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This summer the Jazzschool Vocal Department offers a series of classes focusing on repertoire building, examining the representative work of an eclectic array of composers relevant to the vocal jazz genre. Vocalists expand their repertoire learning the unique styles of composers including Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, Tom Waits, Rodgers & Hart, the Beatles, Burt Bacharach and beyond. Each class covers the composer’s life, lyrics and definitive recordings. Students are given ten or more new songs and will perform a selection of them in class with an accompanist during the last 3 weeks of class. Vocalists are encouraged to enroll in several of these concentrated courses to dramatically broaden their repertoire and extend their knowledge of style!
Please note: Recommended staples in conjunction with these new repertoirebuilding classes include Singer’s Toolbox, designed to help develop musicianship skills, and the self-explanatory Get Your Charts Together. Singers may also enroll in one or more of the core vocal classes including Improvisation 101, The Creative Jazz Singer and Vocal Technique to round out their summer curriculum. We look forward to seeing you in class!
6–Week Classes $280 · 5–Week Classes $235
MONDAYS
 THE BEATLES
COMPOSERS OF “YESTERDAY,”
“I'VE JUST SEEN A FACE,”AND “JULIA”
4:45 – 6:15 pm Ann Dyer (6 week class)
 ERNESTO LECUONA AND RAFAEL HERNANDEZ
COMPOSERS OF “LAMENTO BORINCANO,”
“SIBONY,” AND “TABOO”
6:30 – 8 pm Maria Marquez (6 week class)
TUESDAYS
 WAYNE SHORTER AND THELONIOUS MONK
COMPOSERS OF “NIGHT DREAMER,” “WITCH HUNT,” “INFANT EYES,”
(SHORTER) “STRAIGHT, NO CHASER,” “BLUE MONK,”
AND “RUBY, MY DEAR” (MONK)
6:30 – 8 pm Laurie Antonioli (6 week class)
 RODGERS & HART
COMPOSERS OF “MY FUNNY VALENTINE,”
“WHERE OR WHEN,” AND “THIS FUNNY WORLD”
8:15 – 9:45 pm Maye Cavallaro (6 week class)
WEDNESDAYS
 DUKE ELLINGTON AND BILLY STRAYHORN
COMPOSERS OF “LUSH LIFE,” “IN A MELLOW TONE,”
“CHELSEA BRIDGE,” AND “TAKE THE A TRAIN”
6:30 – 8 pm Ed Reed (6 week class)
 BURT BACHARACH & MICHEL LEGRAND
COMPOSERS OF “ALFIE,” “CLOSE TO YOU,”
“I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER,” (BACHARACH)
“WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND,” “WHAT ARE YOU
DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,” AND
“I WILL WAIT FOR YOU” (LEGRAND)
8:15 – 9:45 pm Kristina Oberzan (6 week class)
THURSDAYS
 IRVING BERLIN
COMPOSER OF “CHEEK TO CHEEK,” “HOW DEEP
IS THE OCEAN,” AND “I GOT LOST IN HIS ARMS”
6:30 – 8 pm Stephanie Crawford (6 week class)
 STEVIE WONDER
COMPOSER OF “RIBBON IN THE SKY,” “SUPERSTITION,”
“SIR DUKE,” AND “MY CHERIE AMORE”
8:15 – 9:45 pm Trelawny Rose (5 week class)
SATURDAYS
 HAROLD ARLEN
COMPOSER OF “OVER THE RAINBOW,”
“ONE FOR MY BABY,”
“COME RAIN OR SHINE,” AND “STORMY WEATHER”
10 – 11:30 am Faith Winthrop (5 week class)
THE MAVERICKS (DAVE FRISHBERG, BLOSSOM DEARIE, TOM WAITS, BOB DOROUGH)
COMPOSERS OF “I'M HIP,” “DEVIL MAY CARE,”
“I'M SHADOWING YOU,”
“I LIKE YOU, YOU'RE NICE,” “SHIVER ME TIMBERS,” “FOREIGN AFFAIR,” AND “MARTHA”
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Faith Winthrop (5 week class)
MONDAYS
Jazz Singing for Kids —
Ages 6 – 13
Class focuses on having fun and developing skills including correct use of the microphone, breathing, scat singing, and learning to play percussion instruments. Students may bring a song (any style) they love to sing to the first class meeting. Singing a cappella is also welcome! Play along CDs are provided in class. Prerequisites: Bring your love of music to class! All levels are welcome!
