Calendar

Apr
1
Fri
Single Singers Rehearsal
Apr 1 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

This rehearsal is for the Single Singers.

This open group is for any singer at any level who is willing to learn the material on his or her own, prior to coming to SingStrong, and willing to perform on stage after just one day together!

We won’t have time to plunk notes so make sure you know your part cold!

(You’ll also need a weekend pass or class pass to participate.)

Follow the instructions here ( http://dc.singstrong.org/singlesingersdc.html )  and get ready to sing your heart out!

Meet and Greet AfterGlow at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
Apr 1 @ 11:00 pm – 11:59 pm

Food, drink and song! A meet and greet for SingStrong groups, singers and attendees! Held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel!

This is an awesome party, but it isn’t for everyone. This event is not supervised by SingStrong, South Lakes HS, Rita Gigliotti or any other person or entity. This is not an official SLHS or SingStrong event. No credit is offered at the HS for attendance. No fee is charged for attendance. This is simply the spot where some performers and adult summit attendees will be relaxing after the show. It is not for HS students to attend.

Apr
2
Sat
HS Competition Welcome/Tier 1/Soundcheck
Apr 2 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am

All high school competitors start off right here! HS Competitors should check out this special schedule.

The Complete Novice’s Guide to Arranging with Rob Redei
Apr 2 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Complete Novice Guide to Arranging
You want to arrange! Unfortunately you have no idea what you’re doing!  Don’t worry! Rob Redei, Director of Performing Arts and Choral Director at the Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart has your back!
This class walks you through the basic skills, tools and methods you need in order to get started.  After running through a basic checklist of things to work on, we will begin arranging a song together.  You’ll leave with the skills to get your own project off the ground!
Songwriting with Julia Easterlin
Apr 2 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Julia Easterlin is an award-winning songwriter and one of the rare a cappella performers to have focused her career on original material. Come hear Julia’s thoughts on the creative process. And take careful notes! SingStrong is proud to partner with Cure Alzheimer’s Fund in announcing an original a cappella songwriting contest with a $2,500 prize!

The Science of Vocal Technique (or 10 Things You Don’t Know About Singing) by Michael Miller, MS, PT. (and T1)
Apr 2 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Let science lead the way!

10 stunning, new evidence based research articles. 10 shocking conclusions. Singers, coaches and directors will learn what we really know, and what we’re just guessing at. For all experience levels. Gather the facts for healthy singing! Get empowered!

The Science of Vocal Technique by Michael Miller, MS, PT. (and T1)Vocal teachers use analogies to elicit physical changes. It works for some and frustrates others. Why not just cut to the chase and learn what’s really happening?

This class will use the latest scientific research to explore healthy vocal technique.  What’s real and what’s bunk? Michael will present the hard data, walk you through the physiology and then demonstrate the effect on the voice. Then it’s your turn to try it out! Sing healthy. Sing high. Sing strong!

Michael Miller is a licensed physical therapist and professional singer/actor/trumpet player with many decades of training and performance. He has performed with professional a cappella group, Blind Man’s Bluff, and extensively in regional musical theatre.

Single Singers Rehearsal
Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

This rehearsal is for the Single Singers.

This group is for any singer at any level who is willing to learn the material on his or her own, prior to coming to SingStrong, and willing to perform on stage after just one day together!

We won’t have time to plunk notes so make sure you know your part cold! (You’ll also need a weekend pass or class pass to participate.)

Contact your director  ( http://dc.singstrong.org/singlesingersdc.html ) for learning materials and get ready to sing your heart out!

Participation will cause you to miss a portion of the Saturday 2PM HS Finals in which the top 8 HS Groups compete.

You will be performing at this concert during the judge’s deliberations.

Spotlight Showcase Concert w Hall Pass, Empyrean Heights, RidgeSound, Maverick Elision
Apr 2 @ 1:00 pm – 1:40 pm

No special tickets required! Anyone with a ClassPass may attend!

Pro, Semi-Pro, Collegiate and sometimes even HS groups of all types strut their stuff in a casual, non-competitive showcase.

Take 6 on Performing, Arranging and More!
Apr 2 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

TAKE 6 is the most awarded a cappella group in history. They’ll discuss performance, arranging and more in this intimate seminar setting.

 

TAKE 6 boasts ten Grammy’s, ten Dove Awards (Gospel Music Awards), Best Jazz Vocal Group honors for seven consecutive years in Downbeat’s prestigious Reader’s and Critic’s Poll, a Soul Train Music Award, BRE (Black Radio Exclusive) Vocal Group of the Year, two NAACP Image Award nominations, induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and countless other musical and humanitarian citations.​ Known for dense jazzy chords and wondrously melismatic soloists, this gospel jazz sextet has been heard from New York’s famed Blue Note to the Montreux Jazz Festival, from PBS to ABC-TV specials​. Heralded by Quincy Jones as the “baddest vocal cats on the planet!”, TAKE 6 (Claude McKnight, Mark Kibble, Joel Kibble, Dave Thomas, Alvin Chea and Khristian Dentley) boast performances on Saturday Night Live, the Oscars, the Grammys, and have had the honor of performing for four sitting U.S. Presidents. They remain the quintessential and pre-eminent a cappella group in the world. Although these days the group often performs with instruments in other venues, at SingStrong Take 6 returns to their purely a cappella roots. Take 6 performs two times on Saturday night, and the two shows will NOT be the same. Don’t miss this incredible glimpse into the genius of Take 6. [Performing Sat 7PM and Sat 9:30PM]

Silent Auction to Benefit the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund
Apr 2 @ 8:30 pm – 9:10 pm

The Silent Auction (which is actually quite loud) accepts bids from Saturday Morning onwards, but this is the the final 40 minutes of Silent Auction time! The crowds gather and bidding intensifies!

Get unbelievable deals as you bid on a plethora of packages, and every dollar goes right to the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund!

Hotel get-aways? We’ve got em! Hard to find a cappella CDs? We’ve got em? Headshot and recording packages? We’ve got em! Local discounts for every day items? We’ve got those too!

Don’t miss this great chance to do well (for yourself) while you do good (for others)!

All conveniently placed in the cafeteria, between the end of the Sat. 7PM show and the beginning of the Sat. 9:30PM show!

Feel like donating a good or service? Fantastic! Contact Diana@SingStrong.org

Check out our FAQ for more info: http://dc.singstrong.org/faq.html

Apr
3
Sun
Live Looping with Julia Easterlin
Apr 3 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Collective Improvisation in a Group with Claudia Burghard of Vivid Voices
Apr 3 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Everybody can improvise! There’s no need to worry about measures, harmonies or scat syllables.
Even music theory takes a back seat. We just do it. Spontaneously. In the moment. And with great fun! Come to the roots of singing in a group and we will grow together. Join this experimental journey!