Summer choir workshop - teachers

 

Lecturers of Summer Choir Workshop

MUTr. Dada Klementová

Multi-genres class      

In the years 1975-93 Dada Klementová worked as a Professor of singing at Brno Conservatory in the Musical and dramatic department. Since 1991 she has been teaching in  Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno (JAMU Brno):  polyphonic singing, artistic-vocal interpretation and rehearsals in musical acting classes at Faculty of Theatre. She is the member of the band Quakvarteto, aimed at their own creation and free improvisation (CD "Quakvarteto-Průvany" 2001 and "Quakvarteto-Children's Songs by Chick Corea" 2003). She cooperates  with the theatre HADivadlo (Songs of George Bulise, CD "Guests on the ground," 1998), leads the band Dadatrio and CKK Band, aimed at the creation of original songs, songs of J. Suchý and J. Šlitr and Christmas carols (CD "Room, health, blessings" 1994). She also produces her  own thematic Club shows aimed primarily at the Czech production modern chanson, songs of J. Ježek and W + V, S+Š , etc.

Compositions:

     Songs: chanson, poems set to music - J. Skácel, M. Rúfus, M. Cvetajevová, F. Halas etc. Chamber music, music for short films, incidental music and musicals: "Hamlet" composed of W. Shakespeare´s Sonnets (final class  performances in  JAMU, CD  "Hamlet-Sonnets-Religion", 2000), Patrick Marber  "Touch" (Little scene in  Mahen Theatre, 2002), "Noble passion" (Libretto by P. Hoggard, lyrics L. Chytilová ( final class performances in JAMU), CD "Noble passion”  – “ Henry VIII and his six wives", 2005), “Twelfth Night” (final class performances in  JAMU), CD, "Sonnets-Twelfth Night-The Inspiration " 2009).

Polyphony:

    She tries to awaken in people the joy of common singing, finding mutual sense of rhythm, expression, expression and transmission of feelings, finding their own originality. It's a play with music, which, as she hopes, has no boundaries…….

www.quakvarteto.cz

Pavel Koňárek

Classical music, folk songs


A graduate of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno – Conducting a choir and conducting an orchestra. He is working as a choirmaster of the Janacek’s  Opera in National Theatre in Brno, where he, for example, has conducted Donizetti's “L ' elisir d ' amore”, Andrèa Chenier´s “Opera Giordana”,” Die Tote Stadt” by E. W. Korngold, Verdi's  “ Un ballo in maschera”, “Simon Boccanegra”,” Rigoletto”,” Il barbiere di Siviglia” by Rossini, La Cenerentola, "The Cunning Little Vixen" by  L. Janáček, Mozart´s “Requiem”, etc.  He participated in the preparation of dozens of other performances. In the years 2004 and 2006 Janáček  Opera ensemble attended the tour in Japan. 

      Since 1995 he has been the artistic director and the choirmaster of Academic choir Žerotín. Under his leadership  the choir had hundreds of concerts at home and abroad. He won the gold and silver medal at the international competitions (1999 Olomouc, 2002 Preveza) released his first CD profile and was invited to participate in recording for the SW Rundfung Baden-Baden, for a company Vienna Modern Masters and for Czech Radio. Since 1999 he has been working  with  Žerotín in Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra Olomouc, (e.g.. W. A. Mozart: Requiem, A. Salieri: Requiem, Rossini: Stabat Mater, B. Britten: St Nicolas, G. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, C. Orff: Carmina Burana, W. A. Mozart: Te Deum, Stabat Mater, I. Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, F. Poulenc: Gloria, L. von Beethoven: Missa in C ad). The  repertoire of AS Žerotín includes mainly the works of Czech authors of the 20th century, such as B. Martinů, J. Smith, A. Tučapský or P. Eben. The choir has been cooperating with Opera of Moravian Theatre in Olomouc.

   In the years 1989-2005 he was a member of Brno Academic Choir and further the assistant of the conductor . Since 2001 he has been externally teaching Conducting a choir at Palacky University in Olomouc .

Skip Wilkins

jazz class


Hewas born and raised in a musical family in Massachusetts. He became interested in jazz at an early age so he found his way to the stage already in kindergarten. He learned to love singing, but than focused on piano that became his main instrument. As he was coming up in Boston, he worked with drummers Joe Hunt and Bob Moses and with saxophonists Jimmy Mosher and John LaPorta. In Denver, where he established his style, Skip was a well-known figure regionally, and often performed with the marquee players when they visited the area. These included saxophonist Plas Johnson, vocalists Mark Murphy and Darmon Meader, trumpeter Conte Candoli, bassist Milt Hinton, and drummer Peter Erskine. 

