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“A year on, I am still feeling the effects of the project and my creativity has just shot up. I‘ve never sung so well, or been so unafraid to explore, and to do that in a live performance context. Every time I go out on stage it‘s almost irrelevant that there is an audience; I just want to let rip!
Louise Rutkowski,
(This Mortal Coil)
singer and recording artist,
London, England”
(This Mortal Coil)
singer and recording artist,
London, England”
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THE FACULTY is a unique constellation of teachers with diverse fields of expertise. Our relationship as teachers and friends spans twenty-two years. We believe in offering instruction that is uncompromising in quality; we honor the vivid connections between life and art and constantly seek out ways to live life as fully as possible. We see the voice as a direct expression of the human soul and are committed to creating a supportive environment that encourages students to take risks and jump over edges. The 2008 faculty includes: |
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BENTZION (B.Z.) GOLDBERG (Vocal Exploration & Song Interpretation) has worked with the human voice for the past twenty years, exploring a range of approaches from experimental work to opera. His influences and teachers include Penelope Kreitzer, Mark Rittenberg, James Toland, Seth Riggs, Kaya Anderson, and a number of members of the Roy Hart Theatre. B.Z. has sung gospel music with the Glide Ensemble in San Francisco and has taught in the USA, Europe, Israel, Japan and at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland. This year, B.Z. will continue working on vocal exploration and the deep connections between the voice and the body while exploring a wide range of techniques of approaching individual songs. B.Z. is also a filmmaker and director of the Academy Award nominated film Promises.
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BELLE LINDA HALPERN (Vocal Technique & Songs) a cabaret singer and actress, has taught singing since 1986 in Boston, San Francisco, Italy and France. Belle has performed at clubs and theaters in New York, San Francisco, Paris, Munich, Jerusalem, and Bombay. She has taught at Harvard University and the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. Her influences include cabaret singer Martha Schlamme (cabaret), Penelope Kreitzer (acting), Edwin Gray (musical theatre), and Christa Ludwig (opera). Belle co-founder of the Ariel Group and co-author of the best-selling Leadership Presence, a book about leadership and dramatic performance. During the workshop, Belle will focus on the art of cabaret: connecting performers to their song and to their audience through feelings and life experiences.
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DORTE KOCH (Movement & Performance Presence) has extensive professional experience in theater as an actress, singer and dancer. She currently teaches theater and voice at the National Theatre School in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dorte trained as a voice teacher in London and has been teaching voice, singing and communication skills for the last twenty years. She also teaches presentation skills and coaches professional theatre productions. Her influences and teachers include Richard Armstrong, Kristin Linklater, Linda Wise, and Enrique Pardo, from the Roy Hart Theatre and Pantheatre in France, as well as renowned voice and theatre teachers Cicely Berry and Barbara Housemann. Our days in Italy begin with Dorte’s Movement classes. Her “Performing Presence” classes focus on the connection between body, voice, text and imagination and cultivate our ability to take the stage with confidence, heightened energy, presence, and a unique expression of our individuality.
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RON ROY (Songs, Musical Style) is a pianist, arranger, music director and performer. He has worked as accompanist and teaching partner for the past 21 years with cabaret artist Belle Linda Halpern. He coaches beginners, amateurs and professionals, helping them to develop their own unique musical voice and style. Ron has traveled internationally as musical director and accompanist for a wide variety of shows and performers. He brings his ‘joie de vivre’, his exceptional talent and passion for music and song in working on a broad range of styles, from classical and opera, to pop, jazz and cabaret.
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Past (and Future) Faculty include: CREATIVE PARTNER & FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE TUSCANY PROJECT Anja Struchholz PRINCIPAL GUEST TEACHER Dr. Phillip Woods GUEST TEACHERS Steve Sweeting Marie-Paule Marthe Penelope Kreitzer Paul Crabtree Johannes Theron Arina Isaacson Hobart Yates Ingvar Bengtsson |
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