 | ALL THE WAY IN is Rhiannon's mastery level program. In 2017, sessions will be held on Rhiannon's farm in Hawaii, in Portugal and in Copenhagen. Singers must be committed to the whole series.
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Malene Kjærgård Malene Kjærgård is a Danish singer, improviser, composer and vocal coach living in Denmark. Malene has performed on several national and international stages around the world in various constellations such as Malene Kjærgård Group, Kjærgård/Cigna/Dall & PLAYground. In November 2012 Malene was the first runner up in DPA's competition 'Young Jazz Composer of the Year' with her composition Temporary Love Affair. Malene has two jazz albums released in her name: Happy Feet (2013) and Here's To The Ladies (2016). She has also released On Cole Porter with her trio Kjærgård/Cigna/Dall (2015). Malene teaches privately, facilitates workshops and coaches at art schools, companies and communities. She is an authorised vocal coach from Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen, she has studied a cappella vocal improvisation with Bobby McFerrin and Voicestra, and with Rhiannon at Mele a Hakuwale and ATWI and she has studied with international teachers such as Bob Stoloff, David Brunetti and Jay Clayton. Furthermore, Malene has a strong background teaching breathing, body support and working with the soft tissue of the body. Malene loves to explore the power of vocal improvisation and feels very much at home in the improvisational singing circle. |
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Sofia Ribeiro Sofia Ribeiro is a Portuguese singer, composer, improviser and educator. With nine albums to her credit, she has been performing and teaching intensively in Europe, South America and United States for the past 14 years. She has won several prizes, including first place at the vocal jazz competitions “Voicingers” (Poland) and “Crest Jazz Vocal” (France), and 2nd place at “Brussels Young Jazz Singers." Sofia has a degree in Jazz Performance from ESMAE (Portugal) and a masters degree from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. During her studies, she did exchange programs at ESMUC (Barcelona), Berklee College of Music (Boston) and Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris, and she completed two levels of the ‘Estill Voice Training Systems’ program. Sofia met Rhiannon in 2002, and started a long and beautiful learning journey into vulnerability, generosity and authenticity, in life and in music, while facilitating others' growth, improvising on her own, or with her European vocal improv group PLAYground, |