Maximum class size: 10
Mondays, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
GAIL DOBSON (6 weeks) $250
Creative Jazz Singer
A performance class focusing on all aspects of jazz singing including building
a repertoire, communicating with the rhythm section, phrasing, interpretation, improvisation, developing an authentic vocal sound and style, and microphone and performance techniques. Full rhythm section accompaniment provided. Prerequisites: phone consultation or consent of instructor.
Maximum class size: 6
Section I: Mondays 6:30 – 8 pm
Section II: Mondays 8:15 – 9:45 pm
LAURIE ANTONIOLI (6 weeks) $270
TUESDAYS
Vocal Technique With Raz Kennedy
A class on vocal conditioning, stamina and maintenance along with ear training and placement for pitch accuracy. Students work on specific exercises to increase both vertical and horizontal ranges and learn to implement dynamics, tone color, vibrato and straight tone into their voice. Students learn how to utilize “the break” in their
vocal range and sing with a full voice connection to enhance style and interpretation. Maximum class size: 10
Prerequisites: none. All levels welcome!
Tuesdays 4:45 – 6:15 pm
RAZ KENNEDY (6 weeks) $250
Vocal Toolbox
A course on the nuts and bolts of vocal jazz, essential tools for every jazz singer. Topics covered include:
• Vocal warm-ups including a CD of exercises
• Finding your range
• Choosing the appropriate key for a song
• Writing a lead sheet
• Key signatures and basic notation
• How to transpose
• Different grooves and feels; swing, bossa nova, ballad, etc.
• Counting out tunes
• Song form including commonly used terms such as “head,”“bridge,” ”tag,” etc.
• How to learn a song
• Building repertoire
• Defining and refining your own style
• Common standards most jazz musicians know
• Resources for learning, including Band in a Box, music notation software, using karaoke tracks, where to find lead sheets, finding and hiring an accompanist.
• Creating and organizing a gig book
• Preparing for sitting in and open mics
Prerequisites: none. All welcome!
Maximum class size: 10
Tuesdays 6:30 – 8 pm
MAYE CAVALLARO (6 weeks) $250
Vocal Improvisation 101
Scat singing and wordless vocalizing are among the trademarks of a jazz singer. This class provides students with the fundamentals of vocal improvisation covering syllables, developing phrases and solos, trading fours and learning bebop songs that make up the vocabulary inherent in an authentic “scat” solo. Students focus on form starting with the blues and work toward learning the structure of more complex repertoire. Students spend some class time listening critically to both vocal and instrumental recordings relevant to the class. If you want to step outside of the melodic confines of a song and make it yours, you must learn to improvise! Maximum class size: 10
Prerequisites: none. All welcome!
Tuesdays 8:15 – 9:45 pm
LAURIE ANTONIOLI (6 weeks) $250
WEDNESDAYS
Get Your Charts Together!
A five-week course for singers focusing
on developing the fundamental skills necessary to build a collection of accurate, easy to read, professional-quality charts for use in the classroom or on stage. Students learn how to transpose, create a lead sheet and write simple intros and endings. Please bring four songs, music manuscript paper and a good fake book to class. Please note: students need not read music fluently. Students will learn:
• to find their optimum key
• to transpose chord charts into their key
• to read and create a good “road map”
• to create simple intros and endings
• what information to include; what NOT to include on a chart
Maximum class size: 10
Wednesdays 6:30 – 8 pm
SANDY CRESSMAN (5 weeks) $210
Vocal Technique for Jazz Singers
A vocal technique course addressing a wide range of aspects specific to jazz including warming up, breathing, and singing from “chest voice” into “mixed voice.” Custom-designed vocal exercises focus on improving pitch control, range, tone, rhythm and phrasing, and developing an overall good ear as related to the jazz genre. Singers learn how to apply technical exercises to songs and how good technique promotes creative expression.
Maximum class size: 10
Wednesdays 8:30 – 10 pm
SANDY CRESSMAN (5 weeks) $210
THURSDAYS
Vocal Technique
An invigorating vocal workout class for singers. This weekly routine provides students with a select series of vocal exercises to condition and strengthen their voice. Range, intonation, breath management, balancing vocal registers, body alignment, vowel formation and dynamics are enhanced through technical exercises applied to songs in all styles. An invaluable tool for both beginners and professionals who wish to improve their overall vocal technique.
Prerequisites: none. All welcome.
Maximum class size: 10
Thursdays 11am – 12:30 pm
JOYCE PRICCO (6 weeks) $250
High School Vocal Funk and Groove Class
A class for teens 14–18 years old focusing on the best of R&B, soul and funk vocal music. Sing lead and back-up vocals on songs by Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, James Brown, and many more. Learn how to sing strong powerful riffs like the original divas, and groovy punchy rhythm lines like the funk masters themselves. Full rhythm section provided!
Prerequisites: Some singing experience required.
Maximum class size: 10
Thursdays 4:45 – 6:15 pm
TAMAR SELLA (6 weeks) $250
Power Vocals
A vocal technique class designed to expand vocal range, strengthen tone,
navigate the registers, and sing with power without straining. Students are encouraged to fully express themselves. Specific scales are taught that address common challenges including breath support, breathy voice, straining, vowel placement, and vocal weakness.
Maximum class size: 10
Prerequisites: none. All welcome!
Thursdays 6:30 – 8 pm
TRELAWNY ROSE (5 weeks) $210
Got Time?
Using a metronome and drum machine software programs, this course for instrumentalists and vocalists focuses on developing a sense of steady pulse and tempo memory. Techniques include “re-hearing” a pulse and working with silence within a looped sequence.
Thursdays 6:30 – 8 pm
ALAN HALL (6 weeks) $250
Rhythm Gym!
This interactive class builds rhythmic dexterity and awareness while providing an introduction to some of the most fun, common rhythmic feels. Basic concepts of rhythm and time-feel are covered, along with syncopation, rhythmic displacement, polyrhythm, additive rhythm, “degree of swing,” and other topics. Funk, jazz, swing, doo-wop, New Orleans, reggae, Caribbean, African, Afro-Latin, and other world rhythms are introduced and played with instruments, the body, and the voice. All class materials provided. Open to all instrumentalists and vocalists. Prerequisites: ability to read rhythmic notation.
Thursdays 8:15 – 9:45 pm
JENNIFER JOLLY (4 weeks) $140
SATURDAYS
Lilting, Laments and Lullabies: An Introduction to the Irish Song Tradition
The Irish song tradition is rich and diverse and enjoys a prominent place in world music today. It covers many subjects and themes — love and betrayal, everyday life and occupation, emigration and historical events. This summer course covers three thematic areas: Irish “lilting” or “mouth music,” laments and lullabies, while drawing on the traditions of old Ireland when there were three principal categories of song, geantrai, goltrai and suantrai (the joyous song, the lamenting song and the sleep song). This course also covers contemporary aspects of these traditions. Students sing in both Gaelic and English, in individual and group settings and also sing a cappella. Course concludes with a class performance.
Prerequisites: none. All welcome! Please note that students are taught how to sing Gaelic phonetically.
Maximum class size: 10
Saturdays 1:30 – 3 pm
MELANIE O’REILLY (6 weeks) $250
SUNDAY WORKSHOPS
Beyond Boundaries — Contemporary Arranging for the Solo Vocalist
The LA-based Kathleen Grace Band (voice, guitar, piano, bass and drums) will be on hand to explore using elements of folk, art, pop, country and indie-rock in arranging for contemporary solo vocal jazz. Students will have the opportunity to work with the full band on arrangements of standards, not-so-standards and original material. This is an excellent chance to work with a complete band of professionals while experimenting with diverse instrumentation, grooves and textures found in many musical forms. Discover how this wealth of musical ideas can inspire your art and enrich the jazz tradition. Maximum class size: 10
The Washington Post has described the eclectic work of Kathleen Grace as “smart, alluring and evocative,” and JazzTimes has named her “one of the most exciting newcomers on the jazz scene today.”
August 2, Noon – 3 pm
KATHLEEN GRACE $50
The Bass and The Voice
Bass player and jazz vocalist Kristin Korb offers a workshop to both singers and singing bass players. The relationship between the melody and bass lines, repertoire, time and feel are discussed and demonstrated. Vocalists have the opportunity to sing with Kristin and singing bass players are critiqued. Students should come prepared with a ballad and medium tempo or Latin piece to sing and play.
Maximum class size: 10
August 9, Noon – 3 pm,
KRISTIN KORB $50
Larry Dunlap & Bobbe Norris — The Art of the Vocal Ballad
Pianist/arranger Larry Dunlap and vocalist Bobbe Norris demonstrate the fine art of interpreting and performing ballads. They cover arranging techniques and explain how to get to the essence of a song. Participants have the opportunity to sing with Larry! Students may bring charts or just call songs. Bobbe and Larry always bring a mixture of casualness and elegance to their work. This is sure to be a fun and informative workshop with lots of stories to tell, both musical and anecdotal.
Maximum class size: 10
August 16, Noon – 3 pm
LARRY DUNLAP & BOBBE NORRIS $50
Never-Ending Passion:
An introduction to Tango with María Volonté
A non-technical introduction to the fascinating world of tango, the passionate music of Argentina. Workshop participants explore the history, anecdotes and colorful personalities of tango with Latin Grammy-nominated tango vocalist María Volonté, who shares recordings from her collection and performs live in class.
August 30, Noon – 3 pm
MARIA VOLONTÉ $50
ENSEMBLES
Blues and Groove Workshop
A performance workshop for all instrumentalists focusing on the blues and blues-
related styles. Emphasis on “the groove” as demonstrated through recordings of Charlie Christian, (Aaron) T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Jack McDuff, Louis Jordan and other “jump” blues and New Orleans masters.
Prerequisite: knowledge of basic 12-bar blues.
Saturdays 1:30 – 3 pm
DANNY CARON & ANTHONY PAULE
(6 weeks) $250
Brazilian Ensemble
A 4-8 piece ensemble focusing on Brazilian repertoire by noted composers including Ivan Lins, Dori Caymmi, Toninho Horta, Marcos Silva, Antonio Carlos Jobim and more. Emphasis on listening and performing in the traditional Brazilian style. Vocalists welcome!
Audition/phone consultation required.
Section I Tuesdays 6 – 7:30 pm
Section II Tuesdays 7:45 – 9:15 pm
Section III Wednesdays 6 – 7:30 pm
Section IV Wednesdays 7:45 – 9:15 pm
Section V Thursdays 12:30 – 2 pm
Section VI Fridays 10:30 am – 12 pm
Section VII Fridays 1 – 2:30 pm
MARCOS SILVA (6 weeks) $250
The Jazzschool Brazilian Music Program has been made possible by generous gifts from "Jazzschool Angel," Vaughan Johnson, Sherie Friedlander and Mal Raff and Connie Woods.
Salsa Workshop I
An introduction to salsa performance techniques for beginning to intermediate players. Emphasis on aspects of Afro-Cuban ensemble performance including clave, pulse, rhythm, phrasing, montuno and tumbao. Horn players and vocalists welcome!
Prerequisites: facilty on an instrument and basic reading skills. Pianist: ability to play basic montunos. Bassist: ability to play tumbaos.
Tuesdays 6:30 – 8 pm
MELECIO MAGDALUYO (6 weeks) $250
Salsa Workshop II
For intermediate to advanced players. Emphasis on fundamentals of clave and rhythm with challenging material. Horn players and vocalists welcome! Previous experience in salsa required.
Prerequisite: intermediate to advanced facility on instrument or voice, and equivalent reading ability required.
Tuesdays 8:15 – 9:45 pm
MELECIO MAGDALUYO (6 weeks) $250
The Music of Sting
A small pop/rock ensemble focusing on Sting’s artful catalog of songs. Class is
directed by acclaimed keyboardist/producer Frank Martin, who has served
as musical director for Narada Michael Warden, Patti Austin, and Angela Bofill. Instrumentalists and vocalists welcome!
Mondays 8:15 – 9:45 pm
FRANK MARTIN (6 weeks) $250
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