Sing Your Heart Out - A Cappella Singing Class
WITH – Jane Younghusband
WHY?
To learn more about a cappella (unaccompanied) harmony singing, to sing with others and to enjoy beautiful songs from all over the world. And of course to have fun and relax!
WHO?
Anyone who is curious about their voice and harmonizing. Beginners welcome.
WHEN?
MONDAY NIGHTS 7.30 to 9pm (except school holidays)
from 8 August 2011.
WHERE?
Kuranda Recreation Centre
Fallon Road, Kuranda
HOW MUCH?
$40 for 5 week block
or $10 per night for casual visitors
A cappella singing is a group activity so it’s best if you can be there for
the whole block so we can all learn songs and skills and move forward
together.
WHAT TO BRING?
✦ A recording device (it's really handy to be able to record the songs we're learning)
✦ A folder with plastic inserts (for storing your words/music)
✦ A pen
✦ A bottle of water
✦ Comfortable clothing
Contact: Jane Younghusband
Phone: +61 (0)7 4093 0463
Mobile: +61 (0)431 846 169
Email: singwoyaya@bigpond.com
A cappella is the term used to describe unaccompanied singing - that is no piano, guitar, etc. It is a style that is increasingly popular, perhaps because it gives power
back to the unaided voice.
Jane Younghusband has a B.A. Performing Arts and Bachelor of Teaching and works as a High School drama teacher as well as teaching a cappella singing to groups. She honed her skills for many years as a member of Sydney a cappella group “Voices from the Vacant Lot”, before moving to the Far North.
Jane strongly believes that when the TV replaced the piano in the corner of the lounge room, a very important part of community life was lost to many people - the chance to sing together in an informal and non-competitive
environment. We now listen to others singing in the same way as we watch sport - whatever happened to participation! Now we are all so in awe of the
“professionals” that we hardly dare open our mouths!
Yet singing is such a joyful experience. You truly create
harmony when you sing with other people, it’s a form of
meditation, it’s a great way to release stress and it’s also
great fun!
Jane works with adults and children alike, teaching songs
from all over the world, to open people up to the beautiful
sounds from many cultures - their differences and their
similarities. People sing in celebration, they sing to lament
and to grieve, they sing to make a joke, they sing to make
apolitical statement, they sing to express their love, their
devotion, their loyalty, and they sing in anger. We can
learn a great deal about ourselves and about others from
the songs of the world.
Jane’s workshops are a mix of voice freeing exercises
and songs of celebration and struggle from all over the
world. African songs abound in the repertoire, with a
sprinkling of Bulgarian, Gaelic, Israeli, Spanish, Gospel,
as well as songs from closer to home.