voice teacher
Through individual coaching and group work, singers will learn within the context of a workshop which will include rehearsing with a jazz pianist and bass player.
Jazz Vocal Performance
For those who love to sing jazz, this popular course provides the skills needed to cultivate alignment, awareness, and presence - the ingredients of a healthy, sustainable, authentic, embodied voice, whether you choose to become a professional singer or not. You will discover your full potential and gain the solid grounding necessary for a professional approach to performing - and have fun along the way!
Using jazz standards students will learn the basics of:
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Voice production - technique to free your natural singing voice and to develop your range
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Breathing, relaxation and alignment
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Intonation, dynamics and projection
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Improvisation, scatting and grooving
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Building a jazz repertoire
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Stage presence and audience communication
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Beginning, building and ending a song
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Rehearsing with musicians
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Microphone technique
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Creating and communicating the dynamics of a song
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Connecting with musicians and the audience, and enjoying it