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Musical Improv Level Two

Musical Improv Level Two with Jacob Horn and Ammon Taylor

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Class Days: Tuesdays 7pm - 9pm (in-person)
Begins: Aug 19, 2025
Ends: Oct 14, 2025
Price: $299

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: 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)

Instructor: Ammon Taylor

Ammon Taylor is an award-winning pianist, composer, and music director. By day he accompanies dance classes and teaches music to children and adults alike. By night he rehearses and performs with the best musical improv performers in New York. Even later at night, he writes musicals.

Full Session Schedule

Session Schedule*

  1. Aug 19, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)
  2. Aug 26, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)
  3. Sep 2, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)
  4. Sep 9, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)
  5. Sep 16, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)
  6. Sep 30, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)
  7. Oct 7, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)
  8. Oct 14, 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
    at Ripley Grier (520 8th Ave, 16th fl)
    (btw 36th & 37th Sts)

Show Schedule*

  1. Oct 19, 2025, 9:00 PM
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
    2. *scheduling subject to change