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Many Voices, One Art:

Sat., March 7, 2026
9:00am – 2:30pm

Calvary Presbyterian Church
2515 Fillmore Street (@Jackson)
San Francisco

10:00 – 11:00

Old Time Harmony Singing

Using Carter Family-style harmonies as a jumping off place, we will enjoy three part harmonies from the Appalachian tradition. Finding harmony lines that sometimes weave around the melody, sometimes cross or create unisons, students will develop a better ability to hear and find parts, as well as learn what gives these harmonies their particular old-time country sound, and power.

Banjo player, singer, songwriter, percussive-dancer, choreographer and square-dance caller, Evie Ladin grew up steeped in traditional folk music/dance, and brings a contemporary vision to her compositions and choreography. Evie’s performances, recordings and teaching reconnect Appalachian music/dance with other African-Diaspora traditions, and have been heard from A Prairie Home Companion to Lincoln Center, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass to Celtic Connections, Brazil to Bali. Based in Oakland, CA, Evie tours solo, with Keith Terry, and her Evie Ladin Band; and has produced numerous CDs and instructional DVDs. In the percussive dance world, she directs the moving choir MoToR/dance, co-founded the International Body Music Festival, and is an ace freestyle flatfooter. In the trad world, Evie teaches banjo online at Peghead Nation, privately, and many camps. In the songwriter world, she just writes clever, powerful songs. A highly entertaining performer, Evie enjoys facilitating arts learning in diverse communities. www.evieladin.com

10:00 – 11:00

Body Music

Join Keith Terry a Body Music workshop focusing on pulse, subdivisions, phrasing, phasing, and polyrhythms. Open to all – Clap, Step Sing!

Drummer Keith Terrystood up from behind his drums and dove head-on into Body Music (a term he coined) in 1978. He regularly tours the world, performing, teaching and collaborating in a wide range of settings from villages in Bali and Ghana, to New York City’s Lincoln Center. More details at www.crosspulse.com

10:00 – 11:00

Sacred Harp Singing for Everyone

Sacred Harp singing is a 200-year-old American folk and social tradition that’s alive and well and spreading throughout the world. We’ll unlock the shape note arcana to sing hymns about death and life in full-voiced, unaccompanied harmony.

Dave Barber has been singing Sacred Harp for 12 years and has taught mini singing schools on topics ranging from the basics of shape note singing to the psychoacoustics of the tradition’s dispersed harmonies.

10:00 – 11:00

Renaissance Dance

We will learn “Lauro,” a beautiful 15th century Italian dance attributed to Lorenzo de’ Medici. The steps will be taught, no partner is necessary and the class is suitable for all levels of participation.

Heather Harris trained in ballet and is an enthusiastic historical costumer. For the past 6 years she’s studied 15th – 18th century European court dance with experts including Anna Mansbridge and Ken Pierce. She occasionally teaches early dance classes.

11:15 – 12:15

Balkan Vocal Traditions – Demystified!

Warm-up Bulgarian-style, and sing excerpts from the south Slavic folk repertoire to take a closer look at the unique vocal qualities, ornaments, dissonant harmonies, and odd-metered rhythms found in these beautiful traditional songs.

Janet Kutulas has been a singer in KITKA Women’s Vocal Ensemble since 1988, and a music director of the group since 1997. Before that, she was a freelance Flutist in Chicago and in the San Francisco Bay Area.

11:15 – 12:15

Vocal Improvisation & the Art of the Circle Song

We will explore an exciting hour of creating vocal music, from improvisation to spontaneous composition–anything goes! as we dive into the ever-expanding phenomenal world of Circlesinging

For over 50 years, Oakland-based musician David Worm has been active in the national and international music scene. From his 37-year association with Bobby McFerrin as a founding member of Voicestra, Hard Choral, Give me Five, and Bobby’s latest group Motion, to his work as founder, composer, and member of the Bay Area’s own SoVoSo. His Vocal music leanings have been strong and are now primarily improvisational. Acoustic progressive rock groups Glass House and Left Hook also claim David as a founding member, performing both Rock and Jazz idioms with ease. David has about 100 album credits.

11:15 – 12:15

The Joy of Gospel

We will learn a couple of Gospel songs to take away for the day and, hopefully, to continue singing for joy. (By ear in the oral tradition of Black Gospel music.)

Terrance Kelly is a towering figure in gospel music — a visionary artist, arranger, choral director and educator whose work has shaped the sound and spirit of the Bay Area for more than four decades. Known for his soaring operatic range, radiant joy, and magnetic stage presence, Kelly has performed with and directed an all-star roster of musical legends, from Linda Ronstadt and Andra Day to the Kronos Quartet and Lenny Kravitz, and has shared the stage with icons spanning the worlds of gospel, jazz, classical, and pop.

Beyond the stage, Kelly is a deeply respected teacher and spiritual leader. He has traveled from Australia to Israel, Kenya to Canada sharing the art and history of gospel music. He currently serves as Minister of Magnification at Imani Community Church in Oakland, and has directed the Gospel Choir at Jazz Camp West since 1982, mentoring generations of vocalists.

