a California Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Corporation – EIN 99-3474773
a California Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Corporation – EIN 99-3474773
Instructor(s): Michaela Mae & Ryan Harlin
When it comes to singing in traditional, folk, and bluegrass music there is nothing else like the magic and emotive power of a good duet harmony pairing. Harmony singing is special both for the techniques that we employ to ensure a great blend with our singing partner, the rules we follow to find harmony parts, and the rules we then break to make those parts unique!
Michaela Mae and Ryan Harlin will be bringing their popular duet singing class curriculum from The Folk Farm Music School to Walker Creek Music Camp for a weekend of singing, harmonizing, and having fun sharing music together. We’ll be learning songs each day while also understanding some of the music theory that makes harmony work, the techniques of singing and blending with a duet partner, and some of the physiology that helps us get the best tone and buzzy harmony sound together.
If you have a song in your heart and love to sing, you’re ready for this class! Obviously this is a singing class and so a sense of pitch and the ability to learn and sing along to a melody will make class far more enjoyable for you. There is no prior knowledge or experience with harmony required. Song sheets and lyrics will be provided for the songs we learn as well, no prior knowledge of song material is needed. You’ll probably want to bring a pen to class with you to make notes on your lyric sheet when a special vocal technique or adornment gets employed on a lyrical word or phrase.
Michaela Mae is a life-long professionally trained vocalist and performer who has recently opened The Folk Farm Music School in Sebastopol, CA hosting private and group classes that focus specifically on traditional, bluegrass, and Americana roots musical styles. Michaela regularly brings her teaching to Northern California music camps such as Walker Creek Music Camp and CBA Summer Music Camp.
Ryan Harlin is a music producer, composer, and songwriter whose work spans everything from traditional bluegrass to video game music soundtracks on popular titles such as Valorant. For the past 14 years Ryan has produced music production educational videos on YouTube that have had millions of views, but it’s in person teaching at CBA Summer Music Camp, Walker Creek Music Camp, and classroom workshops where he enjoys connecting directly with students.
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