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Women
in Jazz
Singers’ Vocal Performance Workshop
Saturday, August 16, 2008
9:30
am to
2:00 pm
Monarch Event Center
6406
IH-35 North, Suite 3100, Austin, TX
(in the Lincoln
Village Shopping Center, facing Middlefiskville Road)
All
singers’ are invited to learn or receive coaching on jazz vocal performance
techniques at the Women in Jazz Singers’ Vocal Performance Workshop
Who Should Attend?
If you
have a passion for singing and desire to sing in front of others, either in a
private setting, at school, at church or as an idol, this workshop is for you!
Men and women, boys and girl are welcome. Come prepared to sing and have a great
time. Or just come to observe, take in the lessons and support the other
singers.
Workshop Faculty
Mandy
Gaines: Professional International Vocalist
Pamela
Hart: Professional Vocalist and Producer of Women in Jazz
Thomas
Hughes: Professional Vocalist, Music Director, and Composer
Workshop Topics
How to speak
musicians’ language and slang, hand motions and body language to communicate
before, during, or at the end of a song. This is especially important to the
jazz singer, who often sings with musicians unrehearsed! Involves participant
singing.
Stage presence, finding your vocal range, learning the
structure of a song, finding your key to a song, microphone techniques,
phrasing, and structuring a singing set. Involves participant coaching and
singing.
 A
must for any singer who wants to become a professional, Thomas Hughes
demonstrates the different sounds of jazz chords and how singers can
recognizes different chord sounds and make deliberate use of intervals in a
song.
Swinging a tune is a
technique you learn to feel and translate through phrasing and rhythms. In
jazz, you must know how to swing! In this session, Mandy Gaines demonstrates
the art of jazz swing.
Workshop
participants and will have many opportunities to sing with the Thomas
Hughes trio during each session. Singers are encouraged to bring lead sheets
for piano, bass and drums accompaniment.
Workshop Band
These outstanding
professional jazz musicians will accompany vocalists during the workshop
sessions. They will also answer questions from vocalists from a musician’s
perspective. The band is an invaluable learning resource for singers. This is
your chance to ask any questions about what they don’t teach you in school!
How to Register
This workshop will
provide a rare opportunity vocalists of all ages should not pass up.
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The workshop fee is
only $35.00 and includes materials and lunch.
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TO REGISTER,
SELECT ONE of the FIVE methods below:
eMail
to
sales@womeninjazz.org with
the subject of "Workshop Registration", and provide your name, address, and
phone number.
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Print
the Workshop flyer below, complete the registration form, make check payable
to "Women in Jazz", and mail it in 5 business days before the
event.
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Call 512-258-6947,
Select option '2'; Provide your name, address, and phone number; or your name
and email address. Walk-ins are
welcome, although seats are limited!
The Women in Jazz Concert Series and Vocal Performance Workshop are sponsored by The
Austin Chronicle, Austin Cab Company, The Villager Newspaper, Austin American
Statesman, Mitchies Art Gallery,
Soulciti.com, Men's Clotherie, and Majestic Design. Women in Jazz
Association, Inc. is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through
the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts
and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a
great nation deserves great art..
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