For Singers: Leading Songs in a Bluegrass Jam - with Mary Maguire
- Offerings:
- Wednesday, August 1, 2012 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (2.5 hours)
- Thursday, August 2, 2012 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (2.5 hours)
Contributing songs to jams involves some know-how. This 2 and 1/2-hour class will use your song choices to quickly build skills that you can immediately use at THIS year's Podunk Festival! Jams move along SO nicely when we feel confident in how to deliver a song in a jam. After all, instrumentalists NEED singers to add to everyone's experience!
Registration Information:
- Cost: Wed. or Thurs. 8/1 or 8/2, $50 for early sign-ups (by July 14), $60 after that.
- Enrollment fee does not include admission ticket to festival.
- Class size is limited to the first 10 registered students. It is recommended to sign up early!
- To sign up contact Mary at www.MaryMaguire.us or call 603.455.0238
About the workshop:
Hand-outs and conversation and hands-on experiences will cover:
1. choosing songs
2. overcoming vocal shyness
3. finding your perfect keys
4. communicating tempo's for your songs
5. how to quickly introduce the song to the jam
6. where and how to welcome instrumentals
7. How to confidently guide everyone to the ending of the song
Our concerns and experiences with jam situation 'train wrecks' will make this class well informed AND amusing! Please bring song ideas, lyrics, note-taking tools, drinking water, recorded examples and recording devices if you wish.
About Mary Maguire: Coming down from the hills of New Hampshire, Mary is one of the Northeast’s most engaging and talented singers of contemporary folk, bluegrass, and swing. Mary was guitarist and founding member of New England favorites Sweet, Hot & Sassy! With 6 recordings of her own and appearing on several other musicians recording projects, Mary is a seasoned and perceptive sonstress. She will have shy singers happily leading songs in their jams in no time!
For a decade the reknown duo of Mary and Rhode Island's Jeff Horton have been revealing the mystery of harmony at workshops for thousands of festival goers at Podunk, Grey Fox, Joe Val, Thomas Point and Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festivals. Join Mary Maguire and make your Podunk Festival extra memorable and carry away with you more singing skills!
For Singers: Arranging Your Group's Vocals - with Mary Maguire
- Offerings:
- Wednesday, August 1, 2012 5:30 – 8:00 (2.5 hours)
- Thursday, August 2, 2012 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (3 hours) Includes instructor Jeff Horton
EVERYONE loves to hear solid singing! Creating interesting vocal arrangements will set you apart and engage your deserving audience. This class will use YOUR songs and quickly give you ideas to start using right away at THIS year's Podunk Festival!
Registration Information:
- Cost: Wed. (2 1/2-hour class) $50 for early sign-ups (by July 14), $60 after that.
- Thurs. (3-hour class) $70 for early sign-ups (by July 14), $80. after that.
- Class size is limited to the first 10 registered students. It is recommended to sign up early!
- Enrollment fee does not include admission ticket to festival.
- To sign up contact Mary at www.MaryMaguire.us or call 603.455.0238
About the workshop: We'll look at ...
1. Noticing differences in arrangements
2. Assessing the vocal 'tools' on hand
3. Tips for expanding vocal skills
4. Sources for creative ideas
5. Easy arrangement 'tricks'
6. Rehearsal tips
7. Arranging for the song
8. Vocal arrangments and instrumentals
9. Let's arrange YOUR songs
10. Fitting your arrangement into a jam situation
Feel free to bring song ideas, lyrics, note-taking tools, drinking water, recorded examples and recording devices. Music reading skills are not needed – it's the Bluegrass way!
About Mary Maguire: Coming down from the hills of New Hampshire, Mary is one of the Northeast’s most engaging and talented singers of contemporary folk, bluegrass, and swing. Guitarist and founding member of Sweet, Hot & Sassy!, Mary is a perceptive sonstress and recording artist (6 Cd's, as well as on other musicians' projects). She'll have shy singers impressing audiences in no time!
About Jeff Horton ~ Rhode Islander, Jeff is ever in demand as one solid bluegrass bassman and powerfully soulful singer. A founding member of the Neon Valley Boys, and a 6-year veteran of Northern Lights, Jeff now plays with The Mary Maguire Band and The Pegheads. His distinct voice will inspire ALL you singers to just let it out!
Mary and Jeff have been revealing the mystery of harmony at workshops for thousands of festival goers at Podunk, Grey Fox, Joe Val, Thomas Point and Ossipee Valley Bluegrass Festivals. Join New England performers Jeff Horton and Mary Maguire and make your Podunk Festival extra memorable and carry away with you more singing skills!
Please check back for the more workshops and the schedule.
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