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SUMMARY:The Improvisers Choir
DESCRIPTION:\n\nFor workshop and concert book here:\n\nwww.tictocsing.com\n\n12.30 - 1.30 Open Workshop\n3 - 4.30pm Performance (including Q&A with Jenni and choir members)\n\n\n\nPerformance only: £10\nWorkshop + performance: £15\n\n\nImprovisers' Choir (Musical Director: Jenni Roditi)\n\n\nBringing together voices from across the spectrum of musical genres\, this debut performance was created over a series of 6 rehearsals culminating into today’s showcase.\nComposer\, improviser\, vocalist and Artistic Director Jenni Roditi was motivated to form this choir after attending the Freedom Sessions run by Cleveland Watkiss\, Orphy Robinson and Tori Handsley and then participating in the weekend Festival of Improvisation\, both at the Vortex earlier this year. Surrounded mainly by instrumentalists\, she started dreaming of an ensemble of voices drawing from all traditions\, techniques and tribes\, improvising collectively within the structure of a new compositional approach inspired by the improvisation instrumental band Notes Inégales\, director Peter Wiegold. This summer she attended a Circle Songs workshop with Bobby McFerrin in the USA where she experienced collective vocal improvisation lead by the world’s top circle song teachers.\nJenni founded a new vocal practice called Vocal Tai Chi in 2012\, her own unique approach to improvisation\, drawing on the vocal techniques of Alfred Wolfsohn and her interest in Indian classical music and contemporary experimental voice. She performs Vocal Tai Chi concerts and runs regular workshops and one-to-one sessions.\nWith all these great inspirations behind her she hopes to take her work to the next level with The Improvisers Choir.\n_ _ _\nThe performance will be preceded by an introductory one-hour workshop to enable vocalists of all levels to discover some of the techniques used by The Improvisers Choir - a fun and engaging insight into the afternoon concert and a practical introduction to collective vocal improvisation\, after which participants will be invited to either audition for The Improvisers Choir or join The Open Choir (a new choir launching in Spring 2016 for vocalists of all levels who want to develop their improvisation skills).\n\n
URL:https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/the-improvisers-choir/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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SUMMARY:Sarah Gillespie
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Gillespie was born to an American mother\, and British father. She has been  inspired by Bessie Smith\, Bob Dylan\, Cole Porter\, and early Blues and Jazz.  At age four she began to compose songs on the piano\, by age fifteen she was learning the guitar. She moved to the USA three years later  and started busking in the streets and playing gigs.\n\nReturning to London she completed a degree in Film And Literature and an MA in Politics and Philosophy at Goldsmiths University.\n\nWhile supporting a fellow band\, Sarah met the saxophonist and composer Gilad Atzmon who went on to produce her critically acclaimed albums Stalking Juliet (2009) In The Current Climate (2011) Glory Days(2013) and her anti-war narrative suite The War on Trevor (2012).\n\nHer music is a fusion of jazz\, folk and blues knitted together by poetic lyricism. Sarah has played at the Vortex several times over the years.  She has built up a loyal fan base with performances of original songs\, witty onstage banter and the band’s formidable musicianship.\n\n'Is she the new Joni Mitchell? PJ Harvey? Bob Dylan even? Glory Days recalls all three but Gillespie’s spiky lyrical gift is utterly distinctive.' Metro – London\, July 2013\n\nThe line-up is worthy of such compliments. It includes Kit Downes (piano)\, Ben Bastin (bass)\, Emiliano Caroselli (drums)
URL:https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/sarah-gillespie-2/
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