    Relocated to eastern Pennsylvania in 1995, Skip resumed his performing career on the east coast with the Wilkins & Allen Quartet. He continued to perform in concert with all-stars, including saxophonists Dave Liebman, Stanley Turrentine and Bobby Watson, trumpeter Clark Terry and trombonist Al Grey. Of course, right in his backyard Skip periodically performs with Philadelphia legends Mickey Roker, Larry McKenna and John Swana, among many others. In 2005, Skip formed a new working ensemble, Skip Wilkins Quintet. Together they recorded eighteen of his original compositions, for release on two CDs.

     Apart from his performing and composing Skip has been teaching at various levels for more than twenty years. He studied jazz composition and arranging with Herb Pomeroy at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and is a former faculty member at Berklee. From 1987-1995 he taught jazz theory and improvisation at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. After moving to the East Coast he taught at Muhlenberg College in Allentown and Moravian College in Bethlehem. A new part-time opportunity at Lafayette College in Easton turned into a permanent full-time position shortly thereafter, and Skip continues there as Assistant Professor of Music. He teaches music theory at all levels, plus courses in jazz history. While teaching at the University of Northern Colorado, Skip began writing arrangements for their award-winning vocal jazz ensembles. College and high school groups around the United States have performed and recorded his arrangements.

Emily Wilkins

Emily Wilkins is the Director of Choirs at Wilson High School in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA.  Wilkins directs the Concert Choir, as well as the Select choir, an auditioned group that she created in 2010.  Prior to teaching at Wilson, she was the visiting conductor at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, as a sabbatical replacement.  Wilkins graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s of Music in Music Education and Vocal Performance from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York.  In addition to her role as an educator, Wilkins performs as a jazz vocalist and is a member of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem.  As a jazz vocalist, she has performed with her father and brother and many others in numerous venues in Eastern Pennsylvania, including the Deer Head Inn.  As a four-year member of the Bach Choir, she has performed in numerous concerts, including the historic “Remember to Love” Concert in New York City, commemorating the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, and the annual Bethlehem Bach Festival, among many other performances.

Emily Wilkins and her father Skip have been working together on musical projects for 15 years

Hana Horká

interpretative seminar of solo singing

She was born in 1953 in Brno.  She studied singing at the Conservatory in Brno  and in 1972- 1977 at Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. Since 1978 she has been  the soloist in the National Theatre Brno and  since  2004 the  municipal theatre in Brno as well. 


Teaching activities:

  • external teacher of singing at JAMU Brno
  • private teaching activitie
  •  voice advisor at Městské divadlo Brno.

She is married to Jiří Horký - also the soloist of  Městské divadlo Brno, who was awarded  Thalia in 2002 (Man of La Mancha). She has got two daughters.  Hana Holišová is the member of the MdB and musical theater Karlín in Prague (Kudykam, series VKV) and Michaela Horká,  who plays at  Městské divadlo Brno,  Kalich Prague, Slovak National  Theatre, and at TV series "Ošklivka Katka".

   And unforgettable family member is "Lady von Boxer Tea".

 Roles:

Das Land des Lächelns - Me Zigeunerliebe – Ilona; Die lustige Witwe - Hana Glawari; Die Fledermaus – Orlowski; Wiener Blut – Gabriela; Orphée aux Enfens -  Euridika, Minerva; Barbe Bleue - Fleretta, La Belle Hélène – Helena (Award of Ministry of  Culture); Der Bettelstudent -  Laura; Das Verwunschene Schloss - Coralie, Mamzelle Nitouche  -  Denisa, Corina; Rose Marie - Jane and Rose Marie, Die Csárdásfürstin - Sylva Varescu; Gräfin Maritza - Marica; Polská krev-  Helena; Vinobraní - Liduška.

My Fair Lady - Líza Doolitl (Award of Ministry of  Culture); Finian's Rainbow- Kate, Bellinda; Show Boat – Julie, Limonádový Joe -Tornádo Lou; Cage aux folles – Jacqueline, Man of La Mancha, Sweet Charity – Helena, Hair – Crissy, Tabor uchodit v nebo, Fiddler on the Roof, Marry Poppins - Miss Lark, Jekyll and Hyde - Lady Beaconsfild, etc.

