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Thursday, April 19, 2012 7:00pm
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Instructor: Christopher Fritzsche
This popular class, taught by internationally recognized countertenor Christopher Fritzsche, focuses on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed for a range of singers from beginning to experienced levels, each session includes work on foundational as well as advanced technical concepts. The class is limited in size in order to give participants more individual attention.
All participants will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This personalized instruction occurs in mini voice lessons that take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:00pm
Friday, January 06, 2012 1:00pm
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Free & open to all!
Thursday, November 03, 2011 6:30pm
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Instructor: Christopher Fritzsche
This popular class, taught by internationally recognized countertenor Christopher Fritzsche, focuses on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed for a range of singers from beginning to experienced levels, each session includes work on foundational as well as advanced technical concepts. The class is limited in size in order to give participants more individual attention.
All participants will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This personalized instruction occurs in mini voice lessons that take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 7:00pm
Sonoma County's popular summer choral series! Join us in a unique experience of singing great choral masterworks, led by some of the Bay Area’s finest choral conductors.
Each session features a noted conductor working through one or more great works with a group of local singers ranging in size from 60-120 voices. This summer's offerings include: Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem conducted by Brad Wells, Mozart's Requiem conducted by Jenny Bent, selected works of Purcell conducted by Bob Worth, and Bach's Mass in B Minor conducted by Magen Solomon.
Don't miss the opportunity to acquaint yourself--or reacquaint yourself-- with these great works. There is no need to register or sign up in advance.
Please note that these are not concerts. These events are a chance for you to sing!
Purcell Selections:
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011 7:00pm
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011 1:00pm
Sonoma Bach presents Susan Harvey in an informal lecture on the music of Claudio Monteverdi & the Dawn of the Baroque at the Petaluma Historical Museum. Open to everyone. No admission charge. No registration required.
Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:30pm
Time: 9:00AM - 4:30PM
You are cordially invited to join Sonoma Bach for a day of singing the late-Renaissance vocal polyphony of noted Italian composer Luca Marenzio. The workshop will focus on the five volumes of his secular music published in 1585: three books of madrigals, a book of villanellas, and a book of canzonettas. These volumes contain vocal works for three, four, five, and six parts, allowing us to explore the repertoire in a variety of large and small enembles. Of particular interest will be the opportunity to sing his setting of Petrarch's "Zefiro torna" from Marenzio's First Book of Madrigals for Four Voices All music will be rehearsed and performed a capella. While participants need not be professional singers, they should have a pleasant singing voice, experience in small ensemble singing, and the ability to sight-read.
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Saturday, January 08, 2011 9:00am
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011 7:00pm
Instructor: Christopher Fritzsche
This popular class, taught by internationally recognized countertenor Christopher Fritzsche, focuses on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed for a range of singers from beginning to experienced levels, each session includes work on foundational as well as advanced technical concepts. The class is limited in size in order to give participants more individual attention.
All participants will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This personalized instruction occurs in mini voice lessons that take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
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Monday, January 03, 2011 7:00pm
Date: Saturday 6 November 2010 Come take part in Sonoma Bach's inaugural dance workshop where you will learn some of the most famous dances of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Baroque dancer & violinist extraordinaire, Julie Andrijeski, will teach you the basics of the Bourée, Gavotte, & Minuet with live musical accompaniment provided by members of Live Oak Baroque Orchestra & the Young People's Chamber Orchestra. Julie Andrijeski is among the leading baroque violinists in the U.S. She is a full-time member of the early-music trio, Chatham Baroque, an award-winning ensemble that performs throughout the Americas. In addition, Ms. Andrijeski regularly appears with several other baroque groups including, among others, Apollo’s Fire, the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Cecilia’s Circle, Spiritus Collective, and the King’s Noyse. Her unique performance style is greatly influenced by her knowledge and skilled performance of Baroque dance, and she often teaches both violin and dance at workshops. She has been on the faculty of the Baroque Performance Institute at the Oberlin Conservatory for over a decade and has taught at the Madison Early Music Workshop. Ms. Andrijeski received her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Early Music from Case Western Reserve University in May 2006. Previous degrees include a B.M. in Violin Performance from the University of Denver (1985) and an M.M. in Violin Performance from Northwestern University (1986). She has recorded extensively and awaits the release of Chatham Baroque’s most recent recording project, sonatas from Prothimia suavissima, on Dorian Recordings. This class is open to musicians, singers, dancers, & music-lovers of all types who are new to Baroque dance. No previous dance experience is required. Expand your circle of friends as you meet new people & learn the proper way to proffer a hand during the minuet! Ages 13 and up are welcome. Please wear comfortable clothes & flexible shoes. Ideal shoes are ballet teaching shoes with a flexible sole and small heel. Ballet slippers, soft jazz shoes, or just plain socks will also work. Space is limited and registration is required. Check-in begins at 11:30 a.m.
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 12:00pm
Sonoma Bach presents Dan Solter, Bach scholar and long-time member of the Bach Choir, in an informal evening of talk, music and refreshments. Dan will discuss cantatas 62, 91, 16, 65, all included in the All-Bach Christmas Celebration to be performed in December 2010. As Dan notes here: Each Bach cantata is a world, and this Bach Talk will look at each of our four cantatas in turn, expanding out into Bach's world wherever a connection can be found. We'll see how the Christmas story is told. I was drawn to Bach, without having any real appreciation of classical music, when I first noticed the magic he works with his instrumental bass lines when he thinks no one can notice, and we'll see how our cantatas show that, especially in the recitatives. As in the last talk, the real focus will be on figuring out who this stranger is that lived in Bach's head. Open to eneryone who is interested in J.S. Bach’s life and music. No admission charge. No registration required.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:30pm
Date: Saturday, September 18, 2010
Folder-shoulder got you down? Standing on risers for long concerts hurt your back? Interested in making a deeper connection to your instrument, the body? Do you want to better access and ground your breath and free up tension to make singing easier? Just curious about chakras, asanas, or yoga in general? This day-long workshop surveys yoga for singers. Move a bit, sing a lot, and find out how to begin a yoga practice that can help you be a more physically present and grounded choral singer.
