MEL's School of Music & Theater

This Sunday from 2 PM to 6 PM is our End of the Year Recital at The Stage. All are welcome!! This show is FREE. There is table service with food and drink@to be purchased. 2 PM Group Classes 3 PM Mr. Greg, Miss Mel & Mr. Dillon’s Private Students 4 PM Miss Mel’s Students... 5 PM Graduating Senior Showcase Check out the attached QR code to read our Playbill featuring all of the performers!

Make sure to watch A Killer Party, my alma mater, Frontier Central High School’s musical, starring one of our students, Paige Tomlinson!!

Presenting Broadway Mini’s Make Believe Theatre Camp! July 5th through July 9th 9 AM to 12 PM. $100 ages 4 to 6! If your child is turning 4 in the summer, they are welcome! Each day students will do a vocal and physical warm up, learn drama and improv through theatre games, work on an end of the week show that includes songs and an original script about Make Believe! The students will work together and help to write their lines about all the things they love to imagine! ... Space is limited, so sign up today! [email protected] #makebelieve #theatreschool #makebelievetheatre #summercamp #miniscamp #kidcamp #theatrecamp #dramacamp

Yay Gavin!!!! We are so proud of you!! First of many amazing opportunities!

Big congrats to our girl Ari for getting into Buffalo Academy of Visual & Performing Arts!! We are so proud of you. You are the ultimate definition of hard work paying off!

Winners so far: 1st Quarter Jennifer Detwiler Zangerle Half Michelle Teter Congrats friends!!Winners so far: 1st Quarter Jennifer Detwiler Zangerle Half Michelle Teter Congrats friends!!

Bring a Friend WINNER!

We’ll be picking the winner of the Bring a Friend week right before kickoff today! Stay tuned!We’ll be picking the winner of the Bring a Friend week right before kickoff today! Stay tuned!

When I was a kid, my grandmother put me in an acting class at Studio Arena Theatre. Who remembers that place? My friend from class was in a play being done there. My grandmother brought me to the theatre to watch my friend and support. That play was Fences, by August Wilson. I knew at that moment, I wanted do Theatre. I wanted to move people, the way this play moved me. The story was about about a father, who happened to be a fantastic baseball player. He couldn’t crack into... the MLB and break racial barriers that prevented him. Though his life had its struggles, especially in the evidence of his relationships with his family, he becomes the first black bus driver in Pittsburg. August Wilson’s portrayal of everyday Americans, has always dug deep into my heart. He wrote about lives years before mine existed, but his works can be very much related to today. I encourage all of you, but challenge our Senior Theatre company’s to really make an effort to dive into Black plays. I ask now, during Black History month, but also to make sure you are including these amazing playwrights in your everyday research. As actors, we must constantly be educating ourselves on lives of the past as well as works of art in the present. Here are some choices that I have read or plan to read: Fences by August Wilson Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box by Adrienne Kennedy A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Tambourines to Glory by Langston Hughes Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury Ain’t No Mo by Jordan E. Cooper https://www.google.com//theater/black-playwrights-theater.

Just as a reminder, there is no Jammin’ Kidz today! Everyone stay safe and we will see you 2/20 for our first class!Just as a reminder, there is no Jammin’ Kidz today! Everyone stay safe and we will see you 2/20 for our first class!

Friends! I cannot explain enough how helpful our daytime study club is! Rylie gets ALL OF HER WORK DONE! No arguing or whining. Miss Hannah is wonderful and so caring. She makes sure all of the students stay on task. Then... They’re super creative for the rest of the day. Whether it’s a music or theatre class or playing games or writing plays. I am beyond grateful to have this as I work from home with the baby. ... If you’d like more info on our Music & Theatre Study Club check out our site and give us a call ASAP! www.melsmusicschoolwny.com/studyclub 716-551-MEL4 #virtuallearning #hybridlearning #proctor #theatreschool #musicandtheatre #studyclub

Let’s get into the spirit! Wear your costume, makeup or accessories to your private or group lesson! Make sure you can still breath & move #HaloweenWeek #HappyHalloween #MELs #Theatreschool #MusicSchool

Happy birthday Chessa!! You’re growing up to be such a confident, lovely, talented young lady! We are looking forward to all of your amazing success in the future. You are on your way up girl! We’re grateful to be a part of your journey

Hi Guys! Just wanted to remind everyone, Miss Dominique is conducting an audition technique workshop for November! She is a rising star in the WNY Theatre community as well as on a national level. She has extensive experience auditioning. This is an amazing opportunity! This workshop is only for middle and high schoolers. The workshop is $80, for every Saturday in November from 12 to 2 PM. For students in private or group lessons, or in the theatre company, you get a 10% dis...count on the total of what you’d spend this month. You will be auditioning for Matilda and/or Hairspray depending on your age. We will begin right from the beginning of the audition process, including how to get headshots and create a resume. Each week you will follow the next step in the audition process. Please let me know ASAP if you plan on taking the workshop. There is limited space for this!!! Thanks so much! Dominique is a professional actress from Buffalo and SUNY Fredonia alumni. Recent credits include: Ragtime (Sarah *Artie Award Winning Performance), West Side Story (Maria), Little Shop of Horrors (Ronnette), Late in the Evening World Premiere (Mysterious Woman), FirstDate (Alison/Lauren/Ens.), Avenue Q (Gary Coleman). Dominique would like to thank her friends, family, and God for her continued success.

#Besties This is what it’s all about!!

We made the news! Thank you @spectrumnewsbuffalo! #theatreschool #trunkortreat #showcase #halloween #averybroadwayhalloween #musicschool

Today’s the day!! We are so excited to present A Very Broadway Halloween today at @danifitbuffalo Parking Lot. Doors open at 12 PM. Parking can be in MEL’s Parking lot, the parking lot across from MEL’s, on the same side of the street and the side streets. Here are two of our leading ladies!! Isabelle Wray is performing in the Tuesday Senior Theatre Company as The Witch!... Caitlin Cole is also in the Tuesday Senior Theatre Company performing as Audrey! #theatreschool #halloween #showcase #musicschool #thewitch #intothewoods #littleshop

We’re so excited to introduce our students who will be performing this Saturday at A Very Broadway Halloween! We will highlight each of our three companies everyday leading up to this weekend. Be sure to grab your ticket to this outdoor, socially distant, event at Dan-Fit Parking Lot October 24th from 12 PM to 7 PM. Showtimes are at 1 & 5 PM. Trunk-Or-Treat from 3 to 5 PM. DJ and local vendor fair, all day!! Streaming tickets available. Limited tickets sold! Student Spot...light! Keeley Reiford, performing in Tuesday Theatre Company’s A Very Broadway Halloween as Rosalia Mia Sorgi, performing in the Tuesday Senior group’s A Very Broadway Halloween She’ll be playing Christine Daae Max Decker , performing in the Tuesdays Senior Company’s IA Very Broadway Halloween as Riff Raff Eve Laidman, performing in the Tuesdays Senior Company’s IA Very Broadway Halloween as The Scarecrow www.melsschooltix.com #theatreschool #Musicschool #theatregroup #Theatrecompany #showcase #halloween

Friends! Our event has been SOLD OUT. But, we added more tickets. Only catch. You need to bring your own chairs. You can sit with your group within the section you’re given! Tickets can be purchased at www.melsschooltix.com