Classes

Singing for the Vocally Challenged at PCC

An introduction on how to sing, including breathing, basic techniques, how to hear and stay in pitch, hold a melody, and learn your range. All levels welcome!

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Harmony Singing at PCC

Can you carry a tune but want to learn and improve your harmony skills? Multi-cultural songs. Very fun!

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Registration:

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Singing for the Vocally Challenged CD! by Anne Weiss

Anne Weiss’ new instructional CD is here! Singing for the Vocally Challenged, Curious, Confident or Cacophonous

$15 each (shipping included)

Here’s the CD that many of you have been waiting for! Vocal warm ups, excercises and ear training for people who love to sing and wan

t to get better at it. Hot off the press!

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Everyone Welcome Community Choir

Mondays, September 13 – October 16, 2010 
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
1244 NE 39th
Fireside room- Senate Street entrance
6:45-8:30
$70

$13 – Individual class if people want to try before they buy

Work trade available for unemployed/underemployed folks

(note: while we love and appreciate using the church, the choir is not affiliated with a particular religion, other than the MUSIC IS GOOD! religion.)

RSVP by phone 503-919-2457 or by leslieschockner@gmail.com

This is a singing class and choir all rolled into one. Learn breath control, tone, pitch, melody, harmony, rhythm; strengthen individual singing skills and group singing skills. Sing diverse styles of music (gospel, folk, classical, African, European, Latin American, etc, etc!) in a supportive, encouraging, non-judgmental atmosphere where the #1 return reason is FUN.

Both experienced and inexperienced singers welcome, any age (with adult supervision). Bring your family, bring your friends, bring your enemies and make them into friends, bring songs you would love to sing!

Singing for the Vocally Challenged

New classes starting up in the fall.  Stay tuned for information.
Tabor Space
taborspace.org
SE 55th / Belmont
Muir Hall
6:30 – 8 pm
$75

New and returning students welcome! Wheelchair accessible!

Come have fun and learn that you are NOT tone deaf! We’ll focus on breathing, tone, and how to carry a tune in and out of a bucket.

Quotes From Anne’s Students

“I was a participant last fall in one of your classes for the Vocally Challenged. I followed that by participating in the drop-in choir on Monday evenings for several weeks. You and your classes helped me get the courage to return to an activity that had given me great pleasure in the past, but which I’d figured wasn’t in the cards for me any longer. Last April, I joined a chorus sponsored by the Senior Center near my home in Wilsonville, and managed to fit in and to have great fun in doing so. Thank you so much for making a difference in my life!!!”
-Jane Barber 8/09

“I can hardly stop singing! I ‘m not exaggerating when I say it feels like a rebirth. I have had this longing to sing for so many years, and now it finally feels possible. I am just singing Thuma Mina over and over, but I am completely happy. I went through a point in class today when I thought I couldn’t do it, because I didn’t know if I was on pitch or not and the uncertainty almost got me. It is like a whole identity change to think that I can learn to sing. Thank you, thank you!”
- Annie Winn

June, 2007: “Your class is truly awesome and of all of the singing directors I have worked with, probably close to a dozen, you are by far the most approachable and fun and easiest to learn from.”
- D.C.L., Everyone Welcome Community Choir June 2007

November, 2006: “I want to thank you though for getting me on my way with the guitar. You are a terrific teacher, and I love your music too. Your warm supportive style made me braver than I thought I was. Starting when you know you are 40 years from the possibility of being a child prodigy requires a gentle touch. Thanks again.”
~Amber Wright, private guitar student & intermediate blues guitar class

October, 2006: “I had the pleasure of taking a blues guitar class from Anne Weiss in the fall of 2006. It was a private group lesson with a total of five students. The playing levels of all the students were quite different and Anne did an exceptional job balancing the needs of each student. She is patient with her students and has a refreshing perspective on individual interpretation, allowing creative expression and individual playing styles, while still teaching the basics. She wasn’t bogged down with music theory, had an understanding and a technical expertise in different styles, and demonstrated her real love for the blues. She welcomed feedback and really seemed interested in each student’s progress. I would highly recommend her as a blues guitar instructor.”
- Craig McConachie

