2010 classes (subject to changes, additions, surprises)
Tony Backhouse will lead 2 daily classes in a cappella singing. His repertoire includes the passionate African American styles as well as surprising pop, jazz, and Tony's original, award-winning choral arrangements that are thrilling and uplifting. For the past few camps Tony has formed all eager blokes into an all male chorale that performed some spine-tingling material. This may happen again!
Songwriters will have two choices in 2008. Kristina Olsen will again teach her hugely popular Songwriting class. This daily session suits students with or without songwriting or musical experience, and always seems to enthral, inspire and make songwriters out of all participants. There's daily homework.
Mal Webb with be offering a daily Song Creating class. New, untried, inexplicable and often incontrivertible approaches to writing your own material will be unleashed on the brave participants.
Mal Webb's VOCAL EXPLORER class takes you around the world and into your gob on a lip to lung journey through the physics, physiology and phrivolity of all the sounds a face can make. Pygmy yodelling, beatbox/mouthdrums/vocal percussion, harmonics/throat singing, mic technique, uvular fluttering, advanced clapping, vocal distortion (without hurting) and Inuit panting (way beyond Rolf Harris) are all explored on the way to being a band with your voice and the lead singer too.
BODY, HEART & SPIRIT SING with Fumi Yamamoto
Fumi's class is designed to deeply open and energize the entire body and create free pathways for your energy and breath. Movement, breathing exercises, meditative work, and meridian and posture alignment will all be infused with her expert use of essential oils and vocal vibrations to excavate any tension and release blockages. Some singing, relating to the repertoire Tony will be teaching in his sessions, plus other delights, await the participants.
Again this year Summersong's Band Lab workshop, which will be lead by Karl Farren . - We will also be exploring JAMMING techniques this year in a daily, open situation with guidance by various teachers, as requested!
"Playing simultaneously is not the same as playing together." There's something very special about the feeling you get when you're playing or singing with other musicians, and it 'clicks'. Whatever the lineup, there are fundamentals that apply. In this workshop you'll develop your ability to perform as part of a unit. Participants’ original songs will be workshopped into band arrangements. We will then explore the elements of structure, timing, rhythm, feel, space, dynamics, harmony, pitch/key, etc. This is NOT about being a virtuoso player. It's about playing a part that contributes to the whole. It will be very 'hands-on'.
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Beginning Guitar will be taught again by Karl Farren. Beginners Guitar class is designed for the complete novice. Strumming, tuning, the major chords, practise hints and simple exercises that will have you playing songs----this is the level one guitar class.
Guitar Accompaniment for Singer/songwriters with Luciano Mesiti
This is aimed at experienced guitar players who want to empower and enrich how they accompany themselves and/or others. It's an intermediate level class that requires some guitar and music experience. Topics to be explored: exercises and theory for improving guitar for vocal accompaniment (solo or duo), how to accompany someone singing or another guitar player, techniques for arranging songs for your guitar style. Further exercises will look at improving harmony, learning variations to chords, rhythm guitar techniques and more.
Elliott Orr, of Brisbane's Talkin the Drum, and his divine dancing consort Josie Kukukulie will be leading a daily African dance and drumming session. Recommended for all levels, this high energy class will teach you the essential patterns to deeply enjoy the joys of djembes, doon doons, and other percussion instruments.
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