Please join us for a fantastic workshop with one of The Studio’s newest instructors, Robert Sussuma!
Body and Self Awareness: A Feldenkreis Worskshop for Singers
Sunday, September 12
12:00-3:30
The Studio
$40
As singers, we know very well that tension anywhere in our mind and body can have a profound affect on our vocal health and performance. But what many of us may not be aware of is the influence that seemingly unrelated, everyday movements can have on the quality of our voice.
Common actions such as, habitually favoring one side of your mouth when chewing or bearing a disproportionate amount of weight on one leg while walking can have a considerable affect on your muscular system which in turn can inhibit your breath and sound.
Adapting strategies used in the Feldenkrais Method, an education system designed to sync the relationship between body and mind, Movement for Singers will show you how to recognize and adjust personal movement habits and thinking patterns by gently re-educating your neuro-muscular system — all designed to empower you to enjoy a fuller sound and more efficient vocal production!
Please wear clothes that are comfortable for movement and bring a song selection for open coaching. This active and interactive class is appropriate (and fun) for singers of all ages.
Robert Sussuma, counter-tenor, voice teacher and movement educator, a M.Mus. in Voice Performance, is a Certified Master Teacher and Course Instructor of Estill Voice Training, and Certified Teacher of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement. He has worked with vocalists of all types–from beginner to professional, classically trained to contemporary–helping each find more vocal awareness and choice. Robert has a BM degree in Vocal performance from SUNY Fredonia, NY and a MM in Early Vocal Performance from the Longy School of music.
Robert was a faculty member at SUNY Fredonia and the vocal coach for The Ars Nova Singers. He was the director of the Naropa Chorus, and is currently a voice class instructor in Contemporary Performance at Naropa University. He was the Executive Director and an instructor at the Estill Voice Institute in Boulder, CO. Robert was on the Symposium Chair and was the presenter and performer at the Fourth Annual Estill World Voice Symposium and the guest trainer for the Feldenkrais Training Program in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has created several workshops (Breathing for Speaking, for Singing for Life/ The Spine in Action/Thinking and Breathing/Dynamic Stillness and Movement for Singers) which have been presented nationwide. Robert has taught students private voice lessons from coast to coast in New York, Boston, Boulder, and Denver. Robert also has an extensive performance background and has performed as a soloist in the Boston Early Music Festival, the Ars Nova Singers, The Colorado Early Music Festival, and The Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado.
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Bob Cline is the professor in charge of the senior class in the BFA Musical Theatre Program and NYC’s, Pace University. In addition to numerous master classes around the country, Bob teaches three different musical theatre/business of the business classes through the Actor’s Loft 3 nights a week in NYC. All of which focus on taking the next step/finding your way in the world of performing. As a director/choreographer his recent credits include: Into the Woods (3 different productions), Company ( The Lucille Lortel), The Full Monty (Studio Playhouse), Assassins (12 Miles West), Crimes of the Heart (Chatham Playhouse), Side Show and Showboat (Montclair State). Plus, Perry award nominated Violet, Falsettos, Songs for a New World, A New Brain (winner for 4th Wall), plus many others. In NYC, both of his productions of Steve Yockey’s latest works, Medusa and Bight Apple Crush, have been nominated to the Sam French festival. As a Casting Director, Bob has helped to populate over 40 National tours, commercials, film, TV, and 100’s of regional theatre productions including shows for; The Pioneer Theatre Company, Cincinnatti Playhouse in the Park, The Repertory Theatre of St, Louis, The Pearl Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Huntington, The Longwharf, Denver Center, and the Roundabout Theatre Company, just to name a few. This year he will be cast all 8 shows for The Carousel as well as casting the National Tours of Annie, Hairspray, The Wedding Singer, Little Women, The Complete Works of Wilbliam Shakespeare, Rent…and probably has his hands in a few more…
Amy Rogers is the Director of the new Musical Theatre Program at Pace University, where she created and developed the BFA Musical Theatre degree program; the second of its kind in New York City. Amy has assisted critically acclaimed director Lonny Price on the Pre-Broadway workshop of 110 in The Shade starring Audra McDonald, the Emmy Award-winning Passion for Live at Lincoln Center on PBS (Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Michael Cerveris); Candide with the New York Philharmonic (Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth); Anyone Can Whistle at the Ravinia Festival, and both Kismet (Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie) and Can-Can with Encores! at City Center.
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