* Ongoing private choral workshops: Tuesdays at 4pm
* Private Vocal Studio, call for information: 510 652-1298
* Community Choruses, call for information.

Joy of Singing

(course at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, UC Berkeley)
OLLI website

Mondays
Jan. 30 to Mar. 12
10 a.m. to 12 noon
UH Room 41B*

* Note updated location

Whether you have always longed to sing in a chorus or have sung in one for years, this course is open to you. Learn the basics of sight-singing, as well as rounds, chants, and arranged music by composers such as Bobby McFerrin, who creates sound effects and percussion with his voice, and Ysaye Barnwell, a member of the African American a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock. Join us to strengthen your voice and confidence and make a joyful noise! Lauren Carley is the artistic director for the community choruses Variety Pack and Rhythm Society. She teaches individuals and groups and leads women's retreats in finding one's authentic voice through circle singing for joy, healing, and ritual.

Lauren Carley, mezzo-soprano, performs with her ensembles Polyhymnia and Schola Adventus, and tours her original cabaret featuring the music of Kurt Weill. Ms. Carley teaches the Joy of Singing for UC Berkeley's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, maintains a private voice studio, teaches Sight Singing 101 for Singers, conducts Bay Area community choruses, and leads the Joy of Singing in Sacred Spaces vocal workshop each summer in Italy. Past appointments include Vocal/Choral Director for the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, Oakland Youth Chorus choral conductor, Guest Professor in Drama at Colorado College, Adjunct Professor of Voice at New York University and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy Vocal Faculty.

Lauren Carley has years of teaching and performing experience

Lauren Carley provides teaching and performance support for opening your voice to the world and ownership of your stage, from the boardroom to the back yard, the elementary school classroom to the Metropolitan Opera.

Lauren teaches young through older adults who want to bring voice back into their life, students embarking on voice-over careers, young professionals, bookkeepers, architects, writers, elementary school music teachers, conservatory students, nuclear medicine technicians, editors, burlesque dancer/singers, clowns, and actors.

If you have come to learn how to nurture and grow a powerful, nuanced, sensual voice, then you have come to the right place.

Lauren works with:

Willing and motivated singers—beginning, intermediate and advanced
Leaders from all walks of life who want to be more comfortable in front of groups
Performers who want to focus their skills or prepare repertory
Choral groups who want special coaching to improve their performance

Lauren can help you:

Gain confidence in your voice to gain confidence in your life and work
Learn the secrets of vocal range and expressiveness
Reclaim the strength and sensuality of your voice
Savor the joy of singing and speaking
Experience the magic of joining your voice with others

Lauren has taught and performed all over the country. Find out more about her story…

Hear Lauren talk about how rediscovering your voice can enliven your body…

Hear Lauren talk about how gaining confidence in your voice can increase confidence in other parts of your life…

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