WorldSongs Presents
A WEEK-LONG WORLD MUSIC VOCAL CAMP
featuring music facilitators
Ana Alvarez,
David Harris and
Alan Gasser
A week of singing, learning and making music
together
culminating in a local community concert!
Monday, Aug 4 - Sunday, Aug 10
Location: the peaceful and intimate setting of
Sugar Ridge Retreat Center, just south of Midland, Ontario
www.sugarridge.ca
Interested? Want to hear about future camps? Email us at worldsongs4@gmail.com
Concert Information
Sunday August 11, 2013, time: 1 pm
St Paul's United Church
308 King St. Midland, Ontario
Free will donation ($10 suggested) to go to the ministry of St Paul's
We will have plenty of time to learn many new songs: as usual an eclectic
assortment of music of various village singing traditions from around the world.
WorldSongs Vocal Camp is an intensive experience. Everyone is welcome, whatever
your musical background or training, but the camp is meant for those who really love
to sing and who feel that learning new songs, rehearsing and singing all day long is a
taste of paradise.
A typical day will include three rehearsal times (morning: 9:30-11:30, afternoon:
2:30-5:00 and evening: 7:30 -9:00), as well as opportunities for small group and
individual instruction.
Leading the singing will be Ana Alvarez,
David Harris and Alan Gasser.
After several hours of practice in a day, singers sometimes like to spend a free
evening singing together! There will be an opportunity for those who wish to perform
in an in-house cabaret or talent show towards the end of the retreat to strut their
stuff! We will also perform together in a public concert at the end of the camp.
There will be at least one afternoon of free time, so that you can rest and rejuvenate
at a local beach on Georgian Bay, hike through the woods at Sugar Ridge, canoe at
Wye Marsh Conservation Center or tour about and see some of the historic sights in
the area.
Sleeping accommodation is shared and singers will join in light cooking and cleaning
duties together. A few tenting spots are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Along with our love of world music, Canadians love to eat food from around the
world. Our meals will be simple, healthy, plentiful, fresh, eclectic and delicious.
Susan Reid, our fabulous cook from previous camps is back by popular demand.
Specific dietary needs will be taken into account in our planning, as much as
possible.
Eating meals together is very much a part of the shared community of the
WorldSongs experience. We have a food coordinator on staff to organize meals but
we all help in the prep, serving and cleanup. Expect your co-campers to burst into
spontaneous song while doing the dishes, setting the table and sharing in preparing
the daily meals.
Spaces will be allotted based on a first come, first served basis and a balance of voice
parts. Fees include all meals, accommodation and tuition for the 7 days.
The 2014 camp starts on the afternoon of Mon August 4th and ends with an afternoon concert in
the Midland area on Sun. August 10th. Midland is 1.5 hours north of Toronto.
Early-Bird Special (paid in full by March 15th, 2013)
Shared Cabin Accommodations: $775 per singer
Camping (bring your own gear): $650 per singer
(A limited number of sites are available; first come, first served).
Regular Fees
Shared Cabin Accommodations: $825 per singer ($775 if paid in full by Mar. 15)
Camping (bring your own gear): $700 per singer ($650 if paid in full by Mar. 15)
A limited number of small bursaries are available depending on enrollment.
Contact us:
Email: mailto:worldsongs4@gmail.com
Regular Mail:
WorldSongs
275 Westmoreland Ave
Toronto, ON M6H 3A4
Canada
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Ana Alvarez
Ana Alvarez was born in Cali, Colombia, where she began studying voice at the Conservatorio
Antonio Maria Valencia. Since 2001 she has studied conducting at the Ponitificia Universidad
Javeriana, the University of Victoria and the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.
Ana Alvarez is deeply experienced as a conductor, beginning in Colombia, with Anita y el Coro
Sound, and continuing in Canada with the Philomela Women’s Choir, the University of Victoria
Wind Symphony, the Missisauga Festival Youth Choir and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Symposium. Her research specialty for the DMA degree is Latin American music.
David Harris
David Harris has pursued study and performance of Sephardic music throughout North
America, Greece, Israel, France, Turkey, Poland, Bosnia, Spain, and Morocco.
His fieldwork and
performances have received support and awards from the Luce, Rockefeller, and Jay and Rose
Phillips Family Foundations.
He is the founder and singer with Voices of Sepharad, besides
widely varied appearances – as a singer, actor, and dancer – with the Minnesota Opera, Zorongo
Flamenco, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Corning Dances and Company, Ensemble Espanol,
Guthrie Theater, North Star Opera, In the Heart of the Beast Mask and Puppet Theater, Liz
Lerman Dance Exchange, and Illusion Theater.
Alan Gasser
A fabulous teacher who inspires enthusiasm and delight, whether he's leading a Georgian lullaby, a classical piece, or a Woodie Guthrie song
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