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Classes
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Workshops
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Recommendations
Classes
Private guitar, piano and voice lessons available by appointment.
Contact Anne for details: likapika@aol.com or call 503-232-1720
click class titles for more information:
Singing for the Vocally Challenged - Part 1: April 5, 2008
Singing for the Vocally Challenged - Part 2: April 12, 2008
One Step Higher Choir: May 1 - May 29, 2008
The Everybody Welcome Community Choir: April 7 - June 2, 2008
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Dates
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details
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Singing
for the Vocally
Challenged:
Part 1
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Saturday, April 5 2008
Portland Community College
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Love to sing in the shower? Told you shouldn't sing in public?
Anyone can learn to sing! Come learn the basics: breath, melody,
harmony, rhythm and how to sing on key. Have fun in supportive
environment.
For more information/registration,
click here
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Singing
for the Vocally
Challenged:
Part 2
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Saturday, April 12 2008
Portland Community College
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Love to sing in the shower? Told you shouldn't sing in public?
Anyone can learn to sing! Come learn the basics: breath, melody,
harmony, rhythm and how to sing on key. Have fun in supportive
environment.
For more information/registration,
click here
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One Step Higher Choir - May
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Thursdays
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
May 1 - May 29
Near SE Division and 72nd
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The class will focus on 3 and 4 part harmony,
tone, breath support, developing your own
harmony parts, unusual rhythms, individual and
blended singing skills, multicultural music,
and will likely culminate in a short performance.
It's similar to my "Everyone Welcome Community Choir"
but uses more challenging songs and arrangements
and has more individual focus.
Class size is limited to ten.
Tea, fun, and occasional crumpets are included.
No auditions; self-selecting. First come first sing!
Five sessions:
Thursday, May 1
Thursday, May 8
Thursday, May 15
Thursday, May 22
Thursday, May 29
$100
To RSVP contact Anne directly: 503-232-1720 or likapika@aol.com
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The Everybody Welcome Community Choir
"Thanks so much for the choir on Monday.
It was really fun and inspiring
to be back in music again.
I love how supportive and
hardworking you are as a teacher -
you break it down in a very
accesssible way."
- S.S., Community Choir
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Monday,
April 7
(continuing every Monday until June 2)
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This new session will meet for
9 weeks on Mondays, starting April 7.
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-judgemental
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!
Classes are from 6:45 pm to 8:30 pm
9 classes for $90
(Anne will arrange work exchange for unemployed folks on a
case-by-case basis)
Classes are located at the
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
1244 NE 39th/NE Senate
North side of the church in the Fireside Room.
To RSVP, or for other questions please contact
Leslie Schockner, choir student, at leslieschockner@gmail.com
or call Leslie at 503-513-9600.
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Workshops
Workshops are offered for festivals, colleges, and schools.
Contact Anne for details: likapika@aol.com
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Workshop
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description
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Spontaneous Choir
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Using songs ranging from Gospel to Russian to Do Wop, we'll strengthen
group singing skills using several part harmonies, rounds, improvisation
(for those who wish), laughing (no kidding!) and syncopation. We'll
also answer questions like How do I breathe 'correctly'? How do I work
on pitch? How do I hear, harmony and make up harmony parts? Where's the
chocolate?
For anyone at any level!
If this workshop precedes a concert, and the group is willing, we'll
perform a song or two from class
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Songwriting
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This is a workshop for people who want to improve their songwriting craftup
and t lyrically or melodically. We'll do a few songwriting exercises to get
ourselves warmed hen work on songs participants bring to class. Works will
not be looked at with criticism but with the enthusiasm of discovery- what do
we need to add or edit to craft lyrics or music into something more like what
you really wanted to create?? How do we invite the muse to the picnic?
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Blues Guitar Workshop
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This workshop will include Delta, Chicago, and Piedmont styles from very
basic to more complex. More advanced students will be able to learn and practice
basic blues "leads" and different tunings. Class will include a little bit of blues
history (and herstory), a little theory, and a lot of playing
Optional: bring a slide if you want to try it out, and/or bring ten copies of the
lyrics and/or chords of any blues song you've been "waiting at the crossroads" to
learn.
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Wild Woman Do Get the Blues
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Beginning/Intermediate Blues Guitar Workshop for Women. Same format as above.
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Recommendations
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 &Êintermediate 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 wasnÕt 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 studentÕs 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" Ð 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
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