Anyone Can Improvise! An essential guide to solo/group improvisation.
Session Abstract: How does one introduce improvisation to a choir and to individual singers? This session will answer that question and many more through a series of specific exercises and techniques that will provide the tools to successfully integrate improvisation into their choral classroom. All participants will leave this session with an improvisation guidebook that will include many solo and group improvisation exercises (including those introduced in the session) as well as an introduction to jazz theory guide with examples of chords/scale relationships and basic jazz piano chord voicing techniques.
Tim Brent
Miami Dade College Kendall Campus
Dr. Tim Brent is a musician whose work is "beautiful, awe-inspiring and strikingly original" (Arts Atlanta). The recipient of 9 DownBeat Magazine awards as a vocal jazz educator, pianist, arranger, and performer, he is the chairperson for the Performing Arts & Industries Department at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus and is active as a composer and performer.
Tim has held positions as the director of vocal jazz studies at the University of North Texas, The University of the Arts, Northern Illinois University, and Miami Dade College.
His music is published by Hal Leonard, GIA Publications, Sheet Music Plus, and MusicSpoke.
