Opera and Jazz

MSVMA/MMEA SUMMER WORKSHOP 2014 VOCAL JAZZ AND OPERA - HOW DIFFERENT ARE THEY? DUANE SHIELDS DAVIS, PRESENTER ! ! CONSIDERATIONS! Bel canto (beautiful singing) ! Aural verses learned tradition ! Microphone ! Technique Considerations - Classical vs Jazz! • sotto voce or not! • resonance ! • vocal timbre! • use of breath! • onset! • vocal agility! • vibrato! • intonation and pitch! • rhythmic flexibility! • vowels and consonants! • improvisation! • throwing notes away (ghosting)! • vulnerability! ! Words of others! • Sherrill Milnes! • Renee Fleming! • Audra McDonald! • Jessye Norman! ! Repertoire for reading: • Humming Chorus - Puccini! • Overture to the Marriage of Figaro - Mozart - arr. Ward Swingle! • All the Things You Are - Kern / Hammerstein arr. Ward Swingle! • Va Pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) - Nabucco - Verd! • !

MSVMA/MMEA SUMMER WORKSHOP 2014 VOCAL JAZZ AND OPERA - HOW DIFFERENT ARE THEY? DUANE SHIELDS DAVIS, PRESENTER ! LISTENING! ! (selected from the following) 1. Audra McDonald How Glory Goes How Glory Goes 2000 ! 2. Audra McDonald Crazy He Calls Me Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill 2000 ! 3. David Daniels / Martin Katz Sweeter Then Roses Serenade 2000 ! 4. Eileen Farrell Vissi d’art (from Tosca) Great Performances - Puccini Arias 1959

5. Eileen Farrell My Foolish Heart My Very Best 1994 ! 6. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong I Won’t Dance Ella and Louis Again 1957 ! 7. Houston Grand Opera cast of Porgy and Bess Summertime Porgy and Bess 1976 ! 8. Miles Davis Summertime Porgy and Bess 1958 ! !

MSVMA/MMEA SUMMER WORKSHOP 2014 VOCAL JAZZ AND OPERA - HOW DIFFERENT ARE THEY? DUANE SHIELDS DAVIS, PRESENTER 9. New York Voices w/ U.S. Army Blues Jazz Ensemble Summertime ! 25th Anniversary Concert 2006 10. Gold Company Summertime ! While We Were Young 2000 11. Renee Fleming Mio Caro Bene! (from Rodelinda - Handel) ! Mio Caro Bene! 2004 12. Renee Fleming Haunted Heart ! Haunted Heart 2004 13. Sherrill Milnes Credo (from Otello - Verdi) Ten Top Baritones & Basses 1978 ! 14. Tim Noble w/ Steve Zegree I’ve Got You Under My Skin Simply Cole 2005 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

MSVMA/MMEA SUMMER WORKSHOP 2014 VOCAL JAZZ AND OPERA - HOW DIFFERENT ARE THEY? DUANE SHIELDS DAVIS, PRESENTER