Download Adult Summer Singing Workshop

Adult Summer Singing Workshop
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No experience necessary
Must be at least 25 years of age
Join us for 5 fun-filled days of
training 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
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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
email [email protected]
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
Soprano Jennifer Farrell appears 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
or email
[email protected]
Sing Yourself Well!
Adult Summer
Singing Workshop
July 22-26, 2013
Bethany United Church
7171 Clinton Ave.
Halifax, Nova Scotia