No yoga mat or previous experience necessary. Movement will be gentle and related to concepts of singing.
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Dates: Tuesday Evenings, July 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2010 - 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
This popular class, taught by internationally recognized countertenor Christopher Fritzsche, focuses on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed for a range of singers from beginning to experienced levels, each session includes work on foundational as well as advanced technical concepts. The class is limited in size in order to give participants more individual attention.
All participants will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This personalized instruction occurs in mini voice lessons that take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
"The teachers were fabulous in their support of choral singers and generous with their insights into specific next steps for each of us. We had a great time in every session!"
"Through this course I gained information that I could use to sing better. Even more important, I gained confidence in my singing."
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010 8:00am
Dates: Wednesday Evenings, January 13, 20, and 27, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Folder-shoulder got you down? Standing on risers for long concerts hurt your back? Interested in making a deeper connection to your instrument, the body? Do you want to better access and ground your breath and free up tension to make singing easier? Just curious about chakras, asanas, or yoga in general?
Join us for a new workshop exploring yoga for singers. Move a bit, sing a lot, and find out how to begin a yoga practice that can help you be a more physically present and grounded choral singer. Repertoire will be varied and accessible to singers with previous choral experience.
No yoga mat or previous yoga experience necessary.
Movement will be gentle, chair-based or standing, and fully integrated into concepts of singing.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 7:00pm
Dates: Tuesday Evenings, January 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2010 - 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
This popular class, taught by internationally recognized countertenor Christopher Fritzsche, focuses on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed for a range of singers from beginning to experienced levels, each session includes work on foundational as well as advanced technical concepts. The class is limited in size in order to give participants more individual attention.
All participants will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This personalized instruction occurs in mini voice lessons that take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
"The teachers were fabulous in their support of choral singers and generous with their insights into specific next steps for each of us. We had a great time in every session!"
"Through this course I gained information that I could use to sing better. Even more important, I gained confidence in my singing."
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:00pm
Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:00pm
Sunday, November 01, 2009 11:00am
Next class: Tuesday Evenings, July 28, August 4, 11, 18, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
This popular class, taught by internationally recognized countertenor Christopher Fritzsche, focuses on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed for a range of singers from beginning to experienced levels, each session includes work on foundational as well as advanced technical concepts. The class is limited in size in order to give participants more individual attention.
All participants will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This personalized instruction occurs in mini voice lessons that take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
"The teachers were fabulous in their support of choral singers and generous with their insights into specific next steps for each of us. We had a great time in every session!"
"Through this course I gained information that I could use to sing better. Even more important, I gained confidence in my singing."
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:30pm
Each session features a noted conductor working through one or more great works with a group of local singers ranging in size from 60-120 voices.
Don't miss the opportunity to acquaint yourself--or reacquaint yourself-- with these great works.
Wednesdays evenings in July – 7:00-9:30
Guest Conductors:
Musical scores and refreshments provided.
Tel: (707) 581-8933
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:00pm
Join us for an exciting full-day vocal music workshop featuring early music specialist Shira Kammen. We'll look at Medieval and Renaissance compositions, as well as traditional Anglo-American songs celebrating the May season, springtime love of the court and of the country, gardens and greenery, and renewal. The pieces will feature virelais and rondeaux by Guillaume Dufay, secular music of Ludwig Senfl, and the acclaimed Anonymous as well as a goodly amount of British Isles traditional music. All voice parts are needed; some sightsinging skills required.
Shira Kammen
Shira happily collaborated with singer/storyteller John Fleagle for fifteen years, and performs now with several new groups: a medieval ensemble, Fortune's Wheel: a new music group, Ephemeros; an eclectic ethnic band, Panacea; as well as frequent collaborations with performers such as storyteller/harpist Patrick Ball, sopranos Anne Azema , Susan Rode Morris, medieval music expert Margriet Tindemans, and in many theatrical and dance productions.
She has played on several television and movie soundtracks, including 'O', amodern high school-setting of Othello. Some of her original music can be heard in an independent film about fans of the work of JRR Tolkien. The strangest place Shira has played is in the elephant pit of the Jerusalem Zoo. She hopes to spend more time playing music of all kinds in the wilderness.
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Please join us for a vocal music workshop featuring early music specialist Shira Kammen, featuring gorgeous Medieval and Renaissance new year's songs, winter and solstice songs, and songs from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Featured composers include Thomas Morley, Robert Johnson, Adam de la Halle and Guillaume Dufay, as well as the perennial Medieval favorite, Anonymous. All voice parts are needed; some sightsinging skills required.
Shira Kammen
Shira happily collaborated with singer/storyteller John Fleagle for fifteen years, and performs now with several new groups: a medieval ensemble, Fortune's Wheel: a new music group, Ephemeros; an eclectic ethnic band, Panacea; as well as frequent collaborations with performers such as storyteller/harpist Patrick Ball, sopranos Anne Azema , Susan Rode Morris, medieval music expert Margriet Tindemans, and in many theatrical and dance productions.
She has played on several television and movie soundtracks, including 'O', amodern high school-setting of Othello. Some of her original music can be heard in an independent film about fans of the work of JRR Tolkien. The strangest place Shira has played is in the elephant pit of the Jerusalem Zoo. She hopes to spend more time playing music of all kinds in the wilderness.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009 10:00am
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:30pm
Next class: Tuesday Evenings, January 6, 13, 20, 7pm - 9:30pm and Saturday, January 24, 1-3:30pm
This class will be limited in size so as to give participants more individual attention. The emphasis will be on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed with the beginning to the more experienced level singer in mind, this series of classes will consider some foundation as well as advanced technical concepts. Each participant will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This will happen in mini voice lessons that will take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
"The teachers were fabulous in their support of choral singers and generous with their insights into specific next steps for each of us. We had a great time in every session!"
