Join the BCCF for a workshop:
SECOND SESSION ADDED BY POPULAR DEMAND!
Saturday, November 16, 2019
9:30am – 3:30pm
Calvary Baptist Church (711 Park Road – Gibsons)
Free Your Singing Voice with Sarona Mynhardt
How to be the best singer you can be!
Sarona believes that anyone who can talk can sing! She also believes that the key to a great singing voice, regardless of your age, is healthy vocal technique. Singers should be trained to use their voices with versatility, freedom, ease, endurance, and without any discomfort in the throat or any other part of the body.
Her goal is to create awareness and help singers understand the importance of Body Mind connection, correct alignment of the spine, and supportive breath control.
Join our fun and interactive workshop that will provide you with memorable tools to achieve and maintain a healthy voice throughout your life and especially as you age.
During the morning sessions Sarona will lead you through a basic Vocal Technique system and introduce you to a 5 day workout with exercises that are easy to follow. This will allow you to continue to work towards maintaining a rich and consistent tone throughout your range, access to both higher and lower registers, efficient breath management through phrases, control and skill to sing any repertoire you wish, and most of all, confidence to sing and enjoy the sound of your own unique voice!
After lunch we will take it one step further as we explore connection to sound, text and style.
A handout with notes and exercises will be included!
SCHEDULE
• 9:30-11am – Vocal Technique session 1: Alexander technique / Aligning the spine & Efficient breath support / Connecting breath with sound
• 11:15-12:45pm – Vocal Technique session 2 : Phonation (vowels and consonants), Resonance and Pitch
• 12:45-1:30pm – Lunch break – Bring you own lunch!
• 1:30-3:30pm – Laban for the Choral Singer : Connection to sound, text and style
REGISTRATION
Click here to register conveniently and securely online.
For questions you may contact the BCCF at 1-877-733-9688 or projectmanager@bcchoralfed.com.
$50 – walk-in
$45 – pre-registered:
$35 – current BCCF member, pre-registered
A group registration form is available here.
For lunch arrangements, see the registration form or bring a bag lunch
SARONA MYNHARDT
Sarona has one goal in life, and that is to truly make a difference in the lives of the singers she works with. She firmly believes that through Music a teacher does not only have the opportunity to teach music literacy and musicianship skills, but those life skills and qualities that are universally important. Those of love, compassion, humanity, respect, discipline, passion and joy! Born and raised in South Africa, Sarona completed her education degree in Pretoria. In 1996 she immigrated with her husband and two children to Canada.
Sarona founded the White Rock Children’s Choir, which had Choirs at several levels under her artistic direction for 20 years. The Choir participated regularly in International Festivals, and she conducted them in prestigious venues accross the world. Highlights included a performance for Archbishop Desmond Tutu in St Georges Cathedral, and a performance in Carnegie Hall when the Choir was invited by Henry Leck to be part of a Children’s Festival Chorus under his direction in April 2014. Over the past 10 years Sarona organized two Children’s Choir Festivals celebrating diversity and World Music, and also founded and conducted the Cantrix Women’s ensemble.
Sarona has taught Music in both the public and private school systems, she was on the board for the BC Choral Federation for five years, and received the BCCF Willan award for outstanding service to the BC Choral Federation in 2015. She regularly serves as a Guest Conductor for Honour and Festival choirs, Adjudicator at Music Festivals, and Clinician for Conductor and Choral workshops. Sarona has taught Vocal, Choral and Leadership workshops on several trips to both Taiwan and South Africa, and she has been on the faculty for the BCCF Choral Directorship Courses since 2006. She has participated in and completed level three of Creating Artistry – Conducting Courses and Master Classes with Henry Leck and Vocal Training with Steven Rickards at Butler University in Indianapolis. Sarona is a registered teacher of SongShine – a program based on the leading edge science of neuroplasticity and the brain’s ability to reorganize and change itself through singing and music. Sarona recently moved to the Sunshine Coast where she founded the Inspirito Women’s Vocal Ensemble, leads SongShine classes, and continues to teach voice at her private studio.