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Musical Improv Level Two with Frank Spitznagel and Jacob Horn

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Check below to see the full schedule for each session, see if your class skips a week for a holiday, and check out the date and time of your class show(s).

Class Description

Taking the fundamentals you learned in level one, Musical Improv Level 2 shows you how to make your improvised scenes and songs look and feel more like a Broadway musical! Exercises in listening and emotional commitment will give you the solid scene-work you need to launch into songs. Also, you will explore different song styles, learning about want songs, philosophy songs, charm songs, and metaphor songs. 8 weeks of classes followed by a class performance. Prerequisite: Musical Improv Level One

Instructor: Frank Spitznagel

Frank Spitznagel is the Musical Director at Magnet Theater and a piano accompanist who frequently plays for such improv groups as I Eat Pandas, Veal, The Made-Up Musical, Gusto, and many others. He is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music, where he studied piano performance. His work can be heard on several studio recordings. Frank has composed for Comedy Central and the Aspen Comedy Festival. He accompanied Itzhak Perlman in an original jazz composition by Benny Golson at Lincoln Center. He also played the American premiere of The Hired Man Off-Broadway. He has been musical director for productions such as Nunsense (all incarnations), A Chorus Line, Chicago City Limits, and several original musicals.

Instructor: Jacob Horn

Jacob started improvising in high school, switched to a cappella while studying Comparative Literature and Latin at Haverford College, and then moved to New York, where improv came back with a vengeance. His tendency to harmonize, syllabize, or beatbox to any music whatsoever—a residual effect of a cappella that musical improv has done nothing to help—continues to make him an unpopular guest at parties.

Since 2014, Jacob has studied and performed all over the city, including Magnet classes with Jon Bander, Armando Diaz, Elana Fishbein, Megan Gray, Louis Kornfield, Michael Lutton, Peter McNerney, and Frank Spitznagel. He performs every Friday with Premiere: The Improvised Musical, and is a proud alum of Musical Megawatt teams Public Pool, Nightshade, and Zodiac. Whenever he needs a bottle opened, you can also catch him hosting Excalibur! The Search for the Next King Arthur. (Photo: Tim Tiebout Photography)

Full Session Schedule

Session Schedule*

Feb 18, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Feb 25, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Mar 4, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Mar 11, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Mar 18, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Mar 25, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Apr 1, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)
Apr 8, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
(btw 36th & 37th Sts)

Show Schedule*

Apr 14, 2025, 9:00 PM
at Magnet Theater
(254 W. 29th Street)

_{*scheduling subject to change}