Sight-Singing and Ear Training
Time: Wednesdays at 3:00-4:00pm
Instructor: Eric Levintow
Dates: November 4th - December 9th
Price: $60 for full session (6 classes)
Class Description: (Full Session Only - 20 Student Limit)
In this class we will train our ability to sight-sing notes and rhythms with little more than the starting pitch and those pesky black dots on the page. Ear training is one of the most important skills for a singer to develop, since we cannot press a key and be sure the correct note will come out. My approach to sight-singing is largely based on the Kodály Method; a common practice in many choirs that uses solfège and a set of hand symbols for each note in the scale. We will be practicing various sight-singing exercises, distinguishing tricky intervals, and working on our rhythm skills to boot. The first three notes just happen to be: Do, Re, Mi!
Eric Levintow is an operatic tenor, guitarist, and teacher based in the Bay Area. Local theater credits include the Pajama Game (Sid), Urinetown (Bobby Strong), and The Music Man (Harold Hill), Most Happy Fella (Doc), A Chorus Line (Al), and Les Miserables (Javert). Eric was featured on NPR’s The California Report as a singer for a Plácido Domingo masterclass at UCLA. He is a graduate of the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA, with a Master of Music in Vocal Performance. Eric is also an active guitarist for theater productions around the Bay Area. He has played guitar in local productions of RENT, Spring Awakening, West Side Story, Legally Blonde, The Wedding Singer, Newsies, Once on This Island, and Chicago.
Eric works as a teaching artist for LEAP Arts in Education, a San Francisco non-profit that brings the arts to children around the Bay Area. He is also a cantor and tenor section leader at Trinity Episcopal Church in Menlo Park.
Instructor: Eric Levintow
Dates: November 4th - December 9th
Price: $60 for full session (6 classes)
Class Description: (Full Session Only - 20 Student Limit)
In this class we will train our ability to sight-sing notes and rhythms with little more than the starting pitch and those pesky black dots on the page. Ear training is one of the most important skills for a singer to develop, since we cannot press a key and be sure the correct note will come out. My approach to sight-singing is largely based on the Kodály Method; a common practice in many choirs that uses solfège and a set of hand symbols for each note in the scale. We will be practicing various sight-singing exercises, distinguishing tricky intervals, and working on our rhythm skills to boot. The first three notes just happen to be: Do, Re, Mi!
Eric Levintow is an operatic tenor, guitarist, and teacher based in the Bay Area. Local theater credits include the Pajama Game (Sid), Urinetown (Bobby Strong), and The Music Man (Harold Hill), Most Happy Fella (Doc), A Chorus Line (Al), and Les Miserables (Javert). Eric was featured on NPR’s The California Report as a singer for a Plácido Domingo masterclass at UCLA. He is a graduate of the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA, with a Master of Music in Vocal Performance. Eric is also an active guitarist for theater productions around the Bay Area. He has played guitar in local productions of RENT, Spring Awakening, West Side Story, Legally Blonde, The Wedding Singer, Newsies, Once on This Island, and Chicago.
Eric works as a teaching artist for LEAP Arts in Education, a San Francisco non-profit that brings the arts to children around the Bay Area. He is also a cantor and tenor section leader at Trinity Episcopal Church in Menlo Park.
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