Jazz Singing Workshop Series With Edel Meade

About this event

Level 1 - Beginners Tuesdays 6pm (Starts 17th May)

Level 2 - Improvers Tuesdays 7.30pm (Starts 17th May)

Level 3 - Performers Mondays 7pm (Starts 16th May)

The Jazz Singing Workshop Series provides a valuable insight into the art of jazz singing. Over the course of 8 weeks, participants will learn how to sing the blues and popular jazz standards, made famous by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra; exploring swing music, bossa nova music and ballads. Early booking recommended!

For booking and enquiries, contact / tel. 0879362910

http://www.jjsmyths.com | http://www.facebook.com/edelmeade

'I have really enjoyed the jazz course with Edel. She is a visionary & inspiring tutor. She makes every single class unique and interesting. Would highly recommend this course for all levels and would do it again.' Grazina Pukaite

‘I have really enjoyed my experience on the jazz course with Edel. Lovely relaxed atmosphere, great bunch of people, fantastic tuition... Edel is extremely generous with her expert advice. I would recommend the course to anyone who wants to sing jazz or who just wants to expand their knowledge of jazz. For my part, I think it was money well spent!!!’ Violet Dunne

Level 1 Beginners - This course covers the fundamentals of jazz singing. Participants will learn how to sing a selection of jazz standards including swing tunes, bossa nova and ballads while emphasis will be placed on the blues, the singer as storyteller, good singing technique and developing overall musicality.

Level 2 Improvers - This course is suitable for experienced singers who want to focus on the jazz repertoire from the Thirties and Forties, learning how to sing songs made famous by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. Emphasis will be placed on swing music, listening skills and includes an introduction to scat-singing!

Level 3 Performers - This course is suitable for singers who have completed the Level 1 and Level 2 course, who are competent singing in a jazz style and who would like to perform with a professional jazz trio in a live performance setting. Emphasis will be placed on ability to swing, improvisational skills, leading the band and becoming a captivating performer.

**NEW 1-Day Intensive - Saturday 11th June 12-6pm

The 1-day intensive is suitable for singers who would like to learn the basics of jazz singing. Participants will learn how to sing popular jazz standards while emphasis will be placed on swing music and the blues.

Fees:

Level 1 Beginners course €195 (8 x 70minute sessions)

Level 2 Improvers course €250 (8 x 90minute sessions)

Level 3 Performers course €295 (9 X 2 hour sessions)

1-Day intensive €95

For booking and enquiries, contact / tel. 0879362910

http://www.jjsmyths.com | http://www.facebook.com/edelmeade

Bio:

Edel Meade is an award-winning jazz singer, composer and lyricist based in Dublin. She represented Ireland at the first International Jazz Voice Conference in Helsinki in 2015.

Edel studied vocal jazz and blues at Columbia College Chicago in 2005 before graduating with a BA in Jazz Performance from Newpark Music Centre in Dublin where she specialised in jazz singing. She furthered her studies at the School for Improvisational Music, New York in 2011 and was the first Irish musician to receive a full scholarship to participate in the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music, Canada in 2012, where she spent three weeks working with some of the world’s leading exponents in the field of jazz and creative music. She was awarded an Arts Council bursary to undertake further vocal jazz training with Grammy-nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann in California in August 2015. Her debut album is set to be released in the Autumn.