Autumn Basic Conducting Skills Day

Sunday 6th October 2019

10am - 5pm

Junior School Hall, The Hall School, 69 Belsize Park, London, NW3 4EH

New to conducting choirs and want some help? Been conducting for a while and want to refresh your skills? Thinking about starting your own choir? Then join us for a day of practical skills development with Suzzie Vango. You'll have the opportunity to see how to shape the sound using gesture, deepen your understanding of vocal skills and learn how to communicate effectively in rehearsal with your choir.

As a soprano, conductor, workshop leader and voice coach, Suzzie has forged a successful career taking her all over the UK and internationally to work with professional and amateur organisations and their singers and choirs of all ages. Current positions include: Conductor of National Children's Choir of Great Britain and Ex Cathedra Girls Academy, Head of Vocal Studies at Bromsgrove School, Schools Workshop Programme Leader for Music of Life Foundation and Director of Orchestra of the Swan Chamber Choir, Vocal.Point Music Educators and classical a cappella group, Papagena.

Price £60 abcd members, £75 non-members

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