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ABOUT MUSICAL THEATRE MASTERY
Tell the truth.
Especially when you sing!
Acting-first training, practical tools, and personal coaching for performers who want every note to mean something.
Musical Theatre Mastery brings voice, acting, and audition preparation together—so the work you do in practice connects to the story you tell on stage.
BRING THE PIECES TOGETHER
A voice lesson here.
An acting class there.
One performer connecting it all.
Training can feel fragmented. You learn an exercise, work on a scene, and collect audition advice—then have to figure out how it all fits together. Musical Theatre Mastery connects those pieces on purpose.
01 / LEARN
Understand the craft.
Explore singing, acting, and audition preparation through free training that gives you ideas to take into your work.
02 / PRACTICE
Make the work practical.
Use tools to explore repertoire, prepare your voice, and bring more structure to the time between lessons.
03 / CONNECT
Get personal guidance.
Work directly with a coach to connect technique and intention in your own songs, scenes, and auditions.
OUR CORE PHILOSOPHY
Technique serves the story.
Every note is also an acting choice. Breath, resonance, phrasing, and vocal freedom matter because they help you communicate what your character wants.
That belief sits at the heart of the Mosaic Method: connecting the pieces of a performance instead of treating singing and acting as separate disciplines.
Start with intention.
Who are you speaking to? What do you need from them? Let the lyric, circumstances, and relationship give your choices direction.
Make technique tangible.
Explore a specific adjustment, notice what changes, and bring it straight back into the song. An idea becomes useful when you can apply it.
Build a process you can repeat.
The goal is more than one good take. Understand what worked and how to explore it again when you practice independently.
THE PERSON BEHIND MTM
Hi, I’m David Jayden Anthony.
I’m a voice and acting coach, pianist, music director, musical theatre writer—and a musical theatre nerd.
My perspective comes from performing material, accompanying it, and understanding how it’s written. I listen for how the voice, the music, and the character’s intention can work together.
I earned my master’s degree in Musical Theatre Writing & Production at Berklee NYC. I’m an OCSA and Young Americans alumnus and former faculty member, and my experience includes working as a pianist for Jason Robert Brown and Stephen Schwartz.
Curiosity. Specific feedback. Room to try again.
In a session, we work with your actual material. I explain what I’m hearing, help you try an adjustment, and connect that discovery to the performance you want to give.
MTM extends that work beyond the studio through training and tools you can return to between sessions.
THREE WAYS INTO THE WORK
Find the support that fits your next step.
01 / TRAINING
Learn at your own pace.
Free resources on singing, acting, and audition preparation. Start with a question, explore a technique, and bring it into your next practice session.
02 / TOOLS
Put ideas into practice.
Explore vocal warmups, the Vocal Range Finder, audition song and monologue finders, Performance Builder, and accompaniment tracks.
03 / COACHING
Work on what matters to you.
Get individual guidance on your voice, storytelling, and audition material. Choose in-person coaching, live online sessions, or a video performance review.
SERIOUS ABOUT THE WORK. WELCOME WHERE YOU ARE.
Your starting point is a place to build from.
Preparing for an arts high school or college audition. Finding your footing as a professional. Returning to the stage after time away. You deserve clear guidance and room to develop your own voice.
Honest guidance
Specific feedback, a clear sense of what to work on, and practical next steps.
Access to the craft
Free training and tools alongside personal coaching for performers who want individual support.
Your own voice
Preparation that helps you make intentional choices and communicate as yourself within the role.
LET’S CONNECT THE PIECES
Bring your material. Let’s find what clicks.
Experience the approach in a free 30-minute Zoom coaching and assessment session. We’ll work on your material, explore your goals, and identify a useful next step.
Real coaching + assessment · No obligation