Festival in Juneau, AK, the Seattle Festival of Improvised Theatre in Seattle, WA, New York Musical Improv Fest in NY, and Mount Olymprov Greek International Improv Festival in Athens, Greece, IMPROAmsterdam in Amsterdam Netherlands, and many more.