 

 

Lektoři v minulých ročnících 

Tomáš Trapl 2011

interpretační seminář sólového zpěvu
Vystudoval operní zpěv (Konzervatoř v Praze, HAMU).
Svou uměleckou dráhu začal roku 1986 s jazzovým vokálním souborem Dobrý večer Quintet, s art-rockovou kapelou Beatover a se "šramlem" Pražský pouťový orchestr. Deset let účinkoval v divadle SEMAFOR v muzikálech Jiřího Suchého např. Výhybka, Kytice, Nižnij Novgorod aj.
Od roku 1992 vystupuje v pražských muzikálech Les Misérables (Enjolras), Pěna dní (Chick), Klaun (Junior), Jesus Christ Superstar (Jidáš), Benzín a mejkap (Jim), Dracula (Kněz nebo Šašek-sluha-profesor), Hamlet (hrobník), Krysař (Osud), Kleopatra (Ptolemaios nebo Octavian), Galileo (otec Inchofer), Tři mušketýři (kardinál Richelieu), Tajemství (Martin), Miss Saigon (John), Angelika (Desgrez), Golem (Mordechaj), Carmen (Zuniga), Mona Lisa (Soderini), Tajemství Zlatého Draka (Merkurius), Baron Prášil (Wilcox), Je třeba zabít Davida (Mistr/Satan/Terorista/Ceasar).
Daboval mnoho postav ve většině kreslených seriálů Walta Disneyho: Lví král I., II. III. (Timon), Pocahontas, Alenka v říši divů, Zvoník u Matky Boží I., II. (Quasimodo), Goofy na výletě (Goofy), Labutí princezna (princ), Princ egyptský (Mojžíš), Medvídek Pú (Tygr), Popelka, Timon & Pumba, Příšerky s.r.o. (Mike Wasowski) aj.
V letech 2007-2009 hostoval v Národním divadle v jazzové opeře Dobře placená procházka (Suchý/Šlitr), kterou režíroval Miloš Forman.
V současné době působí jako pedagog na hereckém oddělení Konzervatoře v Praze, kde učí interpretaci a kde též vyprodukoval absolventská představení Dobře placená procházka, Kancelář, Výprodej, Kytice, na kterých se i autorsky podílel. Hudebně se též podílel na dalších představeních (Muž sedmi sester, Léto a dým, Oidipus Rex,..).
V letech 1996 - 2006 byl frontmanem rockové skupiny DOLMEN.
V roce 2009 se zúčastnil televizní soutěže DUETY, KDYŽ HVĚZDY ZPÍVAJÍ, kde v tandemu s herečkou Janou Bouškovou vybojovali bronzovou pozici.
www.tomas-trapl.cz

Katarína Mašlejová 2008, 2009, 2010

mezižánrový ateliér
Vystudovala v letech 1996 - 2002 obor hra na klavír na konzervatoři v Košicích. Od roku 2003 je posluchačkou JAMU v Brně, kde v roce 2009 pod vedením doc. J. Pančíka absolvovala magisterské studium v oboru dirigování sboru a pokračuje zde ve studiu doktorském. Absolvovala stáže u prof. R. Zimaka na AMFC ve Varšavě a u prof. B. Juhaňákové na VŠMU v Bratislavě.
Od roku 2005 působí jako asistentka dirigenta J. Kyzlinka v Brněnském akademickém sboru a od února roku 2008 je uměleckou vedoucí DPS PRIMAVERA. Sbory pod jejím vedením dosahují vysoké kvality a získávají významná uznání a ocenění doma i v zahraničí (např. Polsko, Lucembursko, Slovensko, Itálie, Slovinsko, atd.). Je členkou Odborné rady pro dětské sbory v ARTAMA Praha.
www.primaverabrno.cz

Martin Mikeš 2009, 2010

jazzový ateliér
Působí jako vedoucí vokální skupiny Voxtet, člen pěveckého sdružení Campanula Jihlava a kapely LASO.
Autor znělky pro Rádio Vysočina (1996) a úprav skladeb pro Voxtet, PS Campanula Jihlava, Zatrestband, Brass Kvintet, Orion a další.
Spolupracoval například s Jiřím Stivínem, Vincentem Kummerem nebo Michalem Pavlíčkem.
Účastnil se celé řady workshopů a projektů s předními světovými sbormistry či hudebníky (Bobby McFerrin, Steve Zegree, Tonu Kaljuste, Fred Sjöberg, Robert Sund, Nobuaki Tanaka, Maria Guinand, Johannes Prinz, Florian Heyerick, Peter Dijkstra).
Byl mnohokrát členem Světového sboru mládeže World Youth Choir, World Chamber Choir (2007 Belgie), WYC Anniversary Ensemble (2009 Švédsko), s nimiž vystupoval v mnoha zemích světa, např. Francii, Německu, Itálii, Japonsku, Slovinsku ad.
S výše uvedenými tělesy doposud natočil cca 10 hudebních alb a zpíval/hrál na řádově 800 koncertech v téměř 20 zemích v Evropě i mimo ni.
Milovník a hráč Snookeru, kolečkový bruslař, milovník belgických pralinek, francouzských sýrů, italské zmrzliny a irských/skotských nápojů.
www.voxtet.cz
www.campanulajihlava.cz