How to Survive A Chantey Sing (or Pub Sing) with your Voice Intact:
A Singing Workshop with Dan Roberts
Sunday, November 17th, 2024
2:00pm – 4:00pm
FREE
1706 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107
(Ballard Odd Fellows Community Center)
Does your voice feel tired after singing for a while? Does your voice get gravelly or quiet, or raw after singing in your local choir, chantey sing, pub sing, or singing with your radio on a long car ride? Dan Roberts can help!
Dan has studied voice and acting, and has broad performing experience on stages, in bars, as a busker on noisy streets, and as an elementary school teacher.
Wear loose clothing and be prepared to stand, sit, and lie down for different parts of the workshop.
1st Hour: Dan will lead you through exercises in breathing, breath control, enunciation, relaxation, and other techniques that will help you produce more volume with less strain on your vocal cords and muscles.
2nd Hour: Chantey Sing (practice those techniques as we all sing together)
Dan Roberts is a retired elementary school music teacher and a professional musician. He has an extensive knowledge of Northwest maritime history and music, and is a skilled writer and editor. Raised in the Bay Area, graduate of Pomona College, Dan Roberts studied opera and received the training that makes his voice one of the most notable and powerful in the folk music community. Dan’s repertoire spans centuries, and his voice spans three octaves. He is a veteran of the Victory at Sea chantey group, member of the Seattle Labor Chorus, as well as the bands Bold Horizon and The Whateverly Brothers. Dan was employed at the non-profit organization Northwest Seaport from 1997-2006, where he managed the music program and led ship tours, and was largely responsible for re-establishing the Northwest Seaport Chantey Sing in 2000. He is a frequent leader of the sings.
MARITIME FOLKNET is a federal 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving maritime culture and history, and encouraging people to explore and participate in that culture and history. We do this primarily through the music that highlights our boats and the people who work them, especially in the Pacific Northwest.
This project made possible by a grant from 4Culture