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Helping Your Vocalists Find Their Inner ROCKSTAR

Gina Costanza

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Agenda

Defining ROCKSTARS

Technique

Stage Presence�
Costumes and Props

Becoming a ROCKSTAR

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Defining ROCKSTARS

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What makes them ROCKSTARS?

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Additional ROCKSTARS for Study

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Defining ROCKSTARS

Technique

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Setting Your Vocalists Up for Success

Always warm up your vocalists at the start of rehearsals w/predictable warm ups that you sometimes change to reflect the repertoire

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Use monitors so vocalists can hear themselves and not over sing during rehearsal

Vocalists should face each other when singing

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Warm Ups

Body stretches
Air and phonation exercises

Breath technique exercises

Head voice
Upper passaggio
Middle voice
Middle passaggio
Chest voice
Scales and ear training

Work on harmonies if harmonizing in the selected repertoire

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Defining ROCKSTARS

Technique

Stage Presence�

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Practice Moving and Singing

Walk across the stage at different speeds
Dancing and singing
Jumping and singing

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Encourage and Celebrate Student-created Movement

Side step
Act out song lyrics

ex: “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

Act as hypepeople

Clap w/the audience
Use flashlight on phone
Dance w/the audience

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Agenda

Defining ROCKSTARS

Technique

Stage Presence�
Costumes and Props

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Costumes and Props

Sunglasses
Hats
Feather boas
Fringe
Leather
Lace
Sequins
Make Up
Riding crops
Inflatable instruments and beach balls
Air Dancers (a.k.a. Car wash inflatables)

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Agenda

Defining ROCKSTARS

Technique

Stage Presence�
Costumes and Props

Becoming a ROCKSTAR

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Song Choices

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Contact Info:

Gina Costanza

gmcostanza@gmail.com

IG: MusicWithMsC