Shorter College hosting Master Class on March 1
 
February 25, 2010 - Shorter College will host a Master Class featuring New York-based composer/lyricist team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The class, designed for musical theatre majors, will take place on March 1. The class is also open to the public.

Master Classes allow musical theatre majors a chance to receive coaching from top-flight individuals from Broadway Theatre. Students competitively audition for an opportunity to perform and work with the master teacher in a public forum.

Pasek and Paul are recipients of the prestigious 2007 Jonathan Larson Award named after the late composer of Rent. At age 21, they became the youngest winners in the history of the foundation. Pasek and Paul are writers for the Disney Channel television series Johnny and the Sprites and contributed music to White Noise (a cautionary musical) profiled on Good Morning America and ABC Primetime Live. Additionally, they have been invited to participate in the first Johnny Mercer Songwriting Festival funded by the American Musical Theatre Project, and were listed as part of the "50 To Watch" upcoming playwrights and composers by The Dramatist Magazine.

A 6 p.m. reception will be held in the Eubanks Room on the Shorter College campus. The Master Class begins at 7:30 p.m. inside Brookes Chapel which is also located on the Shorter campus.

Founded in 1873, Shorter College is a Christian college committed to excellence in education. Since 2003, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Shorter among the South’s best baccalaureate colleges. The college offers traditional bachelor’s degrees in 48 major areas as well as undergraduate degree programs for working adults, the Master of Business Administration and the Master of Arts in Leadership. Online courses are also available. Shorter will transition to university status June 1, 2010. For more information, visit www.shorter.edu.

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