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Masterclass: Tell Me More, by Anonymous

June 18, 2013

Shy.

Image by Ollie Crafoord

Up next in our ongoing series about the upcoming vocal workshops, Anonymous responds to our questions. No not *that* Anonymous, just one of our regular singers who would like to stay unnamed, and we respect that.

We still have tickets available for the June workshop coming up this weekend, Saturday, June 29, 2013. 

VCS: What’s the difference between the Masterclass and the general class for you? 

A: For the Masterclass, we were instructed to prepare a song that we could work on for the class. I hadn’t realized that the Masterclass would be in front of the entire group and I was very nervous. After singing, Jen provided feedback and asked us about our own feelings about the experience and we sang parts of our song again with her instruction.

VCS: What did you get out of the Masterclass?  

A:  It gave me the experience of singing in front of a large audience.

VCS: Were you nervous?

A:  YES!

VCS:  What goes through your brain while Jen’s making you answer her questions? 

A:  I think Jen provided great feedback, as always, but I think I was so nervous that it was difficult to focus.

VCS: What was the audience like? 

A: The audience was very friendly.

VCS: Would you do it again? 

A: I think it was a worthwhile experience but I think if I hadn’t been so incredibly nervous than I could have gotten much more out of it. I think I would do it again, but it might be preferable to do in front of a smaller audience (e.g. the master class participants) rather than the entire group.

Stay tuned for more in this series, next up will be Jennifer Rodgers Beach – on nervousness. Because even directors get nervous.

 

Tagged With: anonymous, joel cline, nervousness, vocal workshop

Weather, The Great Equalizer

January 23, 2013

Joel Cline, meteorologist and VCS bass shoveling a LOT  of snow

That ain’t “conversational” snow.

If you know us, or have sung with us, you know that VCS – like the neighborhood we live and work in – is incredibly diverse. People from all over the place, who do all kinds of fun things for work. This post is from Joel Cline (pictured right), who in addition to being a bass and frequent soloist, also happens to be a meteorologist.

As in, we call Joel to make decisions about show night when the Capital Weather Gang is not as clear as we’d like them to be about things like rain, and snow, and storms. Yes CWG, we love ya, but sometimes we love Joel more.

More than anyone else we know, Joel gets how music, weather, and science go together. He gets why science education is worth supporting and exactly how natural disasters works, and he gets why we are going to sing about the weather on March 16, 2013. [Read more…]

Tagged With: capital weather gang, disaster awareness, disaster relief, forecastng, joel cline, meteorology, music of the storms, weather

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