Fionna Duncan Vocal Jazz Workshops
Musicians and Tutors
Former Students
Workshops
Partnerships
The Fionna Duncan Vocal Jazz Workshops will celebrate their 10th Year in Glasgow in July 2005. The first pilot was held in Glasgow at the Ramshorn Theatre in 1995 with the help of the Musicians' Union and Glasgow City Council.
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Lead by veteran jazz vocalist Fionna Duncan these workshops have inspired most, if not all, of the Scottish jazz vocalists around today and given over 500 students, of all ages and from all musical backgrounds, the opportunity to study with the best tutors from around the world. |
Photo: Marc Marnie
Fionna's core team of tutors includes:
- Sophie Bancroft (tutor)
- Gina Rae (tutor)
- Lynne O'Neill (singer/tutor)
- Ronnie Rae (bass and tutor)
- Brian Kellock
- Jim Clelland
- Paul Harrison (piano)
- John Rae (drums)
- Cathie Rae (jazz vocalist and arts administration)
Close relationships have been built over the years with tutors from the USA, including Madeline Eastman, Sheila Jordan, Mark Murphy and Jay Clayton.
Former students, and now highly regarded musicians and tutors include:
- The Rae Sisters - Cathie, Gina and Sylvia
- Sophie Bancroft
- Suzanne Bonnar
- Niki and Freddie King
- Todd Gordon
- Subie Coleman
- and many of the up and coming singers on the jazz scene today.
Fionna's company has been delivering high quality workshops over the years with the help of a Scottish Arts Council lottery grant and partnership funders. The five-day workshops continue during both the Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival and Glasgow International Jazz Festivals. They offer tuition in repertoire, phrasing, technique, working with a band, listening, interpretation, and self-promotion. They continue to be the only five-day workshops dedicated to vocal jazz in Europe and attract students from all over the world.
The Fionna Duncan workshops are grateful to their partners, including the Councils of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Perth and West Lothian; the Musicians' Union; Assembly Direct; Olive May Millen and all their past and present students and teachers.
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Did you know?
In 1999 the Fionna Duncan Vocal Jazz Workshops were successful in gaining lottery funding from the Scottish Arts Council to take their workshops all over Scotland. For more information on lottery funding, see our funding pages.
Supported by the National Lottery through the Scottish Arts Council. |