"Vocal Playground for Beginners" with Yiwen Wang, a Juvenis Festival workshop

The “Vocal Playground for Beginners” with Yiwen Wang is an introductory workshop designed for singers with minimum to no experience to practically learn about basic singing techniques. Background information about classical and musical theater singing will be given to the participants and a guided exploration vocal technique is planned as well. We will be working on an ensemble vocal piece; and for those who want to, we will be performing it for ourselves after rehearsing!

If time allows, there will be an opportunity to look at pieces that participants would be interested in working on independently at the end of the workshop. This is not mandatory but is open. for any participants who are comfortable with doing this in front of others that attend the workshop. 

This workshop is open to anyone ages 13 to 30.

Materials Needed 

All materials will be provided but please feel free to bring a piece you have been working on if you'd like some help with it! Private help is also available outside of the workshop for participants who are interested.

Register today! http://www.juvenisfestival.ca/vocal-playground.php

COVID-19 Protocols: Attendees are encouraged to wear face masks.

Yiwen Wang is a Mezzo-Soprano who graduated from the Bachelor of Music program at Queens University. During her undergraduate studies, guided by musical and especially classical singing experts, she was lucky enough to be able to dive deep into and strengthen her love in classical and musical theater singing.  Private voice lessons, essential musical and vocal courses as well as choral, opera, musical theatre and chamber music ensembles provided her with chances to explore varied music genres. She enjoyed all the opportunities to perform in shows of operatic, musical theatre scenes and in choral concerts. Outside of school, Yiwen practiced sacred vocal music by singing in the choirs of St. George’s Cathedral and St. Mary’s Cathedral choirs successively. She has also performed in plays and dance recitals. After graduating from Queen's, Yiwen joined the Coro Spirito, the women’s choir for adults, of the Cantabile Choirs of Kingston to continue working on concert choral singing. Yiwen started her very own online voice studio to be able to share what she learned in her degree to everyone who needs it.

The Juvenis Festival is a project of Blue Canoe Theatrical that began in 2016. Juvenis is Kingston's Youth Arts Festival, one of only two youth arts festivals in all of Canada! Juvenis showcases the talented #ygkyouth ages 30 and under. This 11-day festival gives young people an opportunity to act, sing, dance, perform, and showcase their artistic talents, as well as take free workshops and masterclasses to build on their interests and skills in the arts. http://www.juvenisfestival.ca/