200 Laurel Lake Drive / Hudson, Ohio 44236 / (330) 650-2100 / www.laurellake.org
Laurel Lake to host Encore
Creativity
"Sing for Life!" Choral Workshop in November
October
5, 2009 -- Laurel Lake will host the region’s first Encore Creativity
"Sing for Life!" Choral Workshop on Saturday, November 14, 2009
from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Laurel Lake Retirement Community, 200 Laurel Lake
Drive in Hudson.
Singers of all experience levels who are age 55 or older, and choir directors who work with older singers, are encouraged to attend.
Jeanne Kelly, founder and director of the Washington D.C. based Encore Creativity for Older Adults, will guide participants in this dynamic, day-long workshop. The day starts with a welcome coffee and vocal techniques class, followed by a full choral rehearsal in which singers will learn several new pieces. After lunch, a second rehearsal will culminate in an afternoon "mini concert" at Laurel Lake.
Throughout the day, Kelly will offer helpful tips and exercises for improving posture, breathing, tone production and sight reading. Singers will learn how to improve and protect their vocal health. Directors will gain valuable insights in how to work more effectively with older singers.
The workshop is free for Laurel Lake residents, $10 for non-resident members of the Laurel Lake Encore Chorale, and $15 for all others. Workshop fee covers the cost of lunch, music and program expenses. Deadline to register is November 9, 2009. Registration forms are available online at www.laurellake.org, or by calling 330-655-1436.
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Jeanne Kelly's career of over thirty years has produced a unique blend of experience as a vocal performer, teacher, conductor and music administrator that has prepared her well to serve as the founding President and Executive Director of Encore Creativity for Older Adults. As a performer, Ms. Kelly made her professional operatic debut with the Washington Opera at the Kennedy Center. She has also performed major roles with the Baltimore Opera, Opera Delaware, Central City Opera, Tulsa Opera, Annapolis Opera, and the New York City Opera Education Department. She appeared in the world premiere of Rappaccini's Daughter with the Pennsylvania Opera Theater.
In addition to maintaining a private voice studio in Maryland and Virginia, Ms. Kelly served on the faculties of the Levine School of Music, Washington, DC; Hood College, Frederick, Maryland; and the Baltimore School for the Arts. Ms. Kelly served as conductor of the Women's Glee Club at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, and the Georgetown University Concert Choir. She was Executive Director of the Houston Conservatory of Music and, from 1997 until 2007, was Executive Director of the Northern Virginia Campus of the Levine School of Music.
Ms. Kelly earned an undergraduate degree in voice performance and piano from the University of Findlay, Ohio and a master's degree in voice performance from the Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore.
Encore Creativity for Older Adults, Inc. (www.encorecreativity.org) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing an excellent and accessible artistic environment for older adults over the age of 55 who seek arts education and performance opportunities under a professional artist. Today Encore offers choral and dance programs in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia with affiliate choirs in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and more to be announced soon.
Laurel Lake Retirement Community offers a remarkable lifestyle choice for adults who wish to continue leading active lives filled with travel, fitness, volunteer, work, cultural and lifelong learning pursuits. To learn more about this not-for-profit continuing care retirement community offering multiple home styles within a 150-acre campus in historic Hudson, call 1-866-650-2100 or visit www.laurellake.org.