11:15 – 12:15

Preventing Vocal Fatigue

Learn how to keep your voice fresh and comfortable, even during extended periods of singing, including the most common technical causes of vocal fatigue, the difference between being vocally “tired” and vocally “tight”, re-setting procedures you can use during practice and rehearsal, and how to treat vocal fatigue after it has already occurred.

Dr. Julia Nielsen has been one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most sought-after vocal pedagogues since founding her private voice studio in 1999. She is the Professor of Vocal Physiology and Vocal Pedagogy at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and founder of Co-Vo (Community Vocalizing: www.co-vo.com), an online platform that provides vocal workouts and education in vocal technique to classical singers worldwide. Dr. Nielsen was named NATS 2024 Voice Teacher of the Year (National Association of Teachers of Singing, Cal-Western Region).

1:00 – 2:15

Singing Medieval Music

We will sing two songs from the 14th-century Spanish Llibre Vermell de Montserrat. The joy of tuning vowels to sing in unison and in canon will be emphasized.

Vajra Voices founder and director, Karen R. Clark draws her musical heritage from the country and gospel traditions of southeastern Kentucky. Her parents migrated north due to the northern Indiana Steel Belt, which provided her with the opportunity to attend Indiana University School of Music. There, she studied opera and medieval music. Karen’s new music recordings are available on the Naxos label (On Cold Mountain), MicroFest Records (Ruminations), and the Music & Arts label (Dream Drapery). Karen, trained in the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education®, has developed a somatic approach to singing. Karen previously taught in association with the Music Department at University of Southern California, Sonoma State University, Swarthmore College, Princeton University, and UC Berkeley. She offers workshops and private lessons in the East Bay and online. www.karenclark.studio

1:00 – 2:15

Exploring Bach’s Magnificent B-minor Mass

After a brief historical introduction, we will learn to sing short portions of the work, experiencing its wide range of styles, moods, and textures.

Now in her twelfth season with the SF Bach Choir, Artistic Director Magen Solomon has been active in early music as a conductor, singer, scholar, and editor for over four decades. She has been the Artistic Director of the San Francisco Choral Artists since 1995; together, they have premiered over 300 choral works, performed at major choral conferences, released three CDs, and have twice won the Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. She has served as Artistic Director of the Oakland Symphony Chorus, Stockton Chorale, and California Bach Society, and has taught and conducted at the University of Southern California, UC Berkeley, Santa Clara University, and Smith and Mount Holyoke colleges. Active across the US and abroad as a clinician, teacher, and guest conductor, Dr. Solomon has directed Pro Coro Canada, the UC Santa Cruz Chamber Singers, and other ensembles, and has collaborated on performances of major choral works with Michael Morgan, Michael Tilson Thomas, Nicolas McGegan, Helmuth Rilling, Kent Nagano, and Christoph von Dohnányi, among others. For 14 years she edited the “New Voices in Research” column in the ACDA Choral Journal and has published an edition of Johannes Eccard’s Newe deutzsche Lieder (1578) with A-R Editions.

1:00 – 2:15

Full Body Broadway

Have fun learning how to take care of your voice while belting out a Broadway tune. We’ll sing in parts and add a smattering of choreography to enable you can to deliver the song with your whole body.

One of the Bay Area’s busiest music directors, jazz singer Ellen Robinson has helped take many a vocalist from the level of simply wanting to sing to actually being on the stage. Currently she is directing two performing groups which she founded in 1981, the longstanding Anything Goes Choruses in San Francisco and the East Bay, teaching Swingshift Singers, a women’s singing class she started in 2002, and working with private voice students of all ages. She has been honored with a prestigious Jefferson Award for her many decades of community service through her music. Ellen is also at home as a performer herself with a bevy of sold-out shows in her wake and several CD recordings. Her musical journey has led her through a variety of musical styles: singer-songwriter, folk, rock, bluegrass, the Spoolie Sisters (an Andrew Sisters–type trio), cabaret, musical theater, Vocolot (a women’s a cappella sextet), and, finally, jazz. With this diverse background, she is notable for guiding vocalists toward mastery of nearly any genre of song. “As a singer you are the instrument. There’s nothing between you and the audience, so I believe this makes singing one of the most exhilarating ways to make music. Creating music and helping people find their own voice is what I was put here to do.”.

1:00 – 2:15

Singing Jazz

What makes singing sound like jazz? In this workshop we will explore essential stylistic elements of jazz vocals – rhythm, tone quality, ornamentation, and improvisation – and apply them to select jazz and blues standards in a joyful, supportive, collaborative setting.

San Francisco-based jazz vocalist/composer/arranger/educator Andrea Claburn is a graduate of both the California Jazz Conservatory and UC Berkeley who teaches vocal technique, performance, and improvisation, and regularly performs at prominent venues throughout the Bay Area. To hear selections from her critically acclaimed album, Nightshade, visit www.andreaclaburn.com.