Lisa Young AU

“Totally engaging… her art is an awesome rhythmic control. Not to be missed, this is one out of the box.” - Leon Gettler, The AGE, Australia.

“Young has developed a fine vocal instrument, dark and rich, with a rare confidence when improvising… Indeed, it’s a rare vocal album where the wordless tracks… are the most interesting. That’s the case here. But everything on this fascinating session is of interest” - David Dupont CADENCE Mag., USA.

“An intelligent, loving, and unforced marriage of two great musical traditions” - Doug Spencer, ABC radio, Australia.

“Lisa Young revels in jazz and excels in it” - Sunday Mid-Day Profile, Mumbai, India

“Remarkable grace in amazing voice” - Jessica Nicholas, The Age, Australia.

“The topography crosses Jazz, Indian and African terrain..

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“Totally engaging… her art is an awesome rhythmic control. Not to be missed, this is one out of the box.” - Leon Gettler, The AGE, Australia.

“Young has developed a fine vocal instrument, dark and rich, with a rare confidence when improvising… Indeed, it’s a rare vocal album where the wordless tracks… are the most interesting. That’s the case here. But everything on this fascinating session is of interest” - David Dupont CADENCE Mag., USA.

“An intelligent, loving, and unforced marriage of two great musical traditions” - Doug Spencer, ABC radio, Australia.

“Lisa Young revels in jazz and excels in it” - Sunday Mid-Day Profile, Mumbai, India

“Remarkable grace in amazing voice” - Jessica Nicholas, The Age, Australia.

“The topography crosses Jazz, Indian and African terrain... Young opens with the stunning solo machine-gun fire of wordless vocals where the rhythms arerepeated, extended and then moved across the pulse….. electrifying” - Leon Gettler, The Green Guide, The Age, Australia.

“Lisa Young’s flexible voice and brilliant musicianship shines…” - Amelia Alder, Vocal Australia, Australia.

“Words seem inadequate to describe the uniqueness of this extraordinary singer. A stunning vocal talent.” - Billy Pinnell, The Mag, Australia.

“Young showed amazing oral dexterity throughout the performance and produced pure, true vocals. It’s a testament to her that, despite there being no lyrics, the performance was incredibly engaging and accessible” - Rachel Ross, artsHub, Australia.

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Primary Instrument

Voice / vocals

Location

Melbourne

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Vocal Tutor, Contemporary Music stream at Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University, Southbank Campus. Northern Metro Institute of Technology (NMIT) VCE solo and group performance. Guest Seminar presentations at VCA, NMIT (industry day).

Clinic/Workshop Information

Using chants, songs, soundscapes, vocal percussion, and simple percussion parts, Lisa inspires singers to explore rhythm, harmony and improvisation

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Primary Instrument

Voice / vocals

Location

Melbourne

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Vocal Tutor, Contemporary Music stream at Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University, Southbank Campus. Northern Metro Institute of Technology (NMIT) VCE solo and group performance. Guest Seminar presentations at VCA, NMIT (industry day).

Clinic/Workshop Information

Using chants, songs, soundscapes, vocal percussion, and simple percussion parts, Lisa inspires singers to explore rhythm, harmony and improvisation. She works with song form, wordless pieces, and movement encouraging a great love of rhythm and using the voice as a colorful instrument. The repertoire is predominently original, however she also includes music from a variety of streams. Lisa has composed extensively for choirs and her works have been performed throughout Australia, across Europe and Canada and the USA. Recently Lisa has been guest workshop presenter for The Australian Voices Festival in Kennillworth Queensland, Young Voices of Melbourne, Bendigo Youth Choir, Brisbane Girls Grammar School, St Columba Anglican School in Port MacQuarie and Vocal Australia. Lisa has given workshops for The Orff Society, ASME (The Australian Society for Music Education), and she was a ‘Song Writing’ Artist In Residence at Preshil School, Melbourne. She has directed and composed mass choir works for The Big Sing and Festival Fremantle, Melbourne A cappella Festival and Ettalong Festival.

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