Annual Chapter Business Meeting
Dear Members:
You are cordially invited to the Annual Chapter Business Meeting hosted by Chicago Chapter NATS board members. All current members of the Chicago Chapter of NATS are encouraged to attend.
The event has been scheduled for Sun., Sept., 27 from 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. at Concordia University, in Chapel of Our Lord, Werner Auditorium. We will start the afternoon with an Alexander Technique Workshop with MaryJean Allen from 1:30-2:15 p.m. and hold our Annual Chapter Business Meeting from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Location:
Concordia University Chicago
Chapel of Our Lord, Werner Auditorium
(building #5 on the campus map)
7400 Augusta St.
River Forest, IL 60305
Please click here for a copy of the campus map and directions to the event. Visitor parking is available in Visitor Lot 5.
Dear Members:
You are cordially invited to the Annual Chapter Business Meeting hosted by Chicago Chapter NATS board members. All current members of the Chicago Chapter of NATS are encouraged to attend.
The event has been scheduled for Sun., Sept., 27 from 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. at Concordia University, in Chapel of Our Lord, Werner Auditorium. We will start the afternoon with an Alexander Technique Workshop with MaryJean Allen from 1:30-2:15 p.m. and hold our Annual Chapter Business Meeting from 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Location:
Concordia University Chicago
Chapel of Our Lord, Werner Auditorium
(building #5 on the campus map)
7400 Augusta St.
River Forest, IL 60305
Please click here for a copy of the campus map and directions to the event. Visitor parking is available in Visitor Lot 5.
MaryJean Allen is a certified Alexander Technique and Body Mapping teacher and co-author of the Body Mapping book for singers: What Every Singer Needs to Know About the Body. In her workshop with the Chicago Chapter of NATS, she will explore the Alexander Technique which is over 100 years old, and is taught worldwide. It is a simple and practical method for improving ease and freedom of movement, balance, support and coordination. It is not a series of treatments or exercises, but rather a re-education of the mind and body. Alexander Technique teaches everyone how to become aware of and how to eliminate habits that interfere with fluