Empower Your Voice

#15 Michelle Lang Contemporary Gospel Singer   Michelle is busy transforming lives through her work in music, with the band Stillwater and through the teen summer musical program at Langston Hughes in Seattle, and as the Associate Director of Campus Ministries at Warner Pacific College and a worship leader at Imago Dei Community Church.  She  is also a writer for the youth reference magazine, Slan...

  "Challenge is what motivates me. Particularly doing new things."   Jeff Brumley is part of a Multi-potentialite community. His day job is in the tech world; he has an MBA. Jeff grew up singing in church, studied piano starting at age 8, performed in musicals, the choir, and played acoustic guitar in high school, before taking up his primary instrument, bass. In college he sang and played bass bu...

We turn the tables on our host as Nancy Bos's son, Quincy Costlow, interviews Nancy for the podcast. Nancy suffered serious performance anxiety because the music she was trained to sing did not speak to her; classical music wasn't her genre of choice. Once she committed to singing and teaching in other styles, her performance anxiety dissipated and confidence took its place. Nancy's joy in teachin...

Show Notes Every Sing episode 012   Aaron Norman - Male Soprano - I Music   Trained gospel, classical, and music theater singer, Aaron Norman, talks about what motivates him and what he has experienced so far. He arranges music, directs choirs - He likes to music.   Contact Aaron @ aaronmnorman1@gmail.com   Aaron talked about a lot of great ideas to follow up on; like the youth program at Village...

Dr. Candace Magner, researcher and publisher of the music of Barbara Strozzi, 17th Cen. Venetian composer. Publication Website: cordonatoeditions.com Blog Website for info: barbarastrozzi.com Email Dr. Magner: editor@cordonatoeditions.com The music heard in this podcast were Opus 2, number 4, "Costume Dei Grandi" and Opus 2, number 9 "La Vendetta", both performed by Dr. Magner with Adam Pearl, har...

Adriana Giordano, Brazilian Vocalist and Producer Making Space to Get Lost in the Music   Adriana's life growing up was filled with music from her father's country, Uruguay, her mother's country, Italy, and the country she was born and raised in, Brazil. She was immersed in dance for her youth and didn't pick up singing until later in life.   Her first exposure to singing was through a choir, then...

Show Notes Every Sing episode 009 Dr. Natalie Lerch on Horseback Riding and Singing   Dr. Natalie Lerch, Voice Department at Cornish College of the Arts and avid horsewoman - or as she likes to call herself - Diva Cowgirl, talks about the correlation between singing and riding horses. Mocha, Natalie's horse, is a 22-year-old paint. She's had him for 7 years and he has a fabulous sense of humor.   ...

Every Sing episode 008 Nathan Young - What Feeds My Soul Nathan has music directed for many of the theaters in the Puget Sound area as well as cabaret and solo shows. He is also the choir director at Sammamish Presbyterian Church. Nathan enjoys being a clinician for choirs, along with directing, arranging, and producing for singers and instrumentalists. You will find his Living Room Concerts video...

Every Sing 007: Tom Kimmel on How Music Move Us Tom Kimmel is an award winning songwriter for film ( Twins, Runaway Bride , Serendipity ), television ( Touched By An Angel, Dawson's Creek, Miami Vice), and for a host of major artists including Johnny Cash , Linda Ronstadt , Joe Cocker and Randy Travis . A soulful entertainer, speaker, poet, and teacher, Tom tours widely and has released seven albu...

006 Every Sing: Marieke Schuurs on Body Mapping and Alexander Technique   Marieke started to consider Alexander Technique and Body Mapping after attending the Voice Care Network in Minnesota in the 1990's. After, she started working with Barbara Connable on Body Mapping.   Cathey Madden - Seattle Alexander Teacher, UW Drama dept.   Certification in Body Mapping from Andover Educators and is a cert...

Every Sing Episode #5, a conversation with Ken Stringfellow   Ken Stringfellow is a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, arranger, and producer. He his famous for the band he started with his good friend, Jon Auer,  The Posies . He has also toured with  R.E.M. , and the re-formed  Big Star . Ken has been involved with more than 200 albums.   I got to catch up with Ken in Washington state. He spent...

Dennis Coleman is the Director Emeritus of the Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus where he served as conductor and artistic director for 35 years. He has also served that long with Bellevue First Congregation Church and continues to work with the choir there to this day.   Dennis's love for choral singing began in the church and with hymn singing. He said he got good training as an ac...

Michele D'Amour is the founder and lead singer of Michele D'Amour and the Love Dealers. Michele is a born storyteller, poet, and songwriter. Her lyrics treat difficult topics with a sense of soulful whimsy and wry humor. Michele wrote songs and sang lead for several local bands before entering the local blues scene and honing her craft at blues jams. Michele formed her band, Michele D'Amour and th...

Dr Matthew Schloneger is the 2017 winner of the Van Lawrence Fellowship. He is a tenor and a professional singer. He got into voice science while doing his doctoral work in voice pedagogy at the University of Kansas. Through his doctoral work he got into an area of research called voice dosimetry. Voice Dosimetry has to do with vocal health and how we use our voices. Dr. Schloneger is a voice teac...

Ted Chamberlain is the director of the barbershop chorus, SeaChordesman, and member of the  Evergreen District champion barbershop quartet 4.0. Ted began singing barbershop while still in high school in the 1980s. Aside from his passion for Barbershop, Ted has also been a National Board certified public school music teacher and currently has an independent voice studio. Seachordsmen Barbershop Cho...