Lorraine Bowen’s Sing-A-Longs/

Singing Workshops

 

Pics from Lorraine’s singing workshop at BESTIVAL 2011!

Lorraine regularly hosts singing workshops. 

You can learn her top tips of breathing, extending your range, singing rounds and part-songs - go on - sing out and get inspired!

LORRAINE BOWEN’s full DAY SINGING WORKSHOPS Lorraine can offer a selection of Singing workshops under different themes or get together a particular theme for your event. Here’s some ideas... Lorraine Bowen’s SING-A-LONG-A DISCO! Tips, singing exercises, practical ways to expand your range, snatch breathing, ha ha ha Bee Gees effects, Sylvester swoops and increased range and confidence - all to classic DISCO hits! Following the sell-out success of the Rogers and Hammerstein workshop last December, Lorraine follows this series of quirky singing workshops with the songs from the dance floors of DISCO land! Songs covered include: D.I.S.C.O by Ottawan Disco Inferno - The Trammps He’s the Greatest Dancer/Lost In Music /We are Family - Sister Sledge Car Wash - Rose Royce You make me Feel - Sylvester Best Disco in Town - The Ritchie Family Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton Boogie Wonderland - Earth Wind and Fire Stayin’ Alive and Night Fever - Bee Gees I Will Survive - string section solo Dancing Queen - ABBA Techniques of falsetto singing, snatch breathing, pitch control and chorus singing will be covered as well as lots of fun remembering a few moves! Do wear your old DISCO polyester shirts if you have some! Lorraine Bowen’s SING-A-LONG-A ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN! Lorraine takes the most wonderful melodies from the songs of Rogers and Hammerstein and leads the group into a romantic wash of Hollywood musicals! Songs selected from: The King and I Oaklahoma Sound of Music Carousel South Pacific The workshop can be a whole day (10.30 - 4.30 with breaks or a 2-3 workshop including warm-ups and fun exercises to include serious angles of vocal technique. **** Lorraine’s singing workshops are a great way to spend a Sunday! She always starts with a full-on warm-up which takes you through a robust session of breathing exercises, warm-ups, scales, rounds, part-songs and this workshop will be no exception. Lorraine is an inspirational teacher who focuses on technique at all times but using fun methods to get everyone feeling at ease and singing their best. Everyone always comes out of Lorraine’s workshops having had a great time, learning tips and tricks and inspired to sing with others again. If you haven’t sung since school days and fancy revisiting these popular songs, having a disco dance and a spot of harmonising then this is for you. Even if you sing regularly, it could be a great way of letting go and trying new things with other people - all of whom want a good day out! You don’t need to read music and all the lyrics are printed out very clearly. **** Lorraine Bowen has a Bachelor of Music (Hons) Degree in Music from Surrey University - specialising in singing AND a Certificate in Performance Coaching from Newcastle College, so knows and thing or two! She is passionate about getting other to enjoy the craft and her singing workshops are always energetic and fun with great feedback. In Lorraine’s general singing workshops, lots of popular styles are thrown at you from Let’s Twist Again to a 17th century madrigal to her 2-part arrangement of Glen Miller’s 1940‘s hit, In The Mood. Lorraine’s singing credits include albums with Billy Bragg, Montefiore Cocktail, Irma Records in Italy and Siesta Records in Spain. She has produced 5 albums of original hits on her own label, Sequin Skirt and worked on many sessions for other musicians. Her singing workshops at Bestival caused a stir this year and the Sing-a-long DISCO! will be a real dream as Lorraine has always wanted to mix singing and dancing together in a great session! To see Lorraine in action do click on to her youtube website...www.youtube.com/lorrainebowentv http://www.youtube.com/lorrainebowentvshapeimage_2_link_0