Music for You
Summer School 2012
is sponsored by
Jazz Vocal
Directed by Brigitte Beraha
Sunday 12th – Saturday 18th August 2012
Following the success of the 2011 jazz vocal course, we are delighted to welcome back Brigitte Beraha. Her boundless energy and hard work was much appreciated by singers of all ages and abilities. Brigitte's relaxed, friendly manner will inspire anyone to come and enjoy making music with others in a unique way.
Brigitte's course will cover everything from basic breathing and vocal techniques to jazz repertoire, interpretation and improvisation. Singers will have the opportunity to sing some great music with others, develop their own vocal abilities in a relaxed and supportive environment, and perform throughout the week with different jazz combos. There will be plenty of opportunities to perform not only in rehearsals but also alongside the intstrumentalists in our Bar de la Musique each evening.
The course is suitable for singers who share an interest in a variety of musical styles and may be new to jazz. You do not need to be able to read music or have oodles of experience. Just come with an open mind to singing and you will leave inspired and confident with many new melodies and friends.
A welcome meeting will be held at 1.00pm on Sunday 12th August and rehearsals will commence at 1.30pm. A daily schedule will be given to you on arrival.
Brigitte Beraha - ‘for lovers of good vocal jazz’
Brigitte obtained a music degree at Goldsmiths College, where she currently gives Jazz and Improvisation workshops, and went on to study at the prestigious Guildhall School of music on the jazz postgraduate course.Throughout her professional career Brigitte has played at numerous venues in London including The Vortex Jazz Club, Pizza on the Park, The National Theatre & The Queen Elizabeth Hall. Venues across the UK include The Cliff's Pavilion (Southend), the Blue Lamp (Aberdeen),Dempsey's (Cardiff) and the Edge Arts Centre (Shropshire). Brigitte has performed with many great musicians such as John Parricelli, Malcolm Earle Smith, Pete King, Julian Siegel, Frank Griffith, Chris Laurence and Liam Noble. She also regularly sings with the Ivo Neame Trio (featuring on the album Swirls and Eddies) and is a member of the Pete Billington Band.
Notable
appearances also include a
tour of France with the Glenn Miller Memorial orchestra and Jazzmandu
Festival in 2004, concerts at Proms in the Park, London and
Manchester Jazz Festivals, finalist in the international
www.jazzconnect.com competition in 2005. In 2006
she
appeared at Aberdeen Jazz Festival and was one of 20 young musicians
selected to take part in Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead program/concerts in
Washington D.C, with Carmen Lundy, George Cables and Curtis Fuller.
In 2007, Brigitte participated in the Brussels international Jazz Singers competition reaching the semi-finals, performed as part of the London Jazz Festival and completed a three-week extensive trio tour of the UK (18 dates) with Joe Auckland-trumpet/flugelhorn and Ivo Neame-piano.
Following this successful tour, the trio and the Brigitte Beraha Group (trio + Phil Donkin-double bass & George Hart-drums) recorded an album of original material. This was very much influenced by Brigitte's multilingual background found in her own expressive writing and heard in her genuine rendition of jazz and Latin standards. Flying Dreams, a melodic contemporary jazz album with Anglo-European, World and Latin flavours, will be released in 2008 and promoted during the Autumn of that year with another tour of the UK.
In 2007, Brigitte participated in the Brussels international Jazz Singers competition reaching the semi-finals, performed as part of the London Jazz Festival and completed a three-week extensive trio tour of the UK (18 dates) with Joe Auckland-trumpet/flugelhorn and Ivo Neame-piano.
Following this successful tour, the trio and the Brigitte Beraha Group (trio + Phil Donkin-double bass & George Hart-drums) recorded an album of original material. This was very much influenced by Brigitte's multilingual background found in her own expressive writing and heard in her genuine rendition of jazz and Latin standards. Flying Dreams, a melodic contemporary jazz album with Anglo-European, World and Latin flavours, will be released in 2008 and promoted during the Autumn of that year with another tour of the UK.