Jazz Fundamentals Masterclass
When: Tuesday - June 29, 2021
ALL AGES - 6:00PM EST
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Do you love listening to the great jazz singers of our time like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Frank Sinatra? Maybe you even love instrumentalists like Dizzy Gillespie or Duke Ellington.
Have you always wanted to learn about becoming a jazz singer, but not sure where or how to start? This class will offer a beginner’s guide to what distinguishes this genre from others and breaking down where to begin conquering basic techniques of the style.
In this masterclass we will:
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Go over the basics of singing a jazz standard, including understanding different rhythmic patterns and melody alterations
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Discuss what it’s like singing in a real session in a jazz club
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Enter the exciting world of scat singing if time allows!
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After this class, students will feel more confident in basic knowledge of the genre and what jazz is all about!
This event will be hosted virtually through Google Meet with the link to the event going out via email on the day of the event!
About Your Teacher
Jennie Colabatistto is a professional vocalist and music teacher based in the Westchester, NY region. Jennie has been teaching voice and beginner piano for various NY music schools, as well as her own private students for the past two years. She has experience teaching all genres and styles of music, her specialties being musical theatre, jazz, and soul.
Jennie studied voice privately for nearly twenty years before going on to pursue music professionally. She studied with teachers from a variety of backgrounds, including Nancy Auffarth (Broadway performer), Mark Womack (professional Opera singer), and June Thomas (professional Jazz and RNB singer). She also studied for a year at the music conservatory at the Hartt School of Music and graduated with a liberal arts BA from Muhlenberg College.
In addition to teaching, Jennie has been a working singer since 2018. She performs in festivals, wineries, restaurants, private parties/events and other music venues. Jennie is the lead singer of her own groups Jennie’s Jazz Trio and the Jennie C Band, as well as the Hudson Valley’s 7 piece funk and soul band, In the Pocket. She has been hired to sing for a variety of other projects in the past few years. She has won many singing awards over the years, most notably the PA Jazz Idol Vocal Soloist Award in 2017. In 2019, she earned a spot performing in the Hudson Valley Jazz Festival.