Art of Jazz

Roberta Gambarini Vocal Workshop

Saturday, Jun 06, 2009 12:00 PM EDT (11:30 AM Doors)
- Saturday, Jun 06, 2009 2:00 PM EDT
at Distillery Historic District - Art of Jazz Studio
in Toronto, ON

Art of Jazz is thrilled to have Roberta Gambarini conduct a 2 hour workshop at the 4th annual Art of Jazz Global Jazz Village at Toronto's Distillery Historic District. The workshop will be held at the Thompson Landry Gallery 2, Toronto. Doors open at 11:30 am and the workshop runs from 12:00-2:00pm. Ms. Gambarini's workshops typically explore the art of improvisation, vocal technique, methods of practice, repertoire choices and proper lead sheets. Pianist Don Thompson and bassist Neil Swainson will accompany Ms. Gambarini. Please bring your charts. Born in Torino, Italy, Gambarini began listening to jazz music as a child and started taking clarinet lessons when she was twelve years old. By the time she was 17, she began singing and performing in jazz clubs around Northern Italy and at the age of 18, she decided to move to Milan to pursue a career as a jazz singer. Soon after her move to Milan, Roberta took third place in a national jazz radio competition on TV, leading to performance opportunities at jazz festivals throughout Italy. In 1998 she moved to the United States and within two weeks later, Roberta stunned many in the jazz world with a third place finish in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition. Her North American CD release Easy to Love was nominated for a GRAMMY® in 2007 in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category. She was recently nominated as 2009 Singer of the Year in the Jazz Journalist Association Poll and was voted 1 rising star singer in Down Beat's Critics' Poll. Along with her vocal workshop, Art of Jazz is proud to present Roberta Gambarini in a special duo concert with bassist Neil Swainson on Sunday June 7th, 9:00 pm in the Fermenting Cellar.