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EM Vocal Studio is proud to host a variety of amazing events each year. Every concert is designed to present students with a unique set of skill-building challenges, as well as to provide maximum entertainment for family and friends! Participating in all five annual concerts will cost less than $20 per month when averaged over 12 months, well worth it to get such a variety of incredible experiences! Details are subject to change with notice based on venue availability and other variable factors.
Jazz Night at The Ridge Market & Café:
3rd or 4th Thursday in February, $40-60
At this high-class event, students will perform selections from The Great American Songbook, will lead a live jazz trio (piano, upright bass, and drums), and will improvise in a jazz style, as their guests enjoy some of the best food in Utah County. Since The Ridge is open to the public, this event is our best opportunity for “real world” gig experience!
2022 Details:
- Thursday, February 24 (6-8pm)
- The Ridge | 14886 Traverse Ridge Rd, Draper, UT 84020
- Band: Piano, Bass, and Drumset
- Recital Fee: $40/student
Broadway Review:
Weekday in Mid-May, $25/student
Singers perform Broadway selections and practice acting with a short monologue before each piece. For this event, we have the special opportunity to perform in Orem Piano Gallery’s formal recital hall with its beautiful grand piano. Our goal for this concert is excellent story telling! Just before the concert, we have our Spring Group Lesson featuring a guest instructor. In the past, we’ve been thrilled to welcome Voice Male’s beat boxer John Luthy, PhD Performance Psychologist Dr. Jon Skidmore, prolific studio vocalist Joslyn Poole, and Hale Center Theater star Cecily Bills as our teachers!
2022 Details:
- Monday, May 16 (7-8pm)
- 1943 Bear Mountain Drive, Draper 84107 (home of my mother in law who is a piano teacher and owns a GORGEOUS piano on which I will accompany your Broadway selections)
- Recital Fee: $25/student
- Note: The Spring Group Lesson is on the same day and in the same location, from 6-7pm (directly before the concert). Our teacher is the INCREDIBLE Jeff McLean who will be focusing the lesson on his area of greatest expertise: “The journey of connecting with your emotions, understanding them, and allowing them to express vocally will be your key to creating the most beautiful and honest musicality.”
Party Band Concert:
Thursday or Friday in Mid-Late August, $75/student
Featuring only the biggest hits, this outdoor concert is a studio favorite! Students have the opportunity to perform with a live band of professional musicians (electric bass, guitar, keyboard, drumset, background vocalists, and sometimes saxophone or violin), all powered professional sound equipment and lighting. Students sing lead vocals on one piece, and background vocals on two pieces, each. After the student set, we enjoy a “Headliner” set from a professional local band. Guests can dance and sing along, snack on hot dogs, chips, sodas, and treats, and enjoy a beautiful spring evening at our most lively event of the year! The day before the concert, we have our Spring Group Lesson Students will rehearse their pieces with background vocals, and will give and receive peer feedback.
Acoustic Lounge Night:
Thursday in Mid/Late October, $75/student
Our goal with this event is to replicate a cool lounge or club gig. Student will perform unique, acoustic arrangements of popular tunes with a live band of professional musicians (keyboard, acoustic guitar, percussion, and sometimes upright bass). Professional bar tending duo “Salt City Mocktails” completes our event with gorgeous and delicious drinks! It’s a very fancy time.
Holiday Recital with Timberline Middle School Chamber Choir:
Third week of December, FREE! Just bring a treat to share!
The Holiday concert is casual and fun! Students perform their favorite holiday tunes, and Timberline Middle School’s chamber choir performs the final set on our staircase! And of course, right after the concert is our end-of-year party! This is a great time to catch up with studio friends and enjoy some treats and fun before the holidays get too crazy. Just before the concert, we have our Fall Group Lesson featuring a guest performer concert+Q&A. In the past, we’ve heard from local band Foreign Figures, singer-songwriter Jenessa Smith (a.k.a Goldmyth), composer and Warner Brothers producer Stuart Maxfield (The Fictionist), and The Voice’s Ryan Innes!