"Through this course I gained information that I could use to sing better. Even more important, I gained confidence in my singing."
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009 7:00pm
Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:00am
Next class: July 1, 8, 15, & 22, 7-9:30pm
Topics covered include:
Instructor:
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:00pm
Next class: Monday Evenings, July 7, 14, 21 & 28, 7pm - 9:30pm
This class will be limited in size so as to give participants more individual attention. The emphasis will be on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed with the beginning to the more experienced level singer in mind, this series of classes will consider some foundation as well as advanced technical concepts. Each participant will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This will happen in mini voice lessons that will take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
"The teachers were fabulous in their support of choral singers and generous with their insights into specific next steps for each of us. We had a great time in every session!"
"Through this course I gained information that I could use to sing better. Even more important, I gained confidence in my singing."
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Monday, July 07, 2008 7:00pm
Next class:TBD
Simona Nass and Paul Kim bring their passion, knowledge, and vast collection of Renaissance Motets to a workshop designed to help singers get the most out of their sightreading skills. Singers will have the opportunity to sing one on a part in small ensembles formed based on individual experience.
Simona Nass has been singing choral music since elementary school, including participating in recordings with Cantori/New York and the Renaissance Street Singers. However, she is primarily known for being a Renaissance motet sight-singing obsessionist. After sight-singing Renaissance motets for over a decade, she started hosting Renaissance motet sight sings in 2005, gathering a different set of 4-8 singers several times a month. Nearly 200 singers have participated, ranging from professional singers with strong sight-singing skills to less advanced community chorus members.
Paul Kim is an SFSU Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and is currently pursuing his Master of Music in Choral Conducting with Josh Haberman, also at SFSU. He is the director of the International Orange Chorale (www.iocsf.org),
the San Francisco State University Women's Chorus, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, and was a member of RoShamBo, a professional a cappella jazz/pop sextet.
Next class: Monday Evenings, July 7, 14, 21 & 28, 7pm - 9:30pm
This class will be limited in size so as to give participants more individual attention. The emphasis will be on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed with the beginning to the more experienced level singer in mind, this series of classes will consider some foundation as well as advanced technical concepts. Each participant will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This will happen in mini voice lessons that will take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
"The teachers were fabulous in their support of choral singers and generous with their insights into specific next steps for each of us. We had a great time in every session!"
"Through this course I gained information that I could use to sing better. Even more important, I gained confidence in my singing."
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Thursday, November 08, 2007 8:00am
Description:
This workshop explores:
From previous workshop participants:
“... a class that could benefit any performer: beginning to advanced.”
“I learn so much from Karen.
She has a way to help you go beyond what you think you can do.”
About the Feldenkrais Method®
Founded by Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-84), the Feldenkrais Method®of Somatic Education
offers a system toward developing harmonious patterns of movement. Its emphasis on sensing,
imagining, and differentiating the relationships between the joints and bones of the skeletal
system helps to bring greater clarity and comfort, grace and ease. In the performing arts, the method is highly effective in improving coordination and posture for singers, dancers, and in character study for actors.
About Karen:
Singer and Feldenkrais Practitioner, Karen Clark, has presented workshops for musicians throughout the U.S. Her essay, The Impulse to Sing, is published in the Feldenkrais Journal. Karen is Lecturer in Voice at Sonoma State University.
Drop in rate: 4 Thursday evenings, $15 each, Saturday intensive, $45.
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Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:00pm
This weekend intensive workshop features lessons in Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement augmented by individual Functional Integration® lessons specific to the needs of performing artists including singers, actors and instrumentalists.
Founded by Moshe Feldenkrais, the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education offers a means for discovering new approaches, new movements, and new ways of sensing ourselves. In Awareness Through Movement lessons participants are guided through a series of structured, gentle and innovative sequences which highlight the relationship between the bones, joints, and muscle groups of the body.
This workshop explores:
From previous workshop participants:
“... a class that could benefit any performer: beginning to advanced.”
“I learn so much from Karen.
She has a way to help you go beyond what you think you can do.”
About the Feldenkrais Method®
Founded by Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-84), the Feldenkrais Method®of Somatic Education
offers a system toward developing harmonious patterns of movement. Its emphasis on sensing,
imagining, and differentiating the relationships between the joints and bones of the skeletal
system helps to bring greater clarity and comfort, grace and ease. In the performing arts, the method is highly effective in improving coordination and posture for singers, dancers, and in character study for actors.
Singer and Feldenkrais Practitioner, Karen Clark, has presented workshops for musicians throughout the U.S. Her essay, The Impulse to Sing, is published in the Feldenkrais Journal. Karen is Lecturer in Voice at Sonoma State University.
Next class: Wednesday evenings, January 3, 10, 17, and 24, 7pm - 9:30pm
This class will be limited in size so as to give participants more individual attention. The emphasis will be on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed with the beginning to the more experienced level singer in mind, this series of classes will consider some foundation as well as advanced technical concepts. Each participant will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This will happen in mini voice lessons that will take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
Comments from past participants:
"The teachers were fabulous in their support of choral singers and generous with their insights into specific next steps for each of us. We had a great time in every session!"
"Through this course I gained information that I could use to sing better. Even more important, I gained confidence in my singing."
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For the string player or the brass player who would like to find more comfort in sitting and playing or the singer who seeks more ease in standing and holding music, these classes will be of benefit in the following ways:
Come and enjoy this opportunity to move and create and explore your possibilities for movement. Dress comfortably. Mats are provided or you may choose to bring your own. To enhance your process of learning, we invite you to consider taking this intensive weekend workshop in conjunction with the weekly Ready Set Sing workshop!
Singer and Feldenkrais Practitioner, Karen Clark, has presented workshops for musicians throughout the U.S. Her essay, The Impulse to Sing, is published in the Feldenkrais Journal. Karen is Lecturer in Voice at Sonoma State University.
