MASTERCLASS FOR SINGERS

with Wynford Evans

These masterclasses are intended for singers, both amateur and professional, who wish to improve their technique and presentation skills.
The tutor is the tenor Wynford Evans. The organiser is Christine Hayward.

The next Masterclass is:
Friday 24 July 2009 to Sunday 26thJuly 2009
This masterclass has been postponed.
Please contact us if you would be interested in enrolling for this or other masterclasses.
Phone Christine, 01252-514421
Venue: The Church Hall, St. George's Church, Badshot Lea Road, Badshot Lea, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 9LD, shown below.
There is a comfortable, airy room, with good light and good acoustics, and a grand piano. We have use of the kitchen. There is ample free parking.

GALLERY
Some photos from previous masterclasses

Wynford Evans

One of Britain's foremost tenors, has appeared with all the major orchestras and choruses in this country as well as touring Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, North and South America. He made his debut in the USA in 1987 in the Carnegie Hall. Opera appearances, recordings, recitals, Promenade Concerts, radio and television broadcasts illustrate his wide range of repertoire. Wynford is now retired from professional singing.

Accompanists:

Stephen Rose is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music in London and is also a freelance accompanist and vocal coach. He works regularly with Wynford. To read more see: http://www.nationaloperastudio.org.uk/staffbiogs/rose.htm

Margaret Searle has been the rehearsal accompanist for the Walton and Weybridge Amateur Operatic Society for many years. She also organises a concert party that sings at various venues around Surrey. She also works regularly with Wynford Evans, and with Christine Hayward.

Christine Hayward - Organiser

Christine is a semi-professional singer and entertainer. She regularly performs for clubs, societies, retirement homes, day care centres, after-dinner events, and for any organisation who would like a programme of songs, poems, readings, and general chit chat. She performs either with an accompanist, or a-capella, as the organisation requires. She is accepted on the speakers list of both Surrey and Hampshire Federations of Women's Institutes. She presents entertainments on a wide range of themed topics, although her speciality is Victorian parlour songs and the Music Hall, and she has presented residential courses on these topics at various study centers including Denman College, which is the headquarters of the WI, and also at Urchfont Manor. She has also presented a course of the Music Hall at Walton Hall for the Open University. Together with husband Keith she also lectures on horticultural topics. In addition to being a performer, she is also an avid attender of masterclasses and singing courses, which she enjoys enormously. She met Wynford Evans quite some years ago when he was tutoring at the Charterhouse Summer School for musicians, and has been a regular pupil of him since. She feels that Wynford is a wonderful teacher, not only with the singing voice but also with presentation skills which she thinks are very important and often negected by singers. Also, a bonus of being tutored by Wynford is that you have a tenor with a beautiful voice singing just for you to demonstrate how you should do it! If you take your singing seriously, then she knows you will love it.

Previous Wynford Evans Masterclasses organised by Christine Hayward:
February 2008 - Farnborough
July 2008 - Farnborough
January 2009 - Farnham

Masterclass Friday 24th July 2009 TO Sunday 26th July 2009

SCHEDULE (Provisional)

Friday 24th July
Session 1
Venue: The Church Hall
Tutor: Wynford Evans, Accompanist: Margaret Searle
6.00pm-10.00pm: 12 sessions of 20 minutes each
Light refreshments

Saturday 25th July
Session 2
Venue: The Church Hall.
Tutor: Wynford Evans, Accompanist: Stephen Rose
9.00am to 4.00pm 18 sessions of 20 minutes each
Coffee, tea and biscuits etc ad-lib.
Lunch of sandwiches/fresh fruit (provided)

Saturday Evening
Free time. Maybe we will arrange a visit to a local Italian restaurant for those interested.

Sunday 26th July
Session 3
Tutor: Wynford Evans, Accompanist: Stephen Rose
Note: The venue is Christine's home: 27 Guildford Road West, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6PS (click here for map)
9.00am to 1.00pm approx. 15 sessions, 15 minutes each.
Our music room will hold 8 performers, so we will divide the morning into two sections.
Those not "in session" will be in the kitchen/garden/summerhouse where there is a piano.

At 1.00pm approx, we drive to the Church Hall (4 miles, 15 minutes)
Light lunch provided (sandwiches, vegetable soup, etc) at approx 1.30pm
Followed by rehearsal

Students' Concert
3.00pm
Each student is invited to perform 1 or 2 songs if they wish.
Advertised locally and to Church members
Retiring collection from audience will be given to church funds

4.00pm Refreshments and good-byes

TERMS
APPLICATION

Please apply on the Application Form and send by post/fax
Alternatively, please send the same information by e-mail/fax, or phone.
You are welcome to telephone Christine for further information or advice if you wish.

The precise cost for this whole weekend has not yet been decided, and will be posted shortly. The last one was Ł145, and this will be similar.
A deposit of Ł30 payable at the time of booking.
Payment may be made by cheque/credit card/Paypal

Assistance with accommodation may be provided.

Contact details:
Christine Hayward, 27 Guildford Road West, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6PS.

Tel 01252-514421
Mobile: 0776 867 9245. Fax: 01252 - 378821
e-mail: masterclass@hartcanna.com

Students who book for the whole weekend will typically receive two solo slots of 20 minutes each and one of 15 minutes.

Fewer sessions may be booked by arrangement.

To get the maximum benefit from the Masterclass, we hope students will attend for the whole session in which they sing.

All students are invited to sing in the final concert if they wish.