Music Theatre Director/Voice Specialist
Saltus Grammar School
Hi, I’m
Lynn Flickinger
Bethlehem,PA
Summary
Dynamic Performing Arts Educator recognized for creative leadership and artistic innovation with proven track record of successfully engaging students in learning. Recipient of multiple awards, including the Bethlehem Area School District Friend of Education Award. Pursuing opportunities to broaden and expose performers, students and patrons to the aesthetic beauty, the expressive qualities, the cultural diversity, and the joy of the performing arts.
Work History
Saltus Grammar School
Music Theatre Director/Voice Specialist
Job overview
- Conducted rehearsals to prepare performers for performances
- Arranged music, solos and instrumental accompaniment for special performances
- Educated students on proper vocal techniques and vocal warm-ups
- Designed curriculum approaches to align with student experience level
- Maintained private in school studio with Music Theatre and Piano Students
- Directed groups at rehearsals and live or recorded performances collaborating with school wide communications
- Reviewed scripts to determine most appropriate methods to use for directing both actors and crew members
- Conducted meetings with staff to discuss production progress and to attain production objectives
- Evaluated scripts to identify creative strategies and resource needs
Brandon Hall International Boarding School
Director of Performing Arts
Job overview
- Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate pedagogy to increase student understanding from 22 different countries and cultures improving individualized learning outcomes
- Formulated a proposal for theatre and music improvement project generating $15,000 seed money for program and capital funding
- Accompanist for all student performances and special events
- Initiated monthly and yearly recitals for music and drama students
- Spearheaded innovative approaches to resource allocation and strategic planning
- Exposed students to diverse content to build perspective in drama pedagogy
- Modeled creative acting styles and techniques encompassing varied history genres and performance techniques
- Produced three theatrical performances each year streamlining technical elements
- Participated in state-wide one act play competition winning regional first place award and best actress award
- Developed project budgets and managed production costs with strict budgetary controls to avoid waste and streamline costs
- Directed work of lighting and sound crews to coordinate efficient production operations and develop a curriculum
- Evaluated scripts to identify creative strategies and resource needs
- Devised innovative Silent Film curriculum collaborating with the International Youth Silent Film Festival
- Completed editing by cutting and arranging footage to create final versions of films
- Created student compositions of original music to provide soundscapes for films
- Wrote scripts by creating stories for films to establish plots and characters
- Developed Shakespeare and Hip Hop curriculum combing prose with music beats and choreography
Lehigh Valley Charter High School For The Arts
Vocal Teacher/Music Director
Job overview
- Developed curriculum for Performance and Audition Techniques (PAT), Anatomy of The Voice, Expression and Storytelling, Monologues, and Scene Development
- Coordinated, directed and implemented a new curriculum project that immersed the students in collaboration, accountability and ownership of Senior Projects and Senior Performance Showcase
- Taught performers of varying skill levels ways to improve overall range.
- Developed and taught curriculum for Music Theory, Musicianship and Music History Classes utilizing arts integration for higher analytical thinking and reasoning
- Coordinated and arranged professional Masterclasses
- Accompanist for Students
- Music Director - scheduled vocal and instrumental rehearsals
- Auditioned and cast students for Musical Productions
- Mentored struggling students with individualized approach to enhance learning
DeSales University/PA Shakespeare Festival
Voice Professor/Music Theater Director
Job overview
- Taught, coached and prepared voice students for auditions, performances and recitals
- Developed voice curriculum that included; Anatomy of the Voice, Storytelling, and Character development
- Accompanied students for lessons and performances
- Composed, transcribed and arranged music for PA Shakespeare production of Much Ado About Nothing
- Auditioning and casting director for musical productions
- Supervised, trained, coached, mentored and evaluated student interns and staff for Summer Intensive Performing Arts Program
- Collaborated with staff to develop curriculum, lesson plans, and collaborative projects
- Organized shows and recitals each year, including booking musicians
- Interpreted, transposed and modified music to personalize performances
- Identified and approved equipment and elements required for productions
- Presented production ideas and determined creative scenarios for production and delivery
Education