The Summer 2006 Workshop takes place on July 22 & 23
Saturday 10am to 4pm
Sunday 2pm to 6pm
Saturday, July 22, 2006 10:00am
Next class: January 2008
Topics covered include:
Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:00am
Each session features a noted conductor working through one or more great works with a choir of local singers ranging in size from 60-120 voices.
There is no advance registration necessary for the Midsummer Night Sings sessions. Just come on down to have a great time singing! If you have a score for the evening's project, bring it along. Otherwise, you can borrow one of ours. Fees are collected at the door. Snacks and beverages for breaktime are provided!
Don't miss these great opportunities to acquaint yourself--or reacquaint yourself-- with these great works!
Wednesdays evenings in July – 7:00-9:45
Guest Conductors:
Location: Room 119, Ives Hall, Sonoma State University
Musical scores and refreshments provided!
Tel: (707) 664-4234
Then Ready, Set, Sing! is for you. We'll begin with a clear overview of the mechanics of your voice, then move into the experience of singing. We'll explore as a group and in a masterclass setting where you'll receive individual attention from workshop leaders...a great opportunity to learn by observing others as they work through similar vocal challenges all in a fun and supportive atmosphere. The class will focus on ensemble and solo singing techniques.
Co-taught by SSU voice professors Christopher Fritzsche and Karen Clark.
Monday, January 03, 2005 7:00pm
Then Ready, Set, Sing! is for you. We'll begin with a clear overview of the mechanics of your voice, then move into the experience of singing. We'll explore as a group and in a masterclass setting where you'll receive individual attention from workshop leaders...a great opportunity to learn by observing others as they work through similar vocal challenges all in a fun and supportive atmosphere. The class will focus on ensemble and solo singing techniques.
Co-taught by SSU voice professors Christopher Fritzsche and Karen Clark.
Then Ready, Set, Sing! is for you. We'll begin with a clear overview of the mechanics of your voice, then move into the experience of singing. We'll explore as a group and in a masterclass setting where you'll receive individual attention from workshop leaders...a great opportunity to learn by observing others as they work through similar vocal challenges all in a fun and supportive atmosphere. The class will focus on ensemble and solo singing techniques.
Co-taught by SSU voice professors Christopher Fritzsche and Karen Clark.
Each November, SCCS and the Sonoma
State University music department host the High School Choral Festival.
High schools from across Sonoma and northern Marin counties are invited to bring
choirs to the university to for each other, for SSU choral director Bob Worth,
and for a guest clinician. Choirs receive both written comments and a live,
15-minute clinic. The inaugural festival, in 2002, featured ten choirs from eight different high
schools; the guest clnician was Brad
Wells of Williams College in Massachusetts. The second annual festival,
in 2003, featured twelve choirs from nine different schools, with guest clinician
Daniel Hughes of The
Choral Project in San Jose. The third annual festival is slated for Thursday, November 18, 2004, from 8
to 5 PM. The clinician will be Anna Hamre, director of choral activities at California State University Fresno.
For further information, please email Bob
Worth.
Thursday, November 18, 2004 8:00am
There is no advance registration for the Midsummer Night Sings sessions. Just come on down to have a great time singing! If you have a score for the evening's project, bring it along. Otherwise, you can borrow one of ours. Fees are collected at the door.
Snacks and beverages for breaktime are provided!
Don't miss these great opportunities to acquaint yourself--or reacquaint yourself-- with these great works!
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Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:00pm
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BachTalk: Musica Poetica
In this lecture, musicologist Susan Harvey sets the scene for our Sonoma Early Music Festival, focusing on the early German Baroque, its deep connections with Italian musical traditions, & its efforts to align music with language - resulting in an idealogical and practical musica poetica.
In order to receive venue information, please RSVP via email to our Education Coordinator Cheryl Moore (cheryl@sonomabach.org).
Historical Dance Class
In anticipation of our March presentation of Banchieri's Festino, these three classes will introduce late-Renaissance Italian dances of the kind that might have been performed at a Carnevale celebration.
These beginning-level classes are open to all, no need to be a dancer or even a musician! Classes are limited to 12 students. Pre-registration on our website is highly recommended, but "drop-ins" will be welcome if space permits.
Please
click here for the class flyer.
Please wear casual clothes that you feel comfortable moving in and, most importantly, a flexible shoe (preferably a dance teaching shoe, ballet slipper, jazz shoe, etc.). "Character" shoes are not recommended.
General: $20.00
Thursday, February 09, 2012 6:30pm
Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:30pm
Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:30pm
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Time: 7:00PM - 9:30PM
Location: Holy Family Episcopal Church, Rohnert Park
Registration Note: Class size is limited. Online registration is required.
General: $100.00
Student/Seniors: $75.00
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:00pm
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 7:00pm
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:00pm
Midwinter Choral Workschop: German Music of the Early Baroque
CANCELLED
Following is a note from our Music Director, Bob Worth:
I am disappointed to have to tell you that we have decided to cancel this Saturday's Midwinter Singing Workschop. Although there are 21 of you already signed up, unfortunately we have very few men. Much of the music I had been planning for the day is divided into six or eight parts, so we'd need a minimum of 3 and preferably four strong men's sections to pull it off.
I don't know exactly what differences exist between this year and last year's Marenzio Workshop (42 participants), but it can't have helped that the 49ers' first playoff game in many years is a direct hit on our event this Saturday.
In addition, we may have missed some opportunities to get the word out; we've worked hard at it, but there may have been unexploited avenues. If you have ideas for publicizing future workshops, please let us know.
I appreciate so much your willingness to take part in what would have been a wonderful day of exploring wonderful music!
Many thanks and best wishes,
Bob Worth
You are cordially invited to join us for a day-long choral workshop led by Sonoma Bach music director Bob Worth, exploring the astonishing works of Schein, Scheidt, Schütz, & Schultheiß (aka Praetorius). Spectaculor settings for various voice combinations will include Praetorius’ Magnificat "Ut re mi fa sol la," selections from Schein’s Diletti pastorali, and Schütz’ Geistliche Chormusik.
