“The Singing Guitar: How To Play Beautiful Vocal Lines on the Guitar”

Is your guitar a mini-orchestra as Andre Segovia described it? Or a small chamber choir or solo singer, violin virtuoso or blown woodwind? What is it? How do you approach the playing of melodic lines? This workshop will discuss the techniques involved in making your guitar sing like a singer. What is vibrato? What is legato? What is portamento? What is the best fingering to achieve your goal? How do timbre and attack effect your vocal line?

Frank Wallace is uniquely qualified to teach this workshop. He began his career as a guitar major at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he also sang with the Cantata Singers, a semi-professional group led by one of Frank’s first mentors, Jon Bailey. Upon graduation, he moved to Boston and immediately joined Marleen Montgomery’s Quadrivium, a mixed ensemble of early music instrumentalists and singers.

Registration is required for participants — all skill levels can participate!
Tickets are $25 for workshop participants; $12 for observing audience.