Lauren Kinsella Masterclass 9th May
We’re super excited to announce that we will be hosting another free public masterclass led by the incredible vocalist and composer Lauren Kinsella!
After the success of the masterclass hosted in April by Tori Freestone and Alcyona Mick, we were over the moon to confirm the masterclass opportunity with Lauren Kinsella. As well as being celebrated for her amazing duo Snowpoet, she is also for her work as part of Ruth Goller’s SKYLLA as well as her own trio/quartet, who will be joining her for a performance later that day at our beloved Spotted Dog.
We’re very keen to make sure that the masterclass is open and accessible for everyone of all ages and backgrounds to benefit from, so we hope as many as possible of our regular audience can attend. It will be hosted in Pan Pan Studios in Digbeth, just a stones’ throw away from the Spotted Dog. The masterclass will mainly consist of local artists presenting their own material which will spark a discussion about developing strong musical identities, focusing on improvising, songwriting and composition.
This session is open to artists and regular music lovers alike so please get in touch if you would like to attend! It is free to attend but we just require audience members to email us at jazzatthespotteddog@gmail.com to register their attendance so we can get a scope of how many people will be attending.
A brief bio about Lauren:
Lauren Kinsella is an Irish vocalist based in London. Her work as a composer, improviser, collaborator and performer has been described as “truly captivating” (For Folk’s Sake), “stunning” (BBC Radio 3) and with “inventive curiosity and imagination” (Irish Examiner).
She specialises in improvisation and her unique style of vocalisation involves exploring the different types of vocabulary connected with vocal and instrumental sound. From singing to speech, utterance to lexicon, syllabic deconstruction to stream of consciousness, Lauren’s work celebrates the human voice in multi-faceted ways. “A modernist, Kinsella is pushing vocal improvisation into new areas” (AllAboutJazz)