Making Money with Cabaret 

and Concert Work

Imagine putting your talents to work for you, so you can experience the freedom, confidence, AND the steady income that comes from creating and selling your own Cabaret or Concert Show!

John Lariviere and Melissa Boher Jacobson make their living performing in cabaret and concert work, performing in as many as 180 performances the last year alone!  John and Melissa are teaming up to teach YOU everything you need to know to start making money from YOUR talent by creating and selling your own marketable cabaret or concert show, that can be used over and over again for years to come! 

This Course is divided into two  sessions, Covering EVERYTHING You Need to Know to Get Started with a Marketable Concert or Cabaret Show Including:

 Creating Marketable Cabaret and Concert Shows Mondays 7-9 p.m. April 1- April 22, 2019

• FindIng/MaximizingThe Best and Most Marketable Material for Your Talents/Strengths
• Choosing, Finding and Preparing Repertoire for Your Concert/Cabaret Show
• How to Work The Music:  Choose Keys, Renditions, Cuts and Arrangements
• Where and How to Find The Resources You Need, including Sheet Music, Backing Tracks and Arrangements
• How to Effectively,  Economically, and Thoroughly Rehearse Your Concert or Cabaret Show
• How to Prepare and Create Accompaniment Charts and/or Tracks
• Where and How to Test Your Material and Make Sure it Works
• How to Structure Your Show including Through Line,Theme and Patter or Dialogue, Pacing and Stamina
• How to Use a Director/Music Director/Coach to Shape and Finalize Your Show

Marketing and Selling Your Show Mondays 7-9 p.m. April 29 - May 20, 2019

• Creating a Simple, yet Highly Effective Website that Showcases Your Product and Collects Information From Prospective Buyers
• Creating Effective, Professional, yet Economical Video and Audio Clips
• How to Effectively Distribute Your Material and get seen on Social Media, Youtube and Google
• Creating Inexpensive, Yet Effective Business Cards
• How to Find, Work and Know What to Expect from Agents
• Selling Your Show To Agents, Committees, Social and Activity Directors and Venues
• Marketing your show through Pubic Relations and Articles in Print and Online
• Tech Talk:  Getting the Right Equipment including Audio, Microphones, Tablets, Monitors and more
• How to Get Your Calendar Filled
• What to Charge for Your Shows
• How to Get Over Your Fear of Selling Yourself

PRAISE FOR MELISSA

• My experience working with Melissa has been nothing short of amazing. After working with her for just a few short months, I landed my first lead at Stage Door Manor after six years, won the Talent Portion of the Florida Teen Miss Pageant, and was accepted into Marymount Manhattan College for Theatre. I can't recommend Melissa and her programs enough!!!" Rebecca Markert, Miss Florida Junior Teen 2013
• Working with Melissa has really boosted my confidence not only in my singing but in my art as an actor. In such a short amount of time she heled me whip up an audition piece that really showcases my strengths. I never knew I could look forward to a musical theatre audition until Melissa showed me the singer in me. I'm so grateful for her expertise. Sheina Momprenier, Professional Stage, Film and Television Actress
• Fabulous experience! Mrs jacobson helped my daughter prepare for a lead role in a musical.... And the results were spectacular!" Andrea M.
• Melissa is a hugely talented director and coach.  She provides not only the tools and techniques, but the mindset you need to reach your goals as a performer.  Jody Newton, Professional Singer
• Working with Melissa has completely transformed my experience as a performer.  My success has been through the roof, since I started with her. I've never had a vocal coach like her before, who is so thorough and knowledgeable, but also so masterful at teaching how to have the confidence to reach your goals. Lara Williams

PRAISE FOR JOHN LARIVIERE

"John Lariviere  croons the  Sinatra Songbook  with all the suave finesse  these songs deserve.   Lariviere  has a gorgeous voice and a polished delivery.  More importantly, he has an obvious love  for the  lyrics  to these songs, and the stories they tell.  No tribute to Sinatra would be complete without  "My Way", and his rendition of this iconic Sinatra tune at the close of the show was understandably met with a standing ovation."

-Francisco Dominguez, Miami  Monthly Arts & Culture​

"Talented cabaret and concert singer John Lariviere sings his tribute to the music of Broadway with a voice reminiscent of   a young Jon Raitt.    Filled with power and passion, his is a voice  worthy of Broadway itself!"

-Alan Buckingham, Tampa Times

"John Lariviere wears a smart tux and cummerbund, and delivered a practiced two dozen hits by Johnny Mercer.  It’s all classic American Song Book stuff, and he certainly has the voice for it. Some of the acts passing though here are local favorites, and support them as they deserve, but this was a surprisingly entertaining hour with talent you may not see without a long ride on the turnpike."

- Carl F. Gauze,   Archikulture Digest Orlando, FL