Resources & Tips

Musical Improv Curriculum

The Baltimore Musical Improv class curriculums are available for anyone to review, use, or adapt. View the curriculum page >

Musical Improv Games

• View and print instructions for all kinds of musical improv games as seen in our workshops >
  
• View terms and formats at musicalimprov.org >

Musical Improv Class Handout

Intro to Musical Improv Handout

CLEAR Scenes Handout

CLEAR Scenes Handout (Character, Location, Emotion, Activity, Relationship)

BMI Google Drive Resources

BMI Google Drive Resources

• Our main Google Drive folder: BMI public google drive
  • This is public, feel free to share this folder with anyone!
  • There are a lot of teaching materials in here, including our 4-week class curriculum (in the Education folder). Feel free to adapt these for your own classes. Please just mention BMI as a source of inspiration, and let us know if you use them. We’d love to know!
• We also have a private google drive folder, only docs with sensitive info (emails, phone numbers) go in the private doc. If you need access to this, ask an admin.

Guide: Fairy Tale Improv Format

The Fairy Tale Story is one example of a narrative structure we can have. It can really help to have something to “aim for,” to free up some mental space for singing and dancing. A narrative structure helps us as performers, and they’re also satisfying for the audience. These aren’t hard rules, just ideas and team agreements.

View the Fairy Tale Improv Format Guide

Recorded Shows

Check out our collection of recorded shows.

Inspiration Playlists

• Inspiration Playlist – Songs We Play Games To
• Inspiration Playlist – Trio Songs
• Inspiration Playlist – Tagline Songs
• Inspiration Playlist – Rich Harmonies
• Inspiration Playlist – Doubt Songs

Suggestion Generators

• Word / location / relationship (the most popular one!)
• Adjective + noun combo
• 8 category options

In-Person Classes

Intro to Improv “101” (spoken improv) is a great course that will help your musical improv.

• Intro to Improv / 101 / L1
  • Highwire Improv classes
  • Baltimore Improv Group (BIG) classes
  • WIT (DC) classes

Online Course

We aren’t affiliated with this group, but it looks pretty good!

• Musical Improv 101
  • Instant Songwriting on Teachable

Learn about local teams

Improv Baltimore Directory

Book Recommendations

Some musical improv books you might like

• Musical Improv
  • Instant Songwriting
  • Musical Improv Comedy
• Spoken Improv
  • Upright Citizen’s Brigade Manual

If you find any other resources, please share it in the Community Chat!!