SING! and Learn: Riffin'

Thu Jun 01 2023 at 04:30 pm to 05:30 pm

The Concert Hall | Toronto

Sing! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival
Publisher/HostSing! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival
SING! and Learn: Riffin'
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A vocal performance crash course on the use of riffing and melismas.
About this Event

Learn all about riffing and melismatic singing with two of the three members of Asian Riffing Trio - Kevin Wong and Chris Tsujiuchi!

Clinicians:

Chris Tsujiuchi is the Associate Artistic Director of SING! Toronto. Performance credits include Ride the Cyclone (Tweed & Co), Recurring John, Paradises Lost (SummerWorks Festival), and Rocky Horror (Hart House Theatre). Musical Direction credits include Into the Woods (Talk is Free), Alice in Wonderland (Bad Hats) and Onegin (Musical Stage Co, National Arts Centre, Western Canada Tour). Chris has also taught at Sheridan College, Randolph Academy, George Brown, and TMU (formerly Ryerson). He has toured extensively with the Nathaniel Dett Chorale, Sharron Matthews, and can also be seen performing with his boy band Asian Riffing Trio, and in his "Chris-terical" series of self-produced cabarets.

@ChrisTsujiuchi on IG and Twitter

Kevin Wong is a composer-lyricist, singer/musician, and dramaturg. His musicals include: Recurring John: A Song Cycle; STAR!(ving): A Collection of Songs; Polly Peel (with Julie Tepperman); Out of Stock; Drama 101 (with Steven Gallagher); and In Real Life (with Nick Green). Kevin streams online concerts three times a week on the streaming service Twitch (twitch.tv/kevinywong). He is a member of the vocal group Asian Riffing Trio (with Chris Tsujiuchi and Colin Asuncion), is currently part-time faculty at Sheridan College, and is a two-time winner of the Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Tom Hendry Award for Best New Musical. Most recently, he can be heard on the live album, UnCovered: The Music of ABBA (with The Musical Stage Company), and his own albums Small Ways to Move and Covers (available on streaming services everywhere). Kevin streams weekly on the streaming service Twitch (@kevinywong).

kevinwongmusic.com / @kevinywong (Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, FB, YouTube)

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Concert Hall, 888 Yonge Street, Toronto, Canada

Tickets

CAD 10.00 to CAD 20.00

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