Musical Composition with Kevin Wong
Learn how to compose for musical theatre with Kevin Wong.
What makes a song a song? Structurally, textually, musically? Kevin outlines the basic principles in songwriting and composition, offering musical and narrative tools to empower new songwriters in their journeys.
March 28 - April 25, 2022
Class size: maximum of 10
Class time: Three hours x 3 classes
“I believe composition can be accessible and empowering. I believe in enabling people to tell their own stories the way they want to tell them. I believe in offering knowledge and skills that fuel your own curiosity and excitement.”
Kevin Wong
Kevin is a composer/lyricist, musician, arts worker, and lawyer who trained at the Royal Conservatory of Music (Violin/Harmony/Music History); NoteWorthy (The Musical Stage Company, 2014); Composium (Theatre20, 2015).
Selected past musical theatre writing: Recurring John: A Song Cycle (Toronto SummerWorks Festival 2014 / Chicago Musical Theatre Festival 2015); STAR!(ving): A Collection of Songs; Misprint (with bookwriter Lauren Toffan, Women of Musical Theatre Festival 2016); Drama 101 (with bookwriter & co-lyricist Steven Gallagher, Bravo Academy 2017 / Etobicoke School of the Arts 2018 / Stage Door Academy 2018); and Reframed (Musical Stage Company / Art Gallery of Ontario, Dora Nomination – Best New Musical/Opera).
Currently in Development: The Preposterous Predicament of Polly Peel (Act One) (with bookwriter Julie Tepperman, most recently a sold-out hit at the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival and winner of the 2018 Playwrights Guild of Canada Stage West New Musical Award), Believers (with bookwriter and co-lyricist Ali Joy Richardson), and In Real Life (with bookwriter & co-lyricist Nick Green, most recently workshopped at Theatre Sheridan in March/April 2020).
Kevin was the Musical Stage Company’s Associate Artistic Director from 2016-2018. He is a member of the vocal group Asian Riffing Trio (with Chris Tsujiuchi and Colin Asuncion). He is currently part-time faculty at Sheridan College.