THE OFFICIAL LOUISE GIBBS WEBSITE
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News · The new CD – More Questions Than Answers has just been released
by 33 Records, and can be purchased from their website. http://www.33jazz.com/ · Louise Gibbs’ fellow musicians on More
Questions Than Answers are: Jonathan Gee (piano), Jez Brown
(bass), Winston Clifford (drums), and special guest tenor saxophonist Renato
D’Aiello ·
Louise Gibbs was featured artist
with The Duke Ellington Repertory Orchestra (Dir: Tony Faulkner) in the If you missed this
wonderful performance with a 4-Star review in “The Guardian”. See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/reviews/story/0,11712,1476541,00.html
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A tour and recording is being
organised following the successful premiere performance by Louise Gibbs of “Odas
Elementales” - Kathy Dyson’s songs
for voice and the jazz octet “M8” based on the poems of Pablo Neruda. More
news to follow. Upcoming Gigs Wednesday, 22 November, 2006,
6.00-7.30pm ·
Louise Gibbs and the Pen9 Band (Jami Sherrif, Garry Jackson, Dave
Walsh – playing original material with some favourite jazz standards. Leeds
College of Music, Recital Room. Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 Twilight concert
series. Free. Monday, 27 November, 2006, 8.30pm ·
Louise Gibbs with North Leeds Jazz Mainstream jazz with some
surprises! (Andy
Cholerton, Geoff Lorriman, Paul Smith, and saxophonist Jim Corry) at Suburban
Style Bar, 5 Stainbeck Lane, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7. £4. For further detailed information, or to arrange performances for
private gigs and functions contact: louise@jazzmine.co.uk
Private Teaching and Workshops Louise’s
private teaching is now based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, although she offers
London workshops three times a year.
For further information on private workshops and lessons.
· Jazz
Singing and Improvisation Workshop with Louise Gibbs
Headingley, Leeds Saturday,
11 November 2006, 10am-5pm Fee:£50
This course is for beginner and improving jazz
singers who would like to learn to improvise, scat and work with a trio of
professional musicians. Enquiries
and enrolment: louise@jazzmine.co.uk Recordings
" Louise Gibbs deserves to be much more widely heard" "...whether singing songs of yearning and regret or irony and
hope, Ms Gibbs (is) a singer of much discernment..." “…Louise
Gibbs has complete command of her range and her intonation is enviable. In
addition she has a timbre, a worldliness of expression, which is ideally
suited to the programme. Alun Morgan, Blue Light, Total playing time:58:02 ".. singer Louise Gibbs has a strong, clear voice and excellent
diction, used to striking effect on the intelligent mix of originals and
modern standards. ... it is the assurance with which they are approached that
contributes most to the recording. ... the whole is a characteristically
classy 33 product." All recordings
produced and distributed by All CD's can be ordered through
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Biography LOUISE GIBBS is a singer, jazz improviser and composer. It has been said of her bebop-inspired style: "She can turn a hackneyed jazz standard into a newly-imagined composition...and takes musical risks...as expressive as any horn player whether the tune's by Kenny Wheeler or Rodgers & Hart". Originally from New Zealand, Louise was until her recent move to Leeds living and working in London for over 20 years. She makes regular forays to the US. Louise has sung with, amongst others: Lynne Arriale
Mike
Nock To earn a respectable living Louise
teaches jazz vocal techniques and improvisation at Leeds College of Music,
Royal Northern College of Music, Teaching Professional development consultancy
courses/workshops in UK, USA, France, Australia and New Zealand for ISM,
EPTA, ESTA, AATEM, GSMD, BSA, various LEAs and Jamey Aebersold Jazz
Clinics. 2004-
Leeds College of Music
Royal Northern School of Music, Manchester
University of York. 1990-2003 Goldsmiths' College, University of London Music Department (part time lecturer MMus/BMus): Aesthetics, improvisation, vocal training, musicianship. 1988-1997 Goldsmiths' College, University of London, Department of Community & Continuing Education. Lecturer in Charge of Music, Coordinator, Professional Development for Music Teachers Teaching: Keyboard, Vocal, Improvisation, Courses for Teachers. 1988-1999 Guildhall School of Music and Drama (visiting professor) Instrumental teaching/pedagogy, keyboard skills, jazz vocal techniques, musicianship (BMus). Also see the LiTMus Professional Development Programme for Musician-Teachers Research & Writing Research Interests Publication and Conference Papers (2006)
Keeping Improvisation Dangerous: the problem of fostering and assessing
creative artistry. Paper presented to CETL Conference on Performance Teaching
in Higher Education, RNCM, Manchester, July. (2006)
What Makes a Singer a Jazz Singer? Paper presented to Leeds International
Jazz Conference, Leeds, March. (2002) What difference can Continuing Professional Development Make? Paper presented to NAMHE conference, London, May. (2001) LiTMus Professional Development Study Materials for Musician-Teachers. Available online at www.litmus.rcm.ac.uk, September. (2001) Teaching Opportunities for Jazz Musicians. In The Jazz Musicians Guide, Jazz Services Ltd. (2001) Musicians into
Teachers:the professional development of performance teachers in higher
education Paper presented to the RIME conference, (2000) Alone Together:
attending to individual needs within group teaching. Conference paper
delivered to European Piano Teachers Association, (2000) The Performance Teachers' Development Project. Position paper to National Assn of Music in Higher Education (NAMHE) Conference, Edinburgh, May. (2000) Performance Teachers' Development Project. Website concept and author - now at www.litmus.rcm.ac.uk, May. (1999) Jazz Singing: damaged voices and confused technique? In Jazz in Education (ed. Lucien Jenkins) Rhinegold, July (1999) Chasing a tale:
tracing the subversion of the 12 bar blues form through the lyric Paper
delivered to (1999) Musicians into Teachers: a professional development issue Conference paper delivered to British Jazz Educators' Assn Leeds, April. (1999) What makes an effective teacher? Paper delivered to POP-PTDP Conference The future of music performance teaching and assessment in Higher Education, January. (1998) Performance Teachers' Development Project (PTDP) Study Pack: a scheme of professional development for musicians in higher education University of Southampton. (1998) Falling through the net. In Examining Music: the content, form and future of music examinations (ed. Lucien Jenkins) Rhinegold, August. (1998) NVQs: what are they all about? Music Teacher, June. (1996) Dismantling dumb singer syndrome: In proceedings of the British Jazz Educators Conference, Leeds, May. (1996) Jazzy number. The Singer, January (1995) Group dynamics and group instrumental teaching Conference paper delivered to EPTA July. (1995) Teaching teachers to improvise and Jazz vocal improvisation Two conference papers delivered to New Zealand Music Educators' Assn Wellington, May. (1995) Do private music teachers have a preferred learning style? In ISM Music Journal, February. (1994) Can Improvisation be Taught?. In Challenging Assumptions II AATEM and Exeter University, pp 8-15. (1994) Mystery and mastery: the roles of vocal improvisation in community settings Conference paper delivered to Voice in Community Music UEA August. (1993) Private Lives:
report on the survey of private music teachers and their professional
development and training (1993) Quality horses for quality courses: matching students with courses in music. In M Shaw and E Roper (eds) Quality in Education and Training Kogan Page, pp 114-119. (1993) Home and Away. In Music Teacher. Vol 72 No 5, May. (1993) Private Life and Work: getting inside private music teaching. In ISM Music Journal. August 92-93. (1992) For Adults Only: music and the adult learner. In Musicians' Union Teacher, Issue No 15, November.
Louise Gibbs
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