VOCAL HARMONY WORKSHOP with CLOUDSTREET http://www.cloudstreet.org
Saturday 28th. April 2012
10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m.
Places £35. Booking form available here.
The Elephant & Castle,
White Hill,
Lewes
BN7 2DJ
From Australia, Nicole Murray & John Thompson offer hot harmonies with spellbindingly precise delivery. They add humour, vitality & excitement to traditional & modern Australian, English & Celtic songs & tunes. Guitar, flute, fiddle, whistle & concertina enrich the mixture. John is also a member of The Spooky Men's Chorale & has an excellent blog, An Australian Folk Song A Day.
This workshop day offers the perfect opportunity to discover & explore vocal harmony. We will cover warm-ups for body & voice, useful techniques to enhance your tone, breathing, pitch, phrasing & rhythm, enjoyable songs in parts, & improvisation & harmony development.
IN THE EVENING CLOUDSTREET PERFORM AT THE LEWES SATURDAY FOLK CLUB
AT THE ELEPHANT & CASTLE
(admission £7; advance tickets available from address at end of the booking form)
Provisional Timetable
| 10.45 | Registration & coffee; order lunch (refreshments are not included) |
| 11.00 | A comprehensive approach to physical & vocal warm-ups. Singing techniques - getting the basics right. |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 | Building harmonies. Matching pitch, blending tones & applying these techniques in song. |
| 15.00 | Tea/coffee break |
| 15.15 | Further exploration. Improvisation & developing your own harmonies. |
| 16.45 | Finish |
N.B. Booking is recommended as numbers are limited.
Maps & accommodation lists will be sent in advance if requested.
Valmai Goodyear,
20, St. John's Terrace,
LEWES,
East Sussex
BN7 2DL
Tel. (01273) 476757
e-mail: Valmai Goodyear
Website: http://www.lewessaturdayfolkclub.org/