Jazz and blues singer trains with internationally acclaimed artists

Malta’s up and coming jazz and blues singer Claire Galea, has just returned from a trip other aspiring artists can only dream about.

Her strength, timbre and versatility turned the head of her London-based tutor Joshua Alamu, who noticed that summer vocal programme, both as an artist and as a teacher in training.

Seth Riggs founded the Speech Level Singing technique. SLS is based on the concept of singing in the same comfortable manner as you speak. It allows a singer to sing through their entire range and through bridges with the same connected, even, strong, flexible sound at any pitch and volume, and in any style without strain or superfluous effort.

His pupils include more than 120 Grammy award winners including Natalie Cole, Barbra Streisand, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.

Claire was one of 12 who qualified to attend an intensive Advanced Jazz Singing Course by Michele Weir, whose vocal arrangements and orchestral works have been performed and recorded worldwide.

Ms Weir was the musical supervisor for the DreamWorks film, “Prince of Egypt” and its foreign dubbings. She has been featured as guest vocalist at hundreds of jazz festivals and as a pianist has toured extensively with a variety of artists.

Under her tutelage Claire learned the intensity of the art of jazz singing and creative expression. She personally coached Claire in phrasing, ornamentation, vocal improvisation, style and communication of emotion.

Throughout the programme, Claire also attended lectures by acclaimed artists, composers and professionals such as American songwriter, keyboardist and music producer Patrick Leonard, who is well-known for his long collaboration with Madonna.

In the near future, Claire will be one of two Maltese qualified to teach the critically acclaimed Speech Level Singing technique.

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