| Sandy
Cressman calls her vocal technique Connected Voice.
Her approach to teaching begins with this healthy technique,
based on her extensive training in Bel Canto and Speech Level Singing
technique. To this she adds her extensive performing and touring
experience to coaching on style and performance technique in Jazz,
Pop, Brazilian and Latin styles. Sandy teaches in French and Portuguese
as well.
Cressman
teaches voice and vocal technique at the Music
Center of San Francisco and at her home studio, as well as internationally
via Skype.
Pricing:
half hour lesson $50 hour lesson
$90
Introductory
lesson: $30/half hour
Discounts
given for lessons paid for in blocks of 4/month.
Special
youth programs available.
Please
email sandrinha@homenagem-brasileira.com
Sandy
also coaches vocal groups and bands on harmony and blend and does
vocal production in the studio. For an example of Sandy's work
with Vocal Jazz Groups, please go to www.hiseas.org
to check out the High Seas, a great San Francisco
Vocal Octet that Sandy musical directs.
UPCOMING
MASTERCLASSES AND
EDUCATIONAL
EVENTS:
March
15-18, 2008
Institut
Green Voices
Munich,
Germany
Voice
Education Workshop
We offer
27 workshops with contents from "body music", "vocal
technics", "lyric interpretation", "tools
& technology", "vocal health", "improvisation
in songs"
and many
other subjects in our four day event. Our aim is to
present effective vocal technics for every style and musical levels,
professionals and beginners, support and inspire musical skills
and vocalists of all ages.
www.greenvoices.de
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STAGE
DE CHANT JAZZ BRESILIEN
AVEC
SANDY CRESSMAN
DU
VENDREDI 19 AU LUNDI 22 SEPTEMBRE 2008
Sur
l'Ile aux Moines , Golfe du Morbihan, France
«CONNECTED
VOICE»
Atelier
Technique Vocale
&
Atelier
Chant Jazz Brésilien «CANTA
BRASIL»
INSCRIPTIONS
LIMITEES A 12 STAGIAIRES
Coût
total du stage = 654 €
Ateliers 350 € + 304 € l'hébergement
en pension complète au « Chemin des Iles», centre de stage
en chambres d'hôtes, arrivée le vendredi pour dîner, départ le
lundi après-midi
pour s'inscrire s'adresser
à francoise.braude@wanadoo.fr
register
by sending email to francoise.braude@wanadoo.frr
Cliquer
çi-dessous pour tous les détails:
Détails
du stage
Sandy
Cressman-bio français
Some
quotes from Sandy’s students:
"I
am twenty-three years old and study theatre at the American Conservatory
Theatre, as well as piano and guitar at Blue Bear School of American
Music. Sandy Cressman has broadened my vocal from a thought-to-be
alto to a full range soprano. She has taught me voice control and
given me the confidence to sing high range pieces. Sandy Cressman
has changed my vocal technique forever and I could never thank her
enough for doing so. Thank you Sandy!"
Adreana
Gonzales
Actress/Singer
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"Working
with Sandy gave me more confidence and a very different approach
to singing. Her fluency in French made it also very comfortable
for me and she was able to understand exactly where I was coming
from and what my needs were."
Anabelle
Lombard-Varma Paris
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"Sandy
taught me allot of great exercises and was fun, efficient and clear
to work with! I highly recommend her!"
Beth
Custer
Composer/clarinetist/vocalist
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"I
have been studying with Sandy for over a year now. My voice has
improved and changed significantly. I have a technical understanding
now of voice I never knew existed. I have found my chest voice and
can now maneuver better between head and chest. I can really tell
the difference when I sing songs that challenged me my entire life.
Sandy’s breadth of knowledge, patience and focus is a blessing,
and she is a joy to work with."
Joanne
Brion, 45
Novice but passionate singer – lover of music,
Urban Economist by day.
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Sandy
has been a great coach and mentor over the past 3 years. I
was very close to giving up on singing since I had vocal health
issues (nodules) and had not been happy with past instructors.
Connected-Voice
singing has been the only answer and is, I feel, the best way to
obtain a healthy, trained voice with much greater range and movement.
Sandy
has worked diligently with me to help me reach a much more comfortable
level of singing and one I feel confident with during performances.
She has opened up a broad range of songs to me. In the
past I would not approach certain songs, now I feel confident and
ready to tackle any tune. Her approach allows for a
much greater range and substance to the whole voice.
Sandy
is a performer and has recorded a number of CD's so her expertise
in these areas always come in handy. Her patience and encouragement
have been extremely helpful!! I highly recommend her!!!
Tess
Totte, Portola Valley, CA
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"Sandy
has helped me achieve a vocal balance that has increased my range,
broadened my tonal options, and strengthened my physical support.
I have greater endurance and confidence, and don't get hoarse anymore
after hours of recording or weeks of touring. Sandy's techniques
for narrowing vowel sounds have helped me sing difficult parts with
greater ease. She has given me invaluable tools that are second
nature to me now such as: visualizing the notes before I sing them,
relaxing my posture, and breathing techniques. I have studied with
Sandy for - wow- nine years! I would not be the singer I am today
without her coaching. I recommend Sandy as a voice teacher to all
singers, whether they are professional or just beginning!"
essence,
recording artist, vocalist, songwriter
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"My
sessions with Sandy were very, very, very, helpful. Did I
say very helpful?
Why? To understand how my voice works, how to exercise it and to
make it be impeccable was just the start of an amazing change in
my singing."
Rennea
Couttenye, San Francisco, CA
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"Since
I have been studying with Sandy, I have improved in the following
areas: tone quality, focus of sound, extended range, expressiveness,
and I am more relaxed and confident. Sandy exposed me to new
singers (for me) and great repertoire. (Not the usual
standards that are sung to death) I learned new ways to interpret
a song that work for me. I have never seen any other teacher
pack so much into a half hour time slot. I always learned
new things and had plenty of tunes and technique to work on between
lessons."
Liz
Klute, Oakland, CA
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"Sandy
is truly an exceptional voice teacher. She teaches solid technique
and facility with the voice in a very supportive and patient way,
She's sensitive to and supportive of her student's artistry
and expression. A rare combination of qualities in the world
of voice teaching. She has my highest recommendation!"
Julia
Lau, Vocalist and Instructor, Oakland, CA
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"Studying
privately with Sandy has had a significant impact on my musical
career. Her patient and nurturing teaching style in combination
with her technical and aesthetic expertise of the voice has allowed
me to reach a more advanced level of singing. On many occasions
I have approached her with material from various traditions and
languages. In every case she quickly adapted her teaching
to suite my specific needs. In my experience the SERIOUS instructors
are equally versed in performance as they are in teaching skills.
Sandy is an incredible artist in both realms, one in the art of
vocal
performance and the other in the art of teaching. She possesses
all the qualities that sum up a great educator and I am
grateful that she is my teacher."
Sarine
Balian, San Francisco, CA
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"I
started studying with Sandy over a year ago. Classically trained
as a violinist, I was a novice in certain areas of vocal technique,
jazz/popular phrasing, and improvisation while being extremely advanced
in other areas. Through a balanced approach of building up my vocal
abilities while working on a variety of song types, I have grown
a great deal in a year. Sandy is a great artist in her own right,
and with her help and suggestions, she has shown me how to find
my voice as both a singer and an interpreter."
Julia
Ogrydziak, Oakland, CA
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