As someone who has had the pleasure of getting to know so much of the Chicago talent through my years being on staff at the Eugene O'Neil, with Yale's Cabaret Conference and with Performance Connection these past 5 years in Chicago - it has been no surprise that Chicagoans have continued to thrill and inspire me.
But this past year, top of 2011, sitting around with Chicago's Carla Gordon and Becki Menzie an idea formed that very quickly became The Midwest Cabaret Conference.
We ran with the idea last January and with all involved we have very solidly....given it wings with the First one very successfully under our belts in 2011.
I was honored to "join forces" and ideas with Laura Freeman and others from the CCP and to bring on board (and on staff) Arrangers/Musical Directors: Rick Jensen from NY, Beckie Menzie from Chicago, Actress-Singer/Master Teacher Sally Mayes from NY and myself to teach and head up 17 WONDERFUL singers from all over: Chicago, DC, St. Louis and NYC.
What an exciting, non stop weekend of music, voices, hearts, talent and education it was!
I have taught for over 20 years now. I have sung for near to 30. I have had the pleasure of traveling throughout the United States with workshops for over 10 years and am the co founder of Summer in the City with fellow director Lennie Watts in Manhattan. I have headed up a steady weekly workshop with Rick Jensen 9 months out of the year again in New York for almost 2 decades as well.
I have come to know that each "group" makes its own personality if you will. Like a person, we are all the sum of our parts. The sum of the "parts" of EVERYONE involved in our First Annual MIDWEST CABARET CONFERENCE (from Davenports to the CCP to the teachers and mostly to the folks who blindly jumped in and sang their hearts and souls out with us) made this a flawless and magnificent full bodied first!
So as I thank and credit you all very much it is stickily because of you that we are announcing dates and accepting applicants for the
SECOND Annual MIDWEST CABARET CONFERENCE.
Wednesday night June 27th, Thursday night June 28th, Friday: day and night June 29th,
Saturday: day and night June 30th and Sunday : day and night July 1st 2012
We encourage you to join us. If you are in town, take advantage and if you are not make this a destination weekend, meet each other, enjoy Chicago and their cabaret community and learn.
For those of you who were with us last year – Come back and tell us what you need THIS year!
For those of you who are auditioning for the first time...WELCOME!
We are excited to show you what we got and thrilled to see what you'll bring!
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