All music will be rehearsed and performed a capella. While participants need not be professional singers, they should have a pleasant singing voice, experience in small ensemble singing, and the ability to sight-read.
Baroque Strings Workshop
Attention Baroque String Players! Sonoma Bach invites you to participate in a weekend workshop led by Stanley Ritchie, Baroque violin, and Mary Springfels, viola da gamba. Other faculty members will include Aaron Westman, baroque violin & viola; Shirley Hunt, baroque cello & viola da gamba, & Phebe Craig, harpsichord.
This intensive weekend course will include technique & repertoire classes as well as ensemble work culminating in a final performance. This exciting opportunity is open to emerging professionals, enthusiastic amateurs, & auditors who seek a grounding in the style, technique, repertoire, and rhetoric of Baroque music. Participants will have the opportunity to play a variety of Baroque repertoire in both small and large ensembles by a variety of composers.
This workshop may serve as an introduction for modern string players. Please contact Cheryl Moore, Education Coordinator, for details.
Location: Angela Center
Registration: This workshop is open to no more than 24 participants who will be chosen based on their application materials. Application materials are still being accepted. All fees are due no later than 20 December 2011.
Tuition: Tuition for the workshop is $175 General/$140 Student/$85 Auditor in addition to the Room & Board or Day Use fees listed below.
Room & Board: Lodging & meals are available to particpants and auditors at the venue for an additional $210. This includes lodging on Friday & Saturday as well as 6 meals.
Day Use: The additional fee for those participants or auditors who choose to commute each day is $60 total. Meals at the venue are available to commuters for an extra $14 per meal by prior arrangement.
For details including a general schedule, please
click here for the Workshop Brochure & Application.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Cheryl Moore, Education Coordinator, at cheryl@sonomabach.org.
Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:00am
Sunday, January 08, 2012 9:00am
Viol-Lab
Improve your consort-playing skills in this 3-part workshop for intermediate players led by LOBO's own violist da gamba Shirley Hunt.
Topics to include:
Consort songs of William Byrd
Bach for viols
Tunes from Spain & Latin America
Pre-registration on our website is required. Please be sure to indicate what size viol(s) you would be able to bring & what clefs you read.
Time: 6-8:30pm
Location: Arlene Francis Center
Note: If you would like to register, but would prefer to pay with cash or check, please call our office at (877) 914-BACH.
General: $25.00
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 6:00pm
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:00pm
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 6:00pm
BachTalk: Rays of Hope
Longtime Bach Choir baritone Dan Solter explores how composers bid farewell to the departed and give comfort to those who remain. Focusing on our December concert repertoire, including Bach Cantata 106 and the Brahms Requiem.
Historical Dance Class
Many of you have been asking for classes in historical dance & so we have devised an introductory series which can be attended as single events or consecutively. This fall Cheryl Moore will touch on 3 different dances from France, England, & Italy. 3 more classes will be offered in the spring.
Class I: Renaissance France - "Suite of Branles"
French Dancing-Master Thoinot Arbeau suggested a typical branle-suite in his famous 1589 treatise Orchesographie - but we'll make our own & take a Renaissance trip around the world while we're at it!
Class II: Renaissance Italy - "Vercepe"
A ballo by Domenico da Piacenza (c. 1455). Really just a Renaissance version of a line dance!
Class III: Late Tudor/Early Stuart England - Dancing at the Inns of Court 1570-1675.
Do you think these dances were choreographies for the Revels or just notes from students' dance classes? Come learn one so you can join in the heated academic debate!
These beginning-level classes are open to all, no need to be a dancer or even a musician! Classes are limited to 16 students. Pre-registration on our website is required.
Please wear casual clothes that you feel comfortable moving in and, most importantly, a flexible shoe (preferably a dance teaching shoe, ballet slipper, jazz shoe, etc.). "Character" shoes are not recommended.
Time: 7-8:30
Location: Arlene Francis Center
Note: If you would like to register but would prefer to pay with cash or check please call our office at (877) 914-BACH.
General: $20.00
Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:00pm
Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:00pm
Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:00pm
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Dates: Tuesdays, July 19 & 26, August 9 & 16, 2011
Please note that there is no class on Tuesday August 2nd.
Time: 7:00PM - 9:30PM
Location: Holy Family Episcopal Church, Rohnert Park
Registration Note: This class is full.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 7:00pm
Tuesday, August 09, 2011 7:00pm
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 7:00pm
Midsummer Night Sings
Dates: Wednesdays, July 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2011
Time: 7:00PM - 9:30PM
Location: Holy Family Episcopal Church, Rohnert Park
Cost: $10 each session, payable at the door.
Click here for a flyer showing the dates and repertoire
"Jubilate Deo in D"
"Dido and Aeneas"
"In these delightful pleasant groves"
"My beloved spake"
"Man that is born of a woman"
"Lord how long wilt Thou be angry"
"Masque" (Call the Nymphs and the Fauns from the woods)
General: $10.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $10.00
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 7:00pm
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 7:00pm
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:00pm
Chanticleer in Sonoma
For workshop information and application materials, click above on the Chanticleer in Sonoma tab.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Baroque Strings Workshop
Attention Baroque String Players! Sonoma Bach invites you to participate in a weekend workshop April 15-17 led by Elizabeth Blumenstock, Baroque violin, and Mary Springfels, viola da gamba. Other faculty members will include Aaron Westman, baroque violin & viola; Shirley Hunt, baroque cello & viola da gamba, & Phebe Craig, harpsichord.
Announcing - A Faculty Concert presented as part of the our Baroque Strings Workshop.
Click here for a flyer about the concert.
