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Inga SwearingenJazz VocalistVocal Color

Learning How to Fly/Fly Me to the Moon

Inga Swearingen, vocalsRyan Garcia, guitarClint Iwanicha, bassMike Raynor, drumsLinda Vanasupa, piano

Inga SwearingenJazz VocalistInga has received many awards for her performing including:

First Prize and Prize of the Public at the Montreux Jazz Festival Shure Vocal CompetitionNumerous performances on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion radio show

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF JAZZ SINGING Instrumental approach to the voice Vocal Improvisation Scat singingAND Use of vocal colors to imitate different instruments, highlight texts or specific words and/or emotions

Vocal ColorVocal color is the varying of vocal timbre to highlight specific texts, words and emotions.

(Dr. Jon Clements, Assistant Professor of Music at Arkansas Tech University)

Samples of adjectives used to describe vocal colorDarkBreathyWarmChocolatyMellowSilkyBrightHuskySteelySmokeyTinny

INGAS USE OF VOCAL COLORSHow would you describe Ingas vocal color?

Do you hear other ways in which she experiments with her voice to depict an instrument, word or emotion?INGAS VOCAL INFLUENCESBobby McFerrinElla FitzgeraldJoni Mitchell

Studied voice with Dr. Jon Clements while at Florida State UniversityResourceshttp://ingaswearingen.com/presskit/Ware, Clifton. Basics of Vocal Pedagogy: The Foundations and Process of Singing, 1998. learning how to fly/fly me to the moon. Sabena Start and Patti Cathcart Andress, Bart Howard, arranged by Inga Swearingen. Inga Swearingen with Trio 14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scat_singingLearning How To Fly / Fly Me To The MoonInga Swearingen + Trio 14Learning How To Fly, track 1/72003Jazz233628.05eng - iTunNORM 000001A9 00000238 00001D16 00002810 000073D0 00032CA7 00005FBF 00005E88 00021F92 0002E314eng - iTunSMPB 00000000 00000210 00000714 00000000009D2A5C 00000000 00473AB2 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000eng - iTunes_CDDB_158080507+154182+7+150+17667+36135+49010+77989+94925+134003eng - iTunes_CDDB_TrackNumber1eng - iTunPGAP0