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Mary Cleere Haran in Concert

Session 4 of Patter, Poise, Passion & Panache with Mary Cleere Haran starts next Tuesday, April 24.  There's still time to sign up!

Work on finding and developing your own distinctive voice in setting up songs, creating a mood, telling a story and casting a spell. Learn about researching material in libraries, museums, oral history collections, and visiting actual locations of musical historical events and eras. Lessons in charm, wit, poise, humor and all around appeal. A pianist will occasionally work within the course helping with underscoring, song introductions and accompaniment.

Mary Cleere Haran, one of the most renowned singers of "The Great American Songbook", has garnered rave reviews from audiences and critics alike for her witty, sophisticated performances. She has performed at some of the most prominent venues in the country, including Lincoln Center, Rainbow & Stars, The Russian Tea Room, The Cinegrill in Los Angeles, The Plush Room in San Francisco and the Bellevue Hotel in Philadelphia.

Patter, Poise, Passion & Panache
Tuesdays, 8:00 pm
4/24-5/22 (5 classes)
$250/$55 per single class 

Eric Michael Gillett

Another class starting Session 4 soon is Hook, Line & Singer: Interpreting Contemporary Pop with Eric Michael Gillett, with musical director D. Jay Bradley.

Hook, Line & Singer is a different kind of class.  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. 

Bottom line: this class is interactive, challenging, and will help you see the same old tunes in a brand new light!

Mondays, 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
4/30-5/21, 4 classes (no class 5/7 - make-up date TBA)
$200/$55 per single class

Eric Comstock

Just a reminder that this Saturday, April 21, Eric Comstock will Jazz & Pop Icons on Film.

Join Eric in a survey of some of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century, including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat Cole, Tony Bennett, Carmen McRae, Rosemary Clooney, Peggy Lee and many others.  Much of the footage will be rare and unavailable elsewhere, and the group will discuss what makes each clip extraordinary - elements such as eye contact, lyric reading, arrangement, body language, etc.

This unique class* is just $25!

Saturday, April 21
11am-12:30 pm

Call or stop by the front desk to sign up!

*Lecture/viewing-format class. Students do not perform.

Andy Anselmo performs at the 2006 Awards

The 2007 Andy Anselmo Achievement Awards Gala is just around the corner.  Don't miss your chance to be a part of this amazing annual event!

• Winners include Karen Akers (Lifetime Achievement Award), Stephanie Baldwin, and Alexia Tate
• KT Sullivan & Back Stage's Sherry Eaker are among the confirmed celebrity presenters
• The event includes a cocktail reception (with music by the Larry King Trio) and a performance at the beautiful Theater of the Lighthouse International
• The audience will be treated to performances by Andy Anselmo, The Phillip A. Campanella Youth Scholarship Chorus, the award winners, and more, with bandleader Don Rebic
• Most importantly, the funds raised by this event will support Singers Forum's mission and the Phillip A. Campanella Youth Scholarship Fund.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please call 212.366.0541 or e-mail atate@singersforum.org.