Singing Latin Jazz & Standards Workshop

With: María Márquez

Berklee College of Music trained singer, composer, arranger, and producer, seasoned for over two decades in the Bay Area Latin Jazz scene.

“…if her breathy vibrato, effortless range and incontrovertible soul owe something to Nina Simone, Márquez holds her own artistic counsel.” Michael Stone –RootsWorld.com-8/10/2005

Sonoma Music Arts School welcomes María Márquez, jazz and world music singer, composer, arranger and producer.  Marquez’s signature vibrating voice, whose depth resonates in the Bay Area and the Caribbean Latin Jazz scene, has tailored a -Singing Latin Jazz & Standards- workshop for the school.  For the past two decades María Márquez’s voice, folklore, jazz and pop fusions, have illuminated stages and concert halls, bringing to the forefront proposals such as -Onda Nueva,- and the experimental use of her voice as a fundamental instrument.  The latter, led to the inception of her undulating voice recordings into the World Music genre.  María’s discography includes: Canto del Pilón 1985, De Uno y Otro Lado 1995, Once Cuentos de Amor/Eleven Love Stories 2001 and Princesa de la Naturaleza/Nature’s Princess 2004. 

The emphasis of the -Singing Latin Jazz & Standards- workshop is placed on the Latin American songbook, with a revamping of jazz standards for a “Latin treatment.”  During the five consecutive session of this program, María Márquez explores the following Latin song forms:

Bolero Cha cha cha Cuban Son South American Folklore Brazilian Samba & Bossa Nova

The workshop will be held at Sonoma Music Arts School, located on 901 Broadway Street, Sonoma, CA 95476 (on the corner of West MacArthur).

Workshop cost:  $150 per person

Registration limited to 4 students

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Pro Tools Workshop

Chances are that if you're interested (or already involved) in producing audio, you have heard about Pro Tools. Most people making sounds for music, podcasts, radio programs, art or film/video today are working with digital audio workstations. Many platforms exist for working with digital sound. Of these, Digidesign Pro Tools is a very popular system found in thousands of professional studios, yet is affordable enough to also be found in thousands of home and project studios worldwide.

At Sonoma Music Arts School, we're proud to annuonce the first in a series of Workshops in Sound Production: our Introduction to Pro Tools is a five-week, introductory level hands-on guided tour of Pro Tools. We will study recording, mixing and editing audio and MIDI in the digital audio workstation.

This workshop is for students wanting to learn the basics of audio engineering, as well as to musicians, radio producers, podcast producers, sound effects makers, sound people working for film and/or video, and others involved in audio content creation.

No prior knowledge of digital audio recording is necessary. The concepts and techniques acquired in this workshop are transferable to other digital audio platforms (Logic, Cubase, Digital Performer, Sonar, etc). All the lab exercises, however, will be done on Pro Tools equipment. A certificate will be issued to attendees. Music talent is not required (but if you have any, please bring it with you).