Why Participants Choose Acting Through Song
Express Yourself Through Music
Explore your voice, emotions, and creativity in a space where there’s no pressure to be perfect—just an invitation to be yourself.
Build Confidence at Your Own Pace
Whether you're brand new or returning to musical theatre, you’ll grow in a supportive, beginner-friendly environment.
Tell Meaningful Stories
Learn how to connect to a song, understand character, and bring stories to life through performance.
Feel Supported Every Step of the Way
Our program is designed to be encouraging, inclusive, and adaptable to each participant’s comfort level.
Class Details
Term Details
- Start Date: April 25, 2026
- End Date: June 13, 2026
- Showcase Date (tentative): June 20, 2026
Rehearsal Details
- Day: Saturdays
- Time (Adults): 2:00 to 3:20PM (80 min)
- Time (Teens): 3:30 to 4:50PM (80 min)
- Location: Ekko Performing Arts Society
Who It's For
- Beginner Musical Theatre Participants
- No experience required
- Teens & Adults
Stories Are More Powerful When They're Felt
Acting Through Song is about more than just singing—it’s about connection.
This program creates a space where participants can explore character, emotion, and storytelling through music in a way that feels safe and meaningful. Whether you're stepping into musical theatre for the first time or rediscovering your voice, this class is designed to meet you where you are.
Over the course of 8 weeks, participants will choose a song they want to work on and develop it through guided exploration and performance practice.
While some sessions will focus on vocal technique and performance skills, the heart of this program is connection—connection to the story, the music, and to yourself as a performer.
At Ekko, we believe the arts should be accessible, expressive, and deeply human—and this program is designed to reflect exactly that.
Jakob Creighton
Primary Instructor
Jakob Creighton is a voice teacher/coach as well as a working professional performer. He has taught Music and Drama in both English and French. Jakob holds a Bachelor of Music in Classical Voice from Université de Moncton (Moncton, NB and a Master of Arts in Musical Theatre Performance from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts (London, UK). He has trained with Estill Master Teacher, Nova Hughes, as well as Estill Master Course Instructor, Julie Cimon Racine, with Lisa Roy (Université de Moncton Voice Faculty), Monette Gould (former UdeM Voice Faculty), Robert Longo (Randolph College Voice Faculty member) and James Spilling (Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Music Faculty).
He found his love of performing at a young age, grew up performing in theatre, and had his professional début in 2015. He has performed in various productions ranging from opera to Gilbert & Sullivan to musical theatre as well as film and television. Jakob is also a member of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Actors). Favourite stage productions include: I’m Autistic: A New Musical (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025), Emma: No One But Herself, Mamma Mia(Mountview), Mary Poppins, Oliver! (Capitol Theatre), Daphnis et Chloé, Le Nozze di Figaro, Dido and Aeneas (Université de Moncton), Next to Normal (Saints Alive! Theatre Society), among many others. Jakob has also appeared on Canadian television in Diggstown (season 3) and, most recently, Sullivan’s Crossing (season 1), which aired in the US in October 2023.
Anahita Rokni
Collaborative Pianist
Anahita is a piano and guitar instructor, as well as a singer-songwriter.
Originally from Tehran, Iran, she began her musical journey at the age of 5. Anahita studied at Tehran’s Music Conservatory and learned the piano as her first instrument with the classical music method. She then moved to Vienna, Austria at the age of 16 with a music scholarship at Amadeus Music School and continued her studies as a piano performer and songwriter. Later on, she relocated to Sweden and graduated from the IB program in Gothenburg. Currently she is pursuing her Bachelor’s degree at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Anahita has professional performing experiences as a pianist and accompanist, and has performed at several music festivals and shows in Austria and Sweden including SofarSounds in Gothenburg. As a private music teacher she has experience teaching young children from the age of 4 as well as adults. Although classically trained, Anahita has songwriting and teaching experiences in contemporary genres including country, punk, and rock music. Working with children from different cultures with different languages, has led her to believe that music is the common language in our world which encourages people to grow and explore their own creativity.
Please refer to the 80-minute group class rate for all our Acting Through Song sessions.
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