Amidst the rolling hills of Sonoma County, this intensive weekend course will include technique & repertoire classes as well as ensemble work culminating in a final performance. This exciting opportunity is open to emerging professionals & enthusiastic amateurs who seek a grounding in the style, technique, repertoire, and rhetoric of Baroque music. Auditors are also welcome at a reduced fee. Participants will have the opportunity to play a variety of Baroque repertoire in both small and large ensembles by composers like Bach, Biber, Corelli, Couperin, Handel, Lawes, Legrenzi, Locke, Lully, Merula, Muffat, Schmelzer, and Walther.
No prior period instrument experience is necessary. This workshop may serve as an introduction for modern string players. Modern instruments are welcome if strung in gut, tuned to A-415, and played with a Baroque bow.
Location: Angela Center
Registration: This workshop is open to no more than 35 participants who will be chosen based on their application materials. In addition to a completed application, applicants must submit a resume & a $25 non-refundable deposit (which will be applied towards the total bill upon acceptance into the workshop). Successful applicants will be notified by 25 March 2011. All remaining fees are due no later than 1 April 2011.
Tuition: Tuition for the workshop is $175 General/$140 Student/$70 Auditor in addition to the Room & Board or Day Use fees listed below.
Room & Board: Lodging & meals are available to particpants and auditors at the venue for an additional $210. This includes lodging on Friday & Saturday as well as 6 meals.
Day Use: The additional fee for those participants or auditors who choose to commute each day is $60 total. Meals at the venue are available to commuters for an extra $14 per meal by prior arrangement.
For details including a general schedule, please download the Workshop Brochure and Application. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Cheryl Moore, Education Coordinator, at cheryl@sonomabach.org.
Saturday, April 16, 2011 9:00am
Sunday, April 17, 2011 9:00am
RepTalk: A Closer Look at Monteverdi & Mannerism
Renaissance Singing Workshop: Luca Marenzio 1585
Location: Holy Family Episcopal Church, Rohnert Park
General: $25.00
FANS: $20.00
Student/Seniors: $20.00
Yoga for Musicians
Registration Note: This class has been cancelled.
General: $80.00
Student/Seniors: $40.00
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7:00pm
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 7:00pm
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:00pm
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Dates: Monday Evenings, January 3, 10, 24, and 31, 2011
Time: 7:00PM - 9:30PM
Location: Holy Family Episcopal Church, Rohnert Park
Registration Note: This class is now full. If you would like to be placed on a waiting list, please email Cheryl Moore, Education Coordinator, at cheryl@sonomabach.org.
General: $80.00
Student/Seniors: $40.00
Monday, January 10, 2011 7:00pm
Monday, January 24, 2011 7:00pm
Monday, January 31, 2011 7:00pm
Baroque Dance Workshop
Time:12 noon to 6:00PM (light refreshment provided)
Location: Penngrove Clubhouse
General: $50.00
FANS: $40.00
Student/Seniors: $40.00
Bach Talk
Yoga For Singers
Focuses on breathing and optimal physical alignment
Explores mental and energetic aspects of yoga: chakras, meditation, concentration
Time: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Location: Center for Spiritual Living
2075 Occidental Road
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Registration Note: This class is limited in size.
Click Here
to download a printable PDF flyer of the workshop.
REGISTRATION
Registration Fee - $35.00 per person.
General: $35.00
Saturday, September 18, 2010 10:00am
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Location: Holy Family Episcopal Church
Registration Note: This class is limited in size.
*For questions about the class email: christopher.fritzsche@gmail.com
Comments from past participants:
"This class changed my mind. Before, I thought voice classes were mainly for soloists; now I see that every voice can grow and benefit from expert guidance."
REGISTRATION
This class is currently full. If you would like to be put onto the waiting list, please email: amber@sonomabach.org
General: $80.00
Student/Seniors: $30.00
Music, Memories and the Brain
Presented by Dr. Petr Janata
Associate Professor of Psychology
University of California, Davis
The autobiographical memories evoked by music, and the associated emotions, are among the most powerful and poignant ways in which music engages the human brain. Using brief musical excerpts, Dr. Janata will discuss how we respond to memory-evoking music, both in terms of the memory content and the particular areas of the brain that are engaged in following the music's melodic and harmonic structure. While many areas of the brain support memories evoked by music, Dr. Janata will explain how a single area of the brain plays a particularly prominent role in associating music, memories, and emotions.
Yoga for Singers
Justin Montigne, instructor
Location: Ives 119, Sonoma State University
Registration Note: This class is limited in size.
Week 1: Tadasana - Stand and Sing
Week 2: Performing with Prana - Breath/Wheels of Life
Week 3: Yoga = Union - Getting It Together
Each night we will sing as part of our exploration. The repertoire will be varied, ranging from folk songs to vocal jazz to renaissance motets - anything that a choral singer may encounter - so that we can confront the issues in various styles of singing from a yogic perspective.
*For questions about the class email: info@sonomabach.org
REGISTRATION
General: $60.00
Student/Seniors: $25.00
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Location: Ives 119, Sonoma State University
Registration Note: This class is limited in size.
*For questions about the class email: christopher.fritzsche@gmail.com
Comments from past participants:
"This class changed my mind. Before, I thought voice classes were mainly for soloists; now I see that every voice can grow and benefit from expert guidance."
REGISTRATION
This class is currently full. If you would like to be put onto the waiting list, please email: amber@sonomabach.org
General: $80.00
Student/Seniors: $30.00
Eighth Annual High School Choral Festival
Come hear young choral singers from Sonoma and Marin as we invite guest clinician Buddy James and SSU choral director Robert Worth to listen to, comment upon, and encourage our local choirs. Drop in anytime throughout the day to get a taste of what these kids can do!
Day of the Dead Choral Workshop
Vocal music workshop featuring early music specialist Shira Kammen. Join us for an all-vocal workshop exploring laments for some of the great composers of the Renaissance and Middle Ages. Sing music by some of the great masters including Machaut, Josquin, Morley, and Ockeghem followed by the muscal lament on their deaths composed by a colleague, teacher or friend. All voice parts are needed; some sightsinging skills required.
