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Train with industry professionals at NMTI in an intensive 13-week program to master the skills, confidence, and creative insight needed to succeed in professional musical theater.
This Spring, for the first time, the National Music Theater Institute (NMTI) will be offered as a stand alone semester program, offering students a robust, specialized curriculum taught by working professionals to build practical skills needed to thrive as a music theater performer.
During your time at NMTI, you will take classes in vocal technique, vocal performance, acting, and dance, paired with unique enrichment classes in dramaturgy and insights into creative team functionality. Cohorts are small, creating an intimate and individualized experience to promote collaboration with faculty and your fellow NMTI students.
Led by Tony nominee Alexander Gemignani, Artistic Director of the National Music Theater Conference at the O’Neill, you will receive an intentional, high-level educational experience through the lens of professional rigor.
NMTI will help you build greater confidence in your performance craft and provide you with tools to help meet the demands of the professional music theater industry.
PROGRAM DATES & DETAILS
Spring 2026
Semester Dates: January 30-May 8
Application Deadline: August 8, 2025
Credits
16 Credit Hours
MEET THE FACULTY
CORE FACULTY
Alexander Gemignani
Music Scene Study and Audition Rep & Technique
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Song Performance
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Voice
Acting
MASTERCLASS INSTRUCTORS
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THE CURRICULUM
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Acting for Music Theater (NMTI-301)
Through various courses in Song Interpretation, Acting, Music Scene Study, and Audition Technique, students will learn to interpret lyrics, analyze texts, and perform musical theatre material with skill, authenticity and repeatability. Using classic and contemporary works from both plays and musicals, students will have the opportunity to develop the skills required to successfully combine the crafts of acting and singing, thereby gaining an understanding of the rigor and skills necessary to perform in a musical.
Singing/Voice (NMTI-311)
Students will engage in one-on-one voice lessons and vocal coaching. In voice lessons, students will strengthen their singing technique through vocal exercises encouraging healthy singing habits. In vocal coaching, students will work one-on-one with a vocal coach, marrying their vocal technique with the tenets of skillful acting and lyric interpretation. They will apply this model to the vast array of vocal styles and genres required to thrive in professional music theatre.
Dance/Movement (NMTI-312)
Students will engage in Ballet and Musical Theatre Styles dance classes, leveled based on the abilities of the cohort. Ballet will form the solid foundation of classical dance technique, building the agility and strength to execute the varying styles of dance taught in the MT Styles classes. MT Styles classes will cover a variety of eras and choreographers, not only to build the student's ability to absorb different kinds of choreography effectively and accurately but also to develop the student's physical vocabulary and storytelling skills through an understanding of the history of dance and its influence on present-day musical theatre dance trends.
Dramaturgy and Creative Team Perspectives (NMTI-202)
Through script and score analysis, as well as an examination and interrogation of successful and unsuccessful collaborations in the musical theatre canon, students will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the intricacies of the art form of musical theatre and how it’s made. Students should expect listening and watching assignments as well as some required written work.