Tag Archives: Eliza Skinner

2 Years at UCB

Thursday, July 24, 2008 – 10:52 am

July 5th (when I started writing this) marked my second anniversary of taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade New York. It’s been a fast 2 years, but when I think back to even just a year ago, I am a amazed how far I have come. There have been plateaus, peaks, and a [...]

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Lessons Learned from Musical Improv

Monday, April 21, 2008 – 2:21 pm

My Musical Improv class at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade, taught by the incredibly talented Eliza Skinner, ended the other week. It was undoubtedly the most fun I’ve had in an improv class to date. Learning to sing improvised songs was a liberating experience, not only because singing is so much fun, but because it’s a [...]

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Best of Musical Improv: I Eat Pandas

Monday, March 3, 2008 – 3:18 pm

This New York based musical improv group is made up of two amazingly talented performers, Glennis McMurray and Eliza Skinner. Formed in 2003 for UCB NY’s 3-on-3 compitition, I Eat Pandas is one of the repeating crowd pleasers at the Del Close marathon, where I first saw them get a standing ovation in 2005. Many standing ovations later, at small clubs and larger venues, they consistently blow away my expectations from what is possible from improvised comedy.

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Musical Improv Class taught by Eliza Skinner

Friday, October 27, 2006 – 5:36 pm

Hi improvisors. Thought you may be interested in a musical improv class taught by Eliza Skinner. If you don’t know Eliza Skinner, she is probably one of the most talented musical improvisors performing in New York at the moment. She’s part of I Eat Pandas, Stickerbook, writes for Hello Hilarious, and also performs in the [...]

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