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SUMMARY:Week 2: Vocal Song Writing and Interpretation
DESCRIPTION:Tutors:            Yvette Riby-Williams and Bruno Heinen\n\nLed by the world renowned 'Boxettes' singer Yvette Riby-Williams and critically acclaimed pianist and composer Bruno Heinen\, this week will be a fun\, friendly crash course in song writing\, song interpretation and vocal technique. Aimed at singers aged 15 and up\, we will be looking at how to interpret songs in a number of styles and genres\, all aspects of song and lyric writing as well vocal techniques and warm ups. The end of the 6 day course will culminate in a performance at the Vortex on the 16th August.\n\nDaily 10.30am - 3.30pm. Social until 6pm. Performance on Friday 6.30pm  and Saturday afternoon.\n\nWho is it for?\n\n\tFor ages 15 and upwards\n\tSingers from all musical backgrounds are welcome\n\tAbility level: all abilities are welcome\, you do not need to be a virtuoso - however you do need to able to hold a tune and have a basic knowledge of keys.\n\tSingers looking for new ways to expand repertoire\, write songs and improve singing technique.\n\n \n\nWhat will we do?\n\n\tWe will be looking at building warm up routines\, and good vocal technique to build healthy stronger voices\n\tWe will work on pieces you like to sing\, bringing them to life in different versions.\n\tBruno Heinen will be accompanying all students on piano.\n\tWe will look at the song writing process; song form\, structure\, lyric writing\, constructing fitting melodies\n\tRe-harmonisation; different ways to make the chords of a song your own\n\tYou will have the opportunity to improvise (if you so wish)\n\tWe will work towards performing our material at the end of the week\n\nAbout the Tutors\nYvette Riby-Williams\n\nYvette Riby-Williams appeared twice as a soloist at the royal Albert Hall before the age of twenty-one. Since then she has performed with a number of well-known musicians including Imogen Heap\, Shlomo\, Seb Rochford and Jarvis Cocker. In the last years she has made a name for herself in the beatbox and a'cappella circles with the 'Boxettes' selling out venues such as the Jazz Cafe\, Cargo and the South Bank as well as performing in festivals all over the world. She is an experienced music educator\, promoting creative learning for all ages.\n\nBruno Heinen\n\nBruno Heinen is a London based contemporary pianist\, composer\, bandleader and educator. Bruno has released two albums on the forward looking Babel Label ('Twinkle Twinkle' and 'Tierkries') and is in the process of recording his third ('Postcard to Bill Evans' feat Kristian Borring). He has performed in venues and festivals including the South Bank Centre\, Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club\, the Shanghai World Music Festival\, the London Jazz Festival and the Rest Is Noise Festival – South Bank. Now teaching at the Centre for Young Musicians\, Bruno has led many bands and taught students of all ages for many years. He also teaches Jazz harmony to the classical piano students at the Guildhall every year as well as leading small bands made up of Jazz Undergraduates. \n\n“Erudition\, eclectic studies and a jazz sensibility make Heinen the kind of newcomer who repositions the goalposts.” **** John Fordham – Guardian
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SUMMARY:Susanna + Matt Stevens
DESCRIPTION:For her Vortex concert tonight Susanna plays with her trio:\n\nSusanna on vocals and piano\n\nHelge Sten (Supersilent/Deathprod) on guitar\n\nFredrik Wallumrød (former Span\, El Caco) on drums and vocals.\n\nSusanna is the Norwegian singer and founder of the duo Susanna and the Magical Orchestra\, founded in 2000 with keyboard player Morten Qvenild. Active for more than a decade\, through nine albums so far as Susanna and the Magical Orchestra/Susanna/Susanna Wallumrød\, the Oslo based artist has recently been taking great steps towards greater independence and autonomy\, while increasing the range of her\nconsiderable talents as a songwriter\, vocal interpreter and producer.\n\nSaid about recent Rune Grammofon album ‘Wild Dog’:\n\n"Her best album yet." 4/5 stars Jazzwise\n\n"Wild Dog's autumnal mysteries are alluring indeed." 4/5 stars Mojo Magazine\n\n"Originals only on Norwegian songbird's splendid latest" 8/10 Uncut Magazine\n\nSusanna is known for both her own songwriting\, with songs such as ‘Believer’ and her highly personal interpretations of other peoples' songs. She is an intensely arresting performer; holding audiences captive with her hypnotising vocal timbre and the powerful\, all\nconsuming sound of her band\, her concerts are truly magical.\n\nIn 2011 Susanna started her own label\, which has turned out to be an outlet for all her musical projects. SusannaSonata released her collaboration with contemporary music ensemble neoN ‘The Forester’\, which comes highly recommended and won the Norwegian\nGrammy Award in Open Category. A gorgeous short film was made to the title track by Claus A. Breda-Gulbrandsen.\n\nSupport comes from guitarist Matt Stevens\n\n"A one man guitar orchestra" Acoustic Magazine UK\n\n“One of the 25 players changing the guitar” Australian Guitar Magazine\n\nMatt Stevens is an instrumental artist from North London\, using an acoustic guitar and sampler to create multi layered tracks live. He plays live all over the UK and has recently released his 4th album Lucid on Esoteric/Cherry Red Records.\n\n \n\n 
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