Emilia will be leading a workshop in the morning while Robin Philips will be leading the workshop with her in the second half with help from his trio.

 

Emilia will be covering many areas including: Improvisation as a group; Composing a piece of music on the spot; Performance technique; Different feels and tempos (counting in); How to lead a group and communicate with musicians; Ear training; and Music theory and much more.

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In Robin's part of the workshop, participants will be given practical tips about working with a band, becoming part of the band, and controlling the performance from within and in the moment. They will also get the opportunity to perform with the trio (time dependent). Emilia will also participate in this section, adding her own insight and tips developed through her own experience. As this section of the workshop is more about band-leading and performance, it would be applicable to instrumentalists as well as singers.

Participants will learn how to lead a jazz performance with a group and be asked to prepare two standards in advance of the workshop (not mandatory and instructions will be sent). At the workshop participants will learn about how to prepare tunes for performance, whether this means putting together lead sheets or arrangements and how each differs, or just knowing the song, key and feel of each number in your repertoire. Participants will also be given the opportunity to lead a tune with the trio, trying out techniques that will be discussed, including: communicating feel to the band, counting in, delivering the tune to the audience - accurately and emotionally, developing the performance by singing/playing around the melody; leading the solos in the moment, and communicating endings on the fly.

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Emilia Mårtensson is a London based Swedish/Slovenian vocalist and composer of considerable repute. After her three latest album releases Emilia has built a well- deserved reputation as one of the most exciting young vocalists on the UK Jazz scene and she has recently been awarded  ‘Vocalist of the Year’ at The Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Her gently expressive voice and highly personal compositions are firmly rooted within the folklore and countryside of her native southern Sweden, adding to the mystique and allure of a distinctive and truly original artist. 

 

….”A voice of quite remarkable expressive depth” JAZZWISE

“Exquisitely beautiful songs… Martensson has struck gold.”  JAZZWISE

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…”Martensson invest every sound with a skimming, rapturous lightness and clarity”… JF, The Guardian

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 …”Ethereal Voice… Time Out

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…”the music is immediately enchanting, bewitching, and approachable…” -AllAboutJazz

 

Quotes from Student's

"I have learnt about things I wasn't expecting to learn about. The warmth of the enviroment encouraged me to push myself to try new things. It has more than met my expectations." 

Nell Greco-Proffesional Singer/Freelance Copywriter

 

"The amount of happiness, knowledge and confidence I have gained from Emilia's lessons and workshops is out of this world"-Natalie, (art student and semi proffesional singer). 

 

..."the advice given is presented in a very constructive and helpful way, which I really feel can help me improve..."

Nadiah-Emergency Physician/Proffesional Singer

 

"The course took me from amateur to being able to perform in a professional manner, in less than a week. Emilia was professional, creative and incredibly supportive of all her students on the course, getting to know each of us individually and developing us in our own direction. Best thing I've ever done in my life"  (Alice Finn)