Finally, my first book is published:
You Deserve to Sing! Thoughts and Questions about the Value of Singing for the Modern Human Being

I have priced it at $9:00

You can order it here:

www.createspace.com/3970323

It has been a much longer road than I anticipated but I think the result is quite nice. Take a look!
It will still take another week or so before it will be available on Amazon, but you can already get it through my e-store with my self-publishing company CreateSpace.

Now I am on to the next big learning curve: Marketing.
Wish me luck!

Fine-tuning the Listening

With Exercises from the School of Uncovering the Voice

A Werbeck Singing Workshop with Eva Cranstoun

April 20^th 9:00AM to 12:30PM

At Rudolf Steiner College, 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd.

In the Barn (Red building behind the bookstore) 

This class is open to anyone who is interested in a thorough introduction to the "Werbeck" method. Recommended for people who love to sing but have trouble holding a melody against a harmony or singing in tune. We will study the patterns of scales and intervals and exercise our musical memory. We will work on ear-training and harmonizing with exercises from the Werbeck method. (School of Uncovering the Voice) and then apply the practiced techniques to easily accessible songs and rounds. 

No previous musical training required.

  

Cost:At the door: $50.- Pre-registered at least three days in advance:  $45.-

To pre-register, please simply e-mail me your intentions to: singsoundintegrity@gmail.com

Make sure to include your full name and a phone number to reach you by.

For further questions about your registration please call me at: (916) 860 9594 or send an e-mail.

Techniques to Teaching and Leading Songs

Saturday, March 16th 
9:00AM – 12:30PM

An intensive tutorial for teachers who use (or would like to use) singing in the classroom and/or in group gatherings. Basic musical skills (note reading, ability to matching pitch) are recommended for this session.

Please make sure to preregister  3 days in advance (Under-enrolled classes will be cancelled)

to pre-register, please send me an e-mail with your full name and phone number to: singsoundintegrity@gmail.com

Excerpt from the PREFACE of my book

You Deserve to Sing! Available soon through Amazon and other sources.

  ....The Creator has given us everything we need through the countless miracles of nature, but also the responsibility of its stewardship.  We have also been given, by the same Source, all the tools we need to heal ourselves, to make progress in our spiritual journeys and to become more and more awake as humanity. We need to foster this inner growth in order to become true stewards of this Planet.

   I have found that the human voice is one of these essential ‘tools’ of human development. Its use and growth is dependent on the perfect interplay between all the other ‘tools’ and human capacities like Speech and Communication, Thinking, Feeling, Imagination, Listening, Awareness….

Please note: The Tuesday evening class Join in Joyful Song at Rudolf Steiner College ends at 8:30PM, not 8:45 as previously posted.

I Have Submitted my little book for review. This is the cover preview (Front and back). It should be available very, very soon! I got my ISBN today and   submitted my manuscript for review to Create Space, a self-publishing company connected to Amazon. If all goes well it should be available for sale at Amazon and other sources before the Month is over.

What a long process this has been! Over two years of collecting ideas, discarding, re-thinking and re-writing, self-editing, other people editing, fiddling with formatting..... Only to realize that I need to be done for now and get the first edition out. So here it comes and I'm proud of it. Simple, affordable, readable and hopefully helpful. I will let you know when it comes out!

Join in Joyful Song!

Community Singing

Group-lesson

12 Sessions, Tuesdays, 7:00PM to 8:30PM 

At Rudolf Steiner College, 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd, 
Fair Oaks, CA-95628

in the Barn

Beginning January 15^th

All 12 Tuesday Dates are: January 15th, 22th, 29^th; February 5th, 12th, 26^th; March 5th, 12th, 19^th; April 9th, 16th, 23rd

This is a Community Choir and Basic Vocal Training class open to all, ages 8 to 100. Children under 12, please come with at least one parent! Learn lovely Rounds and Part Songs to sing with Family and Friends and to share for special occasions, get really good at harmonizing and spontaneously bursting into song! 

This class is always open to new members, as long as there is room!

E-mail me to save your seats and to make sure I have sheet music for you; space is limited! singsoundintegrity@gmail.com

Cost: Adults: $50,- for six sessions in advance; $10.- drop-in fee.

         Students, Seniors (65 or older): $40.- for 6 sessions in advance, $8.- drop-in fee.

         Children under 12 years: $25.- for 6 sessions in advance, $5.- drop-in fee