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Ives 119, Sonoma State University
Registration Note: This class is limited in size.
*For questions about the class email: christopher.fritzsche@gmail.com
Comments from past participants:
"This class changed my mind. Before, I thought voice classes were mainly for soloists; now I see that every voice can grow and benefit from expert guidance."
REGISTRATION
This class is currently full. If you would like to be put onto the waiting list, please email: christopher.fritzsche@gmail.com
General: $80.00
Student/Seniors: $30.00
Midsummer Night Sings
Sonoma County's popular summer choral series, now in its eighth season! Join us in a unique experience of singing great choral masterworks, led by four of the Bay Area’s finest choral conductors.
July 7 - Lynne Morrow
Vivaldi: Gloria
Bach: Cantata 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden"
Professor of Music, Sonoma State University
Choral Director, Oakland Symphony Chorus
Director, Pacific Mozart Ensemble
July 14 - Carol Menke
Faure: Requiem & Poulenc: Gloria
Director, Cantiamo Sonoma
Director, Santa Rosa Children's Chorus
Music Director, Church of the Incarnation
July 21 - Magen Solomon
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requim
Professor of Choral Music, University of Southern California
Music Director, San Francisco Choral Artists
July 28 - Robert Worth
Monteverdi: A tour of the 1610 Vespers & Missa in illo tempore
Professor of Music, Sonoma State University
Choral Director, Santa Rosa Symphony
Locations: July 7, 21, and 28: Room 119, Ives Hall, Sonoma State University; July 14: Holy Family Episcopal Church, 1500 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park
$10 per session; $5 students, age 18 and under
$2.50 for parking at SSU; free parking at Holy Family.
Email: info@sonomabach.org
Tickets will be available at the door
General: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $5.00
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 7:00pm
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 7:00pm
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 7:00pm
Welcome, Somer: Music of May and Midsummer
Saturday, June 6, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Ives 119, Sonoma State University
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Shira Kammen has spent well over half her life exploring the worlds of early and traditional music. A member for many years of the early music Ensembles Alcatraz and Project Ars Nova, and Medieval Strings, she has also worked with Sequentia, Hesperion XX, the Boston Camerata, the Balkan group Kitka, the Oregon, California and San Francisco Shakespeare Festivals, and is the founder of Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to performance on river rafting trips. She has performed and taught in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Israel, Morocco, and Japan, and on the Colorado, Rogue and Klamath Rivers.
REGISTRATION
General: $30.00
Student/Seniors: $10.00
Twelfth Night Early Music Workshop
Saturday, January 17, 10am - 5pm
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Shira Kammen has spent well over half her life exploring the worlds of early and traditional music. A member for many years of the early music Ensembles Alcatraz and Project Ars Nova, and Medieval Strings, she has also worked with Sequentia, Hesperion XX, the Boston Camerata, the Balkan group Kitka, the Oregon, California and San Francisco Shakespeare Festivals, and is the founder of Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to performance on river rafting trips. She has performed and taught in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Israel, Morocco, and Japan, and on the Colorado, Rogue and Klamath Rivers.
MUSIC
If possible, please print out the music and review your part before the workshop.
Ah Robin (pdf)
Bonjour Bon Mois in g (pdf)
Dufay-Ce jour de l'an (pdf)
hac in anni (pdf)
hac in die salutari (pdf)
In Winter Cold (pdf)
Ivy is Good (pdf)
To Drive the Cold Winter Away (pdf)
When That I Was (pdf)
REGISTRATION
General: $20.00
Student/Seniors: $10.00
Josquin Workshop
Wednesday Evenings, January 7, 14, 21, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
All singers with choral and/or solo background are invited to participate in our January sightsinging series, The Sacred Music of Josquin Deprez. Led by SCCS Music Director Bob Worth and Windsor High School Choral Director Marie Schrader, the class will explore Josquin's masses and motets in small and medium-sized ensembles. Those singers for whom sightsinging instruction or review is appropriate should plan to arrive at 6:30; all others should arrive at 7:30. If you're not certain into which category you fall, come at 6:30 the first night.
REGISTRATION
General: $30.00
Student/Seniors: $15.00
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 7:30pm
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:30pm
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Registration Note: This class is limited to 17 participants. If the class is full, please email sonomachoral@sbcglobal.net to indicate your interest in registering for the class. A wait list will be created for this class.
*For questions about the class email: christopher.fritzsche@gmail.com
Comments from past participants:
"This class changed my mind. Before, I thought voice classes were mainly for soloists; now I see that every voice can grow and benefit from expert guidance."
REGISTRATION
This class is currently full. Please email sonomachoral@sonoma.edu to be put on the waiting list in case of a cancellation.
General: $60.00
Student/Seniors: $30.00
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:00pm
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 7:00pm
Saturday, January 24, 2009 1:00pm
Seventh Annual High School Choral Festival
Come hear young choral singers from Sonoma and Marin as we invite guest clinician Dan Earl and SSU choral director Robert Worth to listen to, comment upon, and encourage our local choirs. Drop in anytime throughout the day to get a taste of what these kids can do!
Sightsinging Toolkit
Registration: Click on first class session below.
This course emphasizes developement of strong reading skills, using Movable Do solfege and count singing. With a different focus each time the workshop is offered, the course is an excellent foundation for beginners or next step for seasoned sightsingers.
- Solfege, both in familiar contexts and in sightsinging
- Everything you wanted to know about basic theory but were afraid to ask
- Successful strategies for improving sightsinging ability
Marie Schrader has a degree in Music Education with emphasis in Vocal Performance, from Sonoma State University. In addition to conducting the choir at Windsor High School, Ms. Schrader is also the Music Teacher at Brooks Elementary School in the Windsor School District. She also has taught music for various organizations including Kenwood School, Sonoma Valley Children’s Chorus, Santa Rosa Children’s Chorus, and Vivace Adult Chorus. She has also performed and toured with vocal groups such as Santa Rosa Junior College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, Sonoma State University Chorus. Ms. Schrader has toured Europe twice with the Northern California Chamber Chorale.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:00pm
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:00pm
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:00pm
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Registration: See below.
