Contemporary Jazz Vocal Master Class at Rendon Hall

This 4-hour workshop concentrates on skill and style for the contemporary singer in jazz and other creative music (singer-songwriters are welcome). Grammy nominated ECM recording artist, vocalist and composer Theo Bleckmann has consistently appeared in the top-five spots in the DownBeat CriticsÕ Polls for Best Male Vocalist, and top-ten spots in their ReadersÕ Polls and has long been at the forefront of a new vision for vocal jazz. Teaching in the Jazz Arts MasterÕs Program at Manhattan School of Music and in the contemporary music department at Princeton University, as well as the Artist-in-Residence at the California Jazz Conservatory, Bleckmann successfully walks the delicate line between tradition and avant-garde and accessibility...

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This 4-hour workshop concentrates on skill and style for the contemporary singer in jazz and other creative music (singer-songwriters are welcome). Grammy nominated ECM recording artist, vocalist and composer Theo Bleckmann has consistently appeared in the top-five spots in the DownBeat CriticsÕ Polls for Best Male Vocalist, and top-ten spots in their ReadersÕ Polls and has long been at the forefront of a new vision for vocal jazz. Teaching in the Jazz Arts MasterÕs Program at Manhattan School of Music and in the contemporary music department at Princeton University, as well as the Artist-in-Residence at the California Jazz Conservatory, Bleckmann successfully walks the delicate line between tradition and avant-garde and accessibility. Students are asked to bring 2 songs to perform in class, one familiar one fairly new (please know melody and lyrics to both).

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