Adult Summer Singing Workshop

Adult Summer Singing Workshop

No experience necessary
Must be at least 25 years of age

Join us for 5 fun-filled days oftraining in choral singing, solo singing, vocal health, and stagecraft led by conductor and composer, Gary Ewer, and voice instructors Wayne Rogers and Jennifer Farrell.

Highlights

Sing with others in a choral ensemble.
Receive one private coaching on a solo song with either Gary and Jennifer, or Wayne. (Participants are asked to prepare one solo song to bring to the workshop, such as a favourite hymn, a folk song, a pop song, a jazz standard, or a classical art song.)
Explore exercises in healthy, expressive singing and stagecraft in a relaxed master class setting.
Perform in end of workshop recital.

Location

Bethany United Church

7171 Clinton Ave.

Halifax, NS

Fees

$225 per person for the week, or

$45 per person, daily drop-in

Registration

For information and/or to register,

call (902) 448-6301 or

Schedule

Monday-Thursday, 10am-4pm

Friday, 10am-4pm, recital at 7pm

10:00am – Private lessons

11:00am – Warm-up and Sectionals

12:30pm – Lunch (Bring your own)

1:00pm – Choir Rehearsal

2:15pm – Break, snack provided

2:45pm – Master Class for Solo Pieces

4:00pm – End of the day

Gary Ewer

Gary Ewer is a Halifax-born music teacher, composer and arranger. He graduated with a BMus degree from Dalhousie University in 1982 with a concentration in composition. He continued composition studies at McGill University in 1983-84. In 1985 he returned to Halifax and taught music theory and trumpet both privately and at the Maritime Conservatory of Music. In 1990 he began teaching for the Halifax Regional School Board, based primarily at St. Patrick’s High School. Ensembles under his direction at that time included the Halifax Boy’s Honour Choir, Soundtrax (Halifax’s honour choir for high school choristers) and the Halifax Schools Symphony Orchestra. He became a full-time instructor for the Dalhousie University Department of Music in 2003, where he conducted Dalhousie Coro Collegium and the Dalhousie Chamber Choir. He also taught the university’s Aural Skills program. Mr. Ewer has composed and arranged choral and orchestral music for performance by the CBC, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Elmer Isler Singers and other professional ensembles. He is the author of “Gary Ewer’s Easy Music Theory,” a CD-ROM-based musical rudiments course. He currently devotes his time to musical composition and arranging for his company, Pantomime Musical Publications.

Jennifer Farrell

SopranoJennifer Farrellappears regularly with professional Canadian ensembles in the fields of oratorio, opera and choral repertoire. In western Canada she has performed as a soloist with the Vancouver Bach Choir, the Vancouver Symphony, MusicFest Vancouver, Vancouver Voices, the Vancouver Opera, the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, the Victoria Philharmonic Choir, and the Pacific Baroque Orchestra. She has also sung with the internationally acclaimed chamber choir, musica intima. In eastern Canada she has appeared as a guest soloist with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Opera Nova Scotia, the St. Cecilia Series, and Les Jeunesses Musicales du Canada. Her undergraduate studies were completed at Wilfrid Laurier University, and she went on to earn a Master of Music degree and Doctor of Musical Arts degree with concentrations in opera at the University of British Columbia. From 2011 through 2013, Dr. Farrell held the post of voice instructor at Mount Allison University. She currently teaches voice at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts.

Wayne Rogers

Wayne Rogers’ early music training began in St. John’s NL and continued at Mount Allison University in organ performance and music education. Graduate studies in organ and voice at Boston University and the University of Western Ontario resulted in the completion of a Master of Music degree in music literature and performance. He taught music at the elementary school level in St. John’s from 1971-1977 and was Director of Music, Memorial University of Newfoundland Sir Wildfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, NL from 1977-1991. His church music career has included positions in St. John’s NL, Amherst NS and Sackville NB. From 1982 to 1997 Wayne was organist and Choirmaster at First United Church, Corner Brook, followed by ten years as Minister of Music at Trinity United Church, New Glasgow. Wayne is currently Minister of Music at St. Matthew’s United church, Halifax, and conducts the the Church Choir, AcabellA [Handbell Choir] and The Lunch Bunch. Additionally, he conducts Seton Cantata Choir and EnChor East. He was part-time lecturer at Mount Allison University’s Department of Music 2009-10 and an active examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music 1995-2011. Since 2001, Wayne examines for Mount Allison Univerisity Local Examinations and Conservatory Canada in piano and voice. He is a member of the Association of Canadian Choral Communities, Royal Canadian College of Organists and Worldwide Who’s Who.

Sing Yourself Well!

Adult Summer

Singing Workshop

July 22-26, 2013

“Research shows that regularly belting out a song or two promotes a healthy lymphatic system, boosts lung capacity, clears sinuses, enhances mental alertness, reduces stress, improves posture, and oxygenates the blood… If you’re doing your singing in a choir, you get the added psychological benefits of a strengthened sense of community, belonging and shared endeavour.” ~ Vicki Grant

To register, call

(902) 448-6301