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Prof. Heather J. Buchanan
Director of Choral Activities, Montclair University
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Sign in 9:00 AM
Workshop 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
United Methodist Church
1441 Springfield Ave
New Providence, NJ 07974
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Cost: $45/pre-registration;
$55/at the door; $35/students (with ID)
Includes lunch, use of music and refreshments
The day’s activities
will include vocal training, exercises and mastery of three to five
musical selections for women’s voices. To ensure an on time start to our
day, please arrive at 9:00 for sign in and distribution of workshop
materials. The workshop will conclude with an informal recital of the
pieces studied that day. The recital will be at 3:30 pm and is open to
the public, especially friends and family of the participants.
About Heather J. Buchanan
Australian born conductor
Heather J. Buchanan is Director of Choral Activities at
Montclair State
University (MSU),
Upper Montclair, NJ
where she conducts the 150-voice Chorale and 48-voice University
Singers. She is co-editor and compiler of the GIA choral series
Teaching Music through Performance in Choir, (Vol. 2, 2007; Vol. 1,
2005), and has also published the DVD-Video Evoking Sound: Body
Mapping & Gesture Fundamentals (2002 & 2004) and two choral
octavos in the Evoking Sound Choral Series also by GIA.
Prior to Montclair she was on the conducting faculty at
Westminster
Choir College of Rider University where she conducted
Westminster Schola Cantorum and taught graduate and undergraduate choral
conducting. A certified
Andover Educator,
Ms. Buchanan specializes in the teaching of Body Mapping and somatic
pedagogy for choral musicians. She is also a certified Johrei Reiki and
Integrated Energy Therapy (IET) Practitioner. Ms. Buchanan is a
Ph.D. Candidate with the
University of New England
(Australia) researching the impact of
Body Mapping on student musicians. From 2000 -2004 Ms. Buchanan was
Artistic Director and Conductor of the
Greater South Jersey
Chorus, where she conducted the 70-voice full chorus and
30-voice Chamber Choir in a variety of concerts and community events and
recorded their first commercial CD Tis the Season! She also
served as chair for Repertoire & Standards for Youth & Student
Activities for the New Jersey chapter of the
American Choral Director’s Association (2001-2005). Born in Brisbane, Australia, Ms. Buchanan earned a Bachelor of
Music degree from the
Queensland
Conservatorium of Music (Australia) and a Master of Music degree with
distinction from Westminster with a double major in choral
conducting and music education.
About Body Mapping:
Enhancing Musical Performance Through Somatic Pedagogy
Musical sound is directly
affected by the quality of the movement that produces it. Body
Mapping is a somatic (mind-body) discipline based upon the
scientific fact that the brain contains neural maps of bodily functions
and structures that govern our body usage. When our physical
self-representation is adequate and accurate, then our movement is
effective and safe. Body Mapping achieves freedom of movement though
accuracy of the body map, ones physical self-representation in the
brain. Musicians who embrace the principles of Body Mapping enjoy
freedom of movement that enhances their ability for musical expression,
and avoid placing themselves at risk of injury. Quality of movement is
critical for musicians because movement underlies all forms of musical
communication and expression
About Concord Singers
Now in its 29th
year, Concord Singers continues to fill a unique niche in our local arts
community. We are a non-audition women’s community chorus dedicated to
presenting quality musical performances that entertain our audiences and
enrich our members. Our home is at Calvary Episcopal Church in Summit,
and we invite all interested women to consider membership. Concord
Singers regular rehearsal time is Monday evenings, 7:30-10:00. Why not
come to the workshop and “check us out?” To
Register: Click on the link for the registration form
below.
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