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Musical Improv Level Three

Musical Improv Level Three with Michael Lutton

Apply Class Days: Sundays 3:30pm - 5:30pm (applications due 6/30, notifications 7/2)
Begins: Jul 13, 2025
Ends: Sep 7, 2025
Price: $325

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

In this 8-week course you will build on what you learned in Musical 2 and expand your repertoire of narrative structures. You will learn how to do a Hero's Journey, a Genre Piece, and a Musical Monoscene in addition to the Fairy Tale. By the end of the course, you will have the skills and confidence you need to make each show a unique musical experience! 8 weeks of classes followed by THREE class shows. Prerequisite: Magnet Musical Levels 1 and 2 + Instructor Approval.

Applications due: noon on Mon (6/30)
Notifications sent out: Wed (7/2)

Instructor: Michael Lutton

Michael has been a Magnet instructor since 2011. He has travelled the country performing in festivals and has taught workshops in Boston and Washington, DC. He has also taught several corporate and team-building workshops.

He began improvising in 2006, and was lucky to train with teachers such as Armando Diaz, Rachel Hamilton, James Eason, and Tara Copeland.

Michael currently teaches Level 1, Level 4: Monoscene, Musical Improv Level 1 and Musical Improv Level 3.

In addition to his teaching duties, Michael is the Director of the Musical Improv Program at the Magnet.

Full Session Schedule

Session Schedule*

  1. Jul 13, 2025, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
    at TBA
    (at a studio space TBA in the vicinity of Chelsea, Manhattan)
  2. Jul 20, 2025, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
    at TBA
    (at a studio space TBA in the vicinity of Chelsea, Manhattan)
  3. Jul 27, 2025, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
    at TBA
    (at a studio space TBA in the vicinity of Chelsea, Manhattan)
  4. Aug 3, 2025, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
    at TBA
    (at a studio space TBA in the vicinity of Chelsea, Manhattan)
  5. Aug 10, 2025, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
    at TBA
    (at a studio space TBA in the vicinity of Chelsea, Manhattan)
  6. Aug 17, 2025, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
    at TBA
    (at a studio space TBA in the vicinity of Chelsea, Manhattan)
  7. Aug 24, 2025, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
    at TBA
    (at a studio space TBA in the vicinity of Chelsea, Manhattan)
  8. Sep 7, 2025, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
    at TBA
    (at a studio space TBA in the vicinity of Chelsea, Manhattan)

Show Schedule*

  1. Sep 12, 2025, 6:00 PM
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  2. Sep 19, 2025, 6:00 PM
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
  3. Sep 26, 2025, 6:00 PM
    at Magnet Theater
    (254 W. 29th Street)
    4. *scheduling subject to change