VOCAL HARMONY WORKSHOP with CLOUDSTREET
Saturday 7th. June 2008
10.45 a.m.- 4.45 p.m.
Places £25. Booking form available here.
The Lewes Arms
Mount Place,
Lewes,
East Sussex
BN7 1YH
From Australia, Nicole Murray & John Thompson (www.cloudstreet.org/) 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.
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 ARMS FOLK CLUB
(admission £6; 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. Music will be sent in advance.
Maps & accommodationlists will be sent on request.