Don't forget Summer Hours!

M-F 12:00 - 10:00 pm
Sat 12:00 - 5:00 pm
Closed Sat during August
Sun CLOSED
Office: M-F 12:00 - 7:00 pm

In observance of the Fourth of July, Singers Forum will close at 5 pm, Friday, June 30 and re-open Wednesday, July 5 at 12 pm.  There will be no classes, lessons or rentals during that time.  Have a great Fourth and we'll see you after the break!

Friday, June 30: Closed at 5 pm
Saturday, July 1 - Tuesday, July 4: Closed
Wednesday, July 5: Opening at 12 pm

Our monthly singer's Open Mic continues Friday, July 7 at 8:00 pm.  Roberta Piket will be at the piano, and emcee John Koprowski will be on hand to keep things moving.  Please bring sheet music in your key.  Sign-up is at 7:30 pm and space is limited, so don't be late!  See you there!

Open Mic
Friday, July 7
8:00 pm (sign-up at 7:30)
$10 singers / $5 observers

Don't miss a special opportunity to watch three great jazz performers teach a master class in jazz vocals.  Ann Hampton Callaway, Laurel Massé; and Janis Siegel will guide eight pre-selected students through a two-day workshop.  Sessions will also include vocal/physical warm-ups, instructor demonstrations and improvisations, and Q&A time.  Our own Artistic Director, Don Rebic, will be at the piano both days.

Audit passes are available for $35 per session.  Space is limited, so make sure you reserve your place today!

Singers Forum is very please to announce that Eric Trudel will be joining us once again to teach a Master Class in Classical Vocal Performance.  In the class, Eric will guide the class through a hands-on approach to performance of classical material with an emphasis on technique and translation.  Students interested in participating must obtain instructor approval.  Contact the school for more information.  Auditors are invited to observe the teaching method.

Eric Trudel graduated from the Quebec Conservatory of Music with the highest honors, and has gone on to perform throughout Canada and in Weill Recital Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York.  Mr. Trudel has taught opera and art song literature in Canada, the United States, France, Spain and The Netherlands.

Classical Vocal Performance Master Class
Friday, July 21
6:30 pm
$65
Auditors: $5 Registered SF Students, $10 Non-Students

Actor-director-teacher Eric Michael Gillett brings a new kind of class to Singers Forum in "Hook, Line & Singer: Interpreting Contemporary Pop" starting Monday, July 17.
 
This is a class for both the gifted amateur and the aspiring professional.  Unlike classes that deal simply with lyric interpretation, acting the song, and vocal techniques, this course is geared specifically to the needs of the singer exploring contemporary pop music from the 50s to the present, including The British Invasion, Power Ballads, Grooves, Motown, the Folk-Rock Phenomenon, etc.

The focus of the class is expanded beyond acting and vocal techniques to include identifying and utilizing pop "hooks", as well as recontextualizing songs to create a dramatic and interpretive focus for the repeated lyric, as it often appears in contemporary pop. The goal in each class is to assist the aspiring singer in the process of interpreting modern material and in helping them meet the vocal and stylistic demands of the contemporary pop/rock music catalogue.

Dan Furman will be the musical director.

Hook, Line & Singer: Interpreting Contemporary Pop
Mondays, 8:00-11:00 pm
7/17-8/25/06 (7 classes)
$350, $55/single class