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Tired of singing "Fly Me to the Moon" in the shower? Me too.

Come sing jazz with New York pianist Steve Sweeting. Work on performing jazz standards in different styles. Learn new material. Practice your performance technique. Pick up arranging tips. Improve your ability to improvise. Wail the blues. Dare to scat. Harmonize with others in group songs. Work toward a final public concert. Have a blast and stay dry. Intermediate and Advanced Levels.

Starting Sun September 7th and running through to November 16th (excluding holiday weekends), with performance at JZ Club on November 23rd.

Cost: 1800 RMB, for 10 sessions buy 8, get two free! (15 hours).

Please call Mei on 5403 6475 to make arrangements for a free level check/consultation with Steve.

Steve Sweeting's profile: Steve Sweeting is a jazz pianist, composer and teacher from New York City. He has performed and taught professionally for more than twenty years. His passion for teaching led him to teach Brazil and Bangladesh to study hand percussion (djembe, timbal and tabla). In New York he has been a much sought-after accompanist in the cabaret, musical theatre and jazz worlds and was teaching jazz history at Harvard University for five years. During that period, he was hailed by the NY Times as "a superb pianist”.

Steve has performed all over the world and has music-directed numerous New York cabarets and shows, ranging from intimate venues such as Don't Tell Mama's to outdoor festivals in Boston and Italy, to experimental theatre at La Mama. He is featured as pianist/arranger on CD's with Boston vocalist Will McMillan (Sketchbook #1) as well as with New York guitarist James Hammel (Do It All Over Again). From 2004 to 2006 he was a member of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop in New York as a composer.

In 2006, he moved to Shanghai where he began a collaborative series with Chinese jazz vocalists at twocities gallery and began teaching at JZ School in 2007.

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4 months ago

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Come sing jazz with New York pianist Steve Sweeting. In this class, you'll work on performing jazz standards in different styles, learn new material, practice your performance technique and pick up arranging tips. Improvise, wail the blues, dare to scat, harmonize and more. Intermediate and advanced levels are available. RMB1,800 for 10 sessions