Greensboro College , Greensboro, NC
Bachelor of Arts from Music
Thomas Edison State University , Trenton, NJ
Bachelor of Arts from Music
Westminster Choir College , Princeton, NJ
Master of Arts from Master Voice Studies
Skills
- Trained in recognizing emotional, social, diverse learning styles
- Facilitator of group discussions and assessments
- Mentoring Artists
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- New Program Development
- Solve Production Problems
- Experienced, professional, seasoned performer
- Proficient playing piano, ukulele, accordion, violin and viola
- Music arranger, transcriber and composer
- Auditioning and Casting
- Certified Grant Writer
- Studio recording experience
- Budgetary Controls
- Instructional Strategies
Accomplishments
- Slumber Songs (ITunes)
- It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year (ITunes)
- LynnFlick Jazz Trio
- Awarded the Fletcher Vocal Scholarship
- BASD Friend of Education Award
- Published Writer- “Performing Arts Programming,” YMCA International Magazine
- Grant Writer I & II
MASTERCLASSES
Guest Artist for Theatre Performance Masterclasses
- University of Nebraska, Theatre Performance Classes
- Shea's Performing Arts Center
- Georgia Theatre Conference
- Finding Your Voice through
Kinesthetic Movement and Breathing; Dr Tiffany Keenan Women’s Symposium, Bermuda - NETworks, Breathing for the Singer, Once National Tour Cast
- Gateway School Performing Arts; Santa Cruz, CA
REFERENCES
Rob Preuss, Music Director
Once Musical National Broadway Tour
rob.preuss@mac.com
Diane Wagner, Director of Theatre
Lehigh Valley Charter HS for The Arts
dwagner@charterarts.org
Luke Wygodny, Actor/Musician/Songwriter/Grammy Nominee
Creator and Co-Founder - The Heartstrings Project
lukewygodny.com
PERFORMANCE AND DIRECTING
DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
- Pennsylvania Playhouse - Bright Star; Music Director
- Dieruff HS - Godspell 2012 Edition; Director (Nominated for 4 Freddy Awards)
- Saltus School - Into the Woods; Director
- Brandon Hall International School - Hamlet/Hip Hop; Director
- Brandon Hall International School - Through The Looking Glass; Director (Winner of 2 awards)
- Brandon Hall International School - Rock of Ages; Director
- The Peck School - The Music Man and Young Sherlock; Director
- Lehigh Valley Performance Arts High School -Blood Brothers, Promises Promises; Music Director
- DeSales University - Christmas Festival, O.Henry Three One Act Plays, Cole!, The Butterfinger's Angel; Music Director
- PA Shakespeare Festival - Much Ado About Nothing; Music Director
- LV Theatre- Children of Eden, Godspell, Clowns, Rapunzel Uncut; Director
- Rocky Mt Theatre - Lion King, High School Musical; Music Director
- Plumstead Christian School - Annie Get Your Gun; Director
PERFORMANCE RESUME
ABOUT ARTIST AGENCY
1650 Broadway, Suite 1406 New York, NY 10019
Aboutartistsagency@gmail.com (212) 581-1857
Actors' Equity Association
TV/FILM
Alpha House (w/ John Goodman) - Senator - Amazon Studios
Spring Awakening- Mrs. Gabor -Tartan Entertainment (post production)
The Elephant - Mother - Shamrock Productions
NATIONAL TOUR
Once - Baruska - Shaun Peknic, Dir.
NEW YORK THEATER
The Storm (Premier) – Marge – Roosevelt Hotel – Intaglio Productions
Fannie Lou (World Premier) - Mrs. Richards -Carnegie Hall
REGIONAL THEATER
Sweeney Todd - Ensemble - PA Shakespeare Festival
Into The Woods-Witch-Civic Theatre
Christmas Doll-Mrs. Thimblebee- PA Youth Theatre
Man of LaMancha- Housekeeper- PA Shakespeare Festival
Carousel- Nettie- DeSales University
Brigadoon- Fiona - Saucon Valley Fine Arts
Secret Garden- Lily- Civic Theater
INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS
Mozart; Coronation Mass - Soprano Soloist;
Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Scotland & England
Handel; Dixit Dominus -Soprano Soloist
Honegger; Le Roi David -Soprano Soloist
CABARET/JAZZ
Cabaret- Featured Performer Provincetown Cabaretfest, Dillon's; NYC
Jazz and Standards- Hotel Bethlehem, Blue Restaurant, Musikfest, Lynn Flickinger Trio
TRAINING
Greensboro College; Greensboro, NC— BA Music
Princeton University, Westminster Choir College – Master Voice Scholarship Studies Voice - Lois Bove (Manhattan School of Music), Laura Brooks Rice, Bill Williamson
Dance- Greensboro College
Acting - Shaun Peknic; NYU, Jimmy Smagula, Duncan Stewart, Greensboro College
Master Class Music Theatre - Jimmy Smagula, Benton Whitley, John Bucchino
Voice: Mezzo-Soprano (3 Octave Range); Swimming, Kayaking; Instruments: Piano, Violin, Viola, Accordion, Dialects: Scottish, British, Cockney, Irish, Czechoslovakian, German, Russian, Boston, Southern
Timeline
Director of Performing Arts
Brandon Hall International Boarding School
Vocal Teacher/Music Director
Lehigh Valley Charter High School For The Arts
Voice Professor/Music Theater Director
DeSales University/PA Shakespeare Festival
Greensboro College
Bachelor of Arts from Music
Thomas Edison State University
Bachelor of Arts from Music
Westminster Choir College
Master of Arts from Master Voice Studies
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