*For questions about the class email: christopher.fritzsche@gmail.com
Comments from past participants:
"This class changed my mind. Before, I thought voice classes were mainly for soloists; now I see that every voice can grow and benefit from expert guidance."
Click on first class session below to register. Fee covers all class sessions.
General: $80.00
Student/Seniors: $60.00
Monday, July 14, 2008 7:00pm
Monday, July 21, 2008 7:00pm
Monday, July 28, 2008 7:00pm
Renaissance Motets: Sightreading Workshop for Small Ensembles
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Registration: Please check back for online registration.
*For questions about the class email: christopher.fritzsche@gmail.com
Comments from past participants:
"This class changed my mind. Before, I thought voice classes were mainly for soloists; now I see that every voice can grow and benefit from expert guidance."
General: $80.00
Student/Seniors: $60.00
5th Annual Invitational High School Choral Festival
Come hear young choral singers from Sonoma and Marin as we invite guest clinician Sanford Dole and SSU choral director Robert Worth to listen to, comment upon, and encourage local choirs. Drop in anytime throughout the day to get a taste of what these kids can do!
Feldenkrais ATM Class
Registration: Click on first class session below to register online.
Dates: Thursday evenings , July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 7-8:15 pm, plus one Saturday intensive, July 21, 10-3 pm.
*Drop ins accomodated, see rate information below.
This weekly workshop features lessons in Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement augmented by individual Functional Integration® lessons specific to the needs of performing artists including singers, actors and instrumentalists.
Founded by Moshe Feldenkrais, the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education offers a means for discovering new approaches, new movements, and new ways of sensing ourselves. In Awareness Through Movement lessons participants are guided through a series of structured, gentle and innovative sequences which highlight the relationship between the bones, joints, and muscle groups of the body.
• Improving technical skill through sensory awareness.
• Imagination and intention in performance.
• Taking the Feldenkrais Method® into the practice room
• How to have more fun and effective practicing!
Come and enjoy this opportunity to move and create and explore your possibilities for movement. Dress comfortably. Mats are provided or you may choose to bring your own.
General: $75.00
Student/Seniors: $75.00
Thursday, July 12, 2007 7:00pm
Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:00pm
Saturday, July 21, 2007 10:00am
Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:00pm
Feldenkrais Method for Performing Artists
Next class: January 13 & 14, 2007. Saturday 10-4, Sunday 2-6
Weekend Workshop
Registration: SSU Extended Education "Feldenkrais"
• Improving technical skill through sensory awareness.
• Imagination and intention in performance.
• Taking the Feldenkrais Method® into the practice room
• How to have more fun and effective practicing!
Come and enjoy this opportunity to move and create and explore your possibilities for movement. Dress comfortably. Mats are provided or you may choose to bring your own.
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Registration:
"This class changed my mind. Before, I thought voice classes were mainly for soloists; now I see that every voice can grow and benefit from expert guidance."
General: $80.00
Student/Seniors: $60.00
Feldenkrais Weekend Intensive Workshop
This weekend intensive workshop features lessons in Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement specific to the needs of singers and instrumentalists. Founded by Moshe Feldenkrais, the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education offers a means for discovering new approaches, new movements, and new ways of sensing ourselves. In Awareness Through Movement lessons participants are guided through a series of structured, gentle and innovative sequences which highlight the relationship between the bones, joints, and muscle groups of the body.
- Increased Mobility of the Head, Neck, and Shoulders
- Greater Flexibility in the Back
- The Dynamics of Posture in Standing and Sitting
The Relationship between Breathing and Posture
Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:00pm
VoiceWorks: Sightsinging Toolkit
Registration: SSU Extended Education
This course emphasizes developement of strong reading skills, using Movable Do solfege and count singing. With a different focus each time the workshop is offered, the course is an excellent foundation for beginners or next step for seasoned sightsingers.
- Solfege, both in familiar contexts and in sightsinging
- Everything you wanted to know about basic theory but were afraid to ask
- Successful strategies for improving sightsinging ability
Invitational High School Choral Festival
Led by Daniel Afonso of CSU Stanislaus and SSU choral director Robert Worth, our 4th annual SSU Choral Festival is your opportunity to see and hear the future of choral music as we hear performances by high school choirs from Sonoma and Marin counties.
Midsummer Night Sings
Greenfarm’s choral series on Wednesday nights in July! Join us in a unique experience of singing great choral works (with only one rehearsal!!), led by four of the Bay Area’s finest choral conductors.
July 9 - Brad Wells
Poulenc: Gloria
Mendelssohn: Psalm 42 Cantata
Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden
July 16 - Sanford Dole
Brahms: Requiem
July 23 - Matt Oltman
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Ceremony of Carols, and Gloriana Dances
July 30 - Bob Worth
Bach: St. John Passion
$10 per session; $5 students, age 18 and under
$2.50 for parking
Email: sonomachoral@sonoma.edu
Ready, Set, Sing!
Do you enjoy singing? Would you like learn how to improve your voice in a fun and supportive group atmosphere?
Monday, January 10, 2005 7:00pm
Monday, January 17, 2005 7:00pm
Monday, January 24, 2005 7:00pm
Ready, Set, Sing!
Do you enjoy singing? Would you like learn how to improve your voice in a fun and supportive group atmosphere?
Ready, Set, Sing!
Do you enjoy singing? Would you like learn how to improve your voice in a fun and supportive group atmosphere?
High School Choral Festival
Midsummer Night Sings
Greenfarm’s choral series, now on Wednesday nights! Join us in a unique experience of singing great choral works, led by four of the Bay Area’s finest choral conductors.
General: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $5.00
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:00pm
Wednesday, July 21, 2004 7:00pm
Wednesday, July 28, 2004 7:00pm