Crafting Melodies That Sing

About this Workshop:

Are you looking for a deep dive into the guts of melody and harmony? Then this all-singing workshop may be for you!

In this workshop, Lukas Tannenbaum of RiOt and Sonic Boom will help you to learn ways to create tension and resolution within your melodies through the concepts of dissonance and consonance.

Students will leave this workshop with some advanced techniques to make more intentional melodic choices on the fly and with more awareness of how to build complex harmonies within a vocal ensemble.

This workshop is aimed at singers who can match pitch and are comfortable holding a note in a chord around other singers. If you are newer to singing or struggle with matching pitch, we'd recommend taking vocal lessons instead to build that muscle.

Date, Time & Location: This three hour workshop will take place on Sunday, April 19 from 10:00am to 1:00pm at the Endgames Improv training center at 2989 Mission St, San Francisco.

Intermediate/Advanced Students Welcome: This workshop is open to those who have studied or performed musical improv at the intermediate or advanced level.

Maximum Capacity: In order to ensure the best possible experience for those taking part, we are capping this workshop at a maximum of 14 total students.

About the Weekend: The 2026 Weekend of Workshops is a two-day event run by Bay Area Musical Improv, featuring eight workshops all taught by local musical improvisers and concluding with our annual FREE Jam & Bread community event--a combination potluck and social gathering, plus improvised songs with a live band! See a full list of all events here.

About the Instructor:

Lukas Tannenbaum is a musician, video game developer, and CGI artist from Raleigh, North Carolina. He dove headfirst into the world of improv after growing up performing in choirs, orchestras, and musical theater productions. Lukas has performed with many mainstage and independent improv teams since starting at ComedyWorx in Raleigh, NC and now performs around the bay area in RiOt and Sonic Boom and teaches at Leela Improv Theatre. While in Raleigh, Lukas co-produced the ComedyWorx musical improv team Vatican City Navy, coached independent and house longform teams, and co-created shows such as Fates and Foolery: A D&D Improv Adventure.

Lukas aspires to meld technical and artistic worlds wherein his passion for storytelling can entwine with his background in computer graphics and cinematic production. Beyond the stage Lukas volunteers as the chair for the SIGGRAPH 2026 Immersive Pavilion, serving on the committee organizing the largest computer graphics and animation conference in the world where he explores how performance, art, and technology intersect.

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