Instructor: Maestro David Jones

When: Saturday, March 17, 2018 1:00pm-5:30pm (Registration begins at 12:30pm)

Where: Kanbar Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall, 44 Page St., San Francisco

Fee: $100. The early registration rate of $85 is available to participants whose payments are postmarked by March 1, 2018.

Registration: Registration is limited. Please email Dr. Julia Nielsen at julia@singerspace.com to reserve a spot and receive payment instructions.

Participants: While designed with voice teachers in mind, this workshop is equally appropriate for singers.

Description: The David Jones Teacher Mentoring Program was established in London in 2008 to offer teachers and singers information regarding the Swedish-Italian and Italian Singing Schools. The purpose of this seminar series is to offer teachers the opportunity to observe technical teaching in a public setting, providing information based on Old World teaching principles.

Some of the specific subject matter covered will include:

• A brief history of the Swedish-Italian School of Singing
• Balancing the upper passaggio in both male and female voices
• What to listen and watch for in the very first voice lesson with a new student
• Properly diagnosing vocal fach
• Finding acoustical protection for the voice and the voce cuperto
• Diagnosing vocal damage

During the afternoon, approximately 8 singers of varying voice categories, ages, and levels of experience will be vocalized by David, and then will present a piece of repertoire to work on with David.