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WE HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT SEASON, AND JOIN US! YOU CAN STILL RSVP FOR OUR SEASON KICK-OFF AND OPEN HOUSE AT http://vcskickoff-eorg.eventbrite.com/

By popular demand, VCS Creative Director Jennifer Rodgers Beach will offer a day-long vocal retreat.

•Appropriate for all levels - beginning singers, rusty singers and experienced singers can all participate fully and work at their level.

•Learn, improve, and polish vocal technique and exercises through a mix of seminar, group singing, and exercises.

•Cover the basics of healthy, vibrant vocal technique including breathing and body work, transitioning between vocal ranges, color and resonance. You’ll have time to work with the concepts through the day.

•FOUR spots available for one-on-one Master Class opportunities where you can sing a solo piece and be coached on it using the concepts that we’ve worked on through the day. Master classing is a wonderful tool for the listeners as well as the singer - sign up fast, first come first served!

PLEASE NOTE - We need a minimum of 8 attendees for this event to occur. If we are forced to cancel, we will let you know ASAP by email. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

About Jennifer Rodgers Beach:

Jennifer is a regular Master Teacher at Allegheny College and has been teaching and coaching vocalists in this setting for over ten years. She has been creative director of VCS since 2010. She has based her work as a choral conductor, performer and vocal instructor out of the Washington, DC area since 1993. In addition to her directorship of the Vienna Choral Society, she is the Director of Music at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville, Maryland and the Executive Director of Plunge! Cabaret, a touring theater company that works with higher education and community service organizations.

Jennifer holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance and Theater from Ithaca College and a Master’s Degree in Opera Theater from the Maryland Opera Studio of the University of Maryland. She has sung with The Washington Opera, among others, and has written and produced two original shows for Plunge! She has private voice studios in Rockville and Ashburn, VA and a CD recording entitled ‘What She Wants.’