Joe Iconis: A Cabaret Performance Workshop

Michael Kirk Lane, Joe Iconis and Yaz Fukuoka

Join Tony award-nominated composer Joe Iconis, (Be More Chill, The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical) in a two-day workshop devoted to the art of singing and interpreting his music.

Teaching alongside Joe will be award-winning cabaret performer and historian Michael Kirk Lane, and acclaimed cabaret musical director Yasuhiko (Yaz) Fukuoka. The trio of artists will provide valuable insights into the art form of interpreting songs for the concert and cabaret stage. While working on Joe’s material, you will be empowered to showcase the most authentic version of yourself on stage.

Please choose a song from Iconis’s catalogue that you connect with on a personal level and come prepared to refine your craft and take your song interpretation skills to the next level. Be ready to ask questions, step outside your comfort zone, play, and dig deeper into your material to sharpen the honest message you want to share with an audience.

Pre-Screening Process:

Performers interested in working with Joe Iconis must complete this short pre-screening form and submit the non-refundable Participant Application Fee online ($20) no later than Monday, Feb 3 to be considered. The application fee will be applied towards participant registration if invited to participate, or can be applied towards auditing the workshop.
Performers invited to work with Joe Iconis will be contacted by the School of Music Office by Wed, Feb 12 and the balance in tuition ($505) will be charged at that time.

Those not interested in performing are invited to join the workshop as auditors.

Fee for Auditors: $100 before Feb 3, $150 after Feb 3.
Fee for Performers: $525

Schedule:

Fri, Feb 21:
6-9 pm

Sat, Feb 22:
10 am-1 pm
BREAK
2-5 pm

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Instructors

Yaz Fukuoka

Yasuhiko “Yaz” Fukuoka is a Drama Desk and MAC Awards nominated pianist, film composer, arranger, and music producer based in NYC. He also music-directs new musicals and cabaret shows. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Birdland, Festival de Cannes and other venues in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit www.yahzy.com.

Michael Kirk Lane

Michael Kirk Lane is an award-winning cabaret artist, most recently winning Manhattan Association of Cabaret Awards in both 2022 and 2020. He also was the recipient of the 2018 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award for Best Cabaret Show. Stephen Mosher of BroadwayWorld Cabaret has called Lane “one of the most popular performers and people working in cabaret today.” Cabaret Scenes Magazine has deemed Lane’s work “musical comedy heaven.”

Beyond his own experience performing in cabaret, Lane’s experience managing two of the city’s most renowne ...

Michael Kirk Lane

Beyond his own experience performing in cabaret, Lane’s experience managing two of the city’s most renowned cabaret venues (The Laurie Beechman Theatre, Don’t Tell Mama) offers him a unique vantage point and perspective on the art form.

As a teaching artist for over 20 years, Lane has taught all ages from pre-school to retirement homes. In each class he brings the same philosophy to his teaching, no matter the age of the students. “Art, Theatre, and Music are ways for us to connect with our most authentic self, and to explore the world around us.”