A song is a house. Begin with a foundation and floor, add walls, fill in the details, furnish, and move in to see what it's like to live there. Each class will start with exercises that lead to healthy jazz vocalizing. We'll work on presentation, performance techniques, stage patter, and dealing with nerves. We'll do tunes that everyone can participate in.
Human jazz is simple improvisation with the voice and body, our original instruments.
Inhabit worlds of play that exist between singing, dancing, and acting. All together, in small groups, in pairs, and solo we will explore musical behavior, imaginative imitation, global singing styles, and carving music with our bare hands. In this class we'll use the building blocks of melody to create expressive phrases that are all our own. We'll study classic licks in blues, country, and roots rock and learn you don't have to get fancy to get funky. Master a few handy moveable chord positions, and play up the neck in a variety of keys.