October, 2006: “Anne Weiss is a very special guitar teacher because of her knowledge of different styles, singing and songwriting. She breaks songs down into playable pieces, then puts it all together. She is also fun to work with.”
- Karl Lucke, Intermediate Blues Guitar Class

April, 2006: “I love your teaching techniques & I could see everyone relaxing into just having fun & beginning to explore whole new vocal possibilities. Just a little background on why I’m a participant… Trying to make this brief, I’ve had a fairly extensive music background. My mom, who passed away April 2005, was a magnificent piano teacher who sacrificed a concert career for raising her family. I continued playing & singing in minor venues. My own travels took me far & wide, finally ending up in the Pacific NW where I sang in choirs & in Portland’s Youth Philharmonic’s performance of Handel’s Messiah TV production. When I began singing with a local band I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia – related to arthritis, which affects all soft tissue, including vocal chords & thorax, at random. In the last 10 years my voice was reduced to a very short range & the quality greatly sacrificed. I’ve suffered in virtual silence for several years, trying to sing when no one was listening. Because my husband, an accomplished musician (guitar), & I have been a part of Artichoke Music’s community & website, I learned of Anne Weiss’s class for the “Vocally Adventurous” – a note sent from heaven!!! I’ve been trying to search for a way to learn to retrieve my voice, to no longer be afraid to sing again & attending Anne’s class, I feel like I’ve reached the waterhole! I urge anyone, for whatever reason that you have for NOT singing – be it criticism, self or imposed, physical problems or the shell we build around ourselves, meet Anne & feel her compassion & love for what she does in her wonderful world of song & music.”
- Elizabeth Britton

March, 2005: “This is THE class for anyone who loves to sing! It is an easy-going, welcoming group thanks to Anne. As someone who has studied in a classical setting, I found Anne’s approach refreshing and helpful to training my ear instead of just reading music. Lots of fun!” “Excellent! Thank you for being so accessible- working with everybody at their level and figuring out how we can all work together even with all the varying skills…you are both an incredible singer and incredible teacher.” “I am so happy to have found a community choir that sings a variety of music”. “Anne is remarkable in that not only is she a talented musician, she is truly a talented teacher. Anne has the right touch in terms of inspiring her students, as well as easing any inhibitions or uncertainties. Anne is a true pleasure to learn from because she has a sweet soul, fantastic skill, and great method for educating. lessons with Anne end too soon, and can’t come again soon enough! ”
-Alexis g. Hutera

“Anne takes an optimistic and encouraging attitude toward her students, and has an excellent ear for identifying distinctions among a group of singers, which has been a great aid in my own singing development. Thank you Anne!”
- Raenna Merrill

“Anne’s talent for singing is obvious on her CDs. Anne has a special “other” talent. She successfully helps others explore and develop their musical talent (however marginal) too. She does this by creating a secure and enthusiastic space for her students to explore the world of voice.”
- Brian Mahon

“I was very scared and timid about even trying my voice when I first came to class. I was confused by music (all those notes, one after another!). I felt bewildered. What helped was Anne’s gentle guidance, positive support, and joyful attitude about making learning fun. The class opened a new world for me. I realize now that for all these years, it has been my fear that has kept me from singing. I just didn’t know how. What I learned is that I needed someone like Anne to show the way.”
- Richard Ballours, SVC 2002

“I’ve recently participated in Anne’s community choir class. Anne has the uncommon ability to bring out the singer in us all, even those of us who have been told we shouldn’t sing in public. She is able to turn a group of unskilled singers into performers who sound good, while enjoying the effort. Her demeanor helps people feel welcome and at ease, her musical talent and experience provide a wealth of material to draw on, and her teaching skills enable people to learn.”
- Diane Hollister