The power that Pamela's singing has to move an audience owes a lot to the acting experience which shaped her career. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, Pamela went on to train at the American Conservatory Theatre and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After several years as an actress in New York, Pamela based herself in Europe. The wide-ranging appeal of her talent has taken her on a musical odyssey around the world.Pamela has conducted vocal workshops and taught master classes at the Christchurch Jazz School (New Zealand), the Actors Centre in Sydney and created the Jazz Vocal Performance course at the Access Centre of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Pamela has recently completed a professional vocal training course with Linda Wise, Enrique Pardo and Elizabeth Mayer of the Pan Theatre Company of Paris based on the work of Roy Hart.

Jazz Vocal Performance
with
Pamela Knowles

For those who love to sing jazz, this popular ten-week course provides singers with the skills needed to develop their full potential as solo jazz vocalists and gain the solid grounding necessary for a professional approach to performing - and to have fun along the way !

Through individual coaching and group work, singers will learn within the context of a workshop which will include rehearsing with either a solo jazz pianist, or jazz pianist and bass player.

Using jazz standards students will learn the basics of:

  • Voice production
  • Breathing, relaxation and alignment
  • Intonation, dynamics and projection
  • Improvisation, scatting and grooving
  • Finding the right keys, chords
  • Building a jazz repertoire
  • Stage presence
  • Connecting to lyrics, interpretation and style
  • Audience communication
  • Counting-in tempos
  • Intros, tags
  • Beginning, building and ending a song
  • Sharing the song with musicians and the audience, and enjoying it
  • Rehearsing with musicians
  • Musicality
  • Microphone technique
  • Creating and communicating the dynamics of a song
  • Self-promotion, auditions and demos
Two levels offered : Level 1 (Beginners) - Level 2 (some singing experience)
Entry by audition: Sing two songs of your own choice, preferably a jazz standard or something that is jazz or blues-related

FOR LOCATION, TIMES AND FEE INFORMATION

email : pamelaknowles@hotmail.com

The aim of this course is to provide singers with awareness and experience to give them a firm base from which to work. This approach involves introducing natural voice production, basic acting techniques, movement and body work. Everyone has a wide vocal range and a unique natural sound which, given the right circumstances and tools, can be developed to serve as a vehicle for authenticity and the widest possible range of emotional expression.

Appreciate and expand all shades and textures of your own natural sound, and learn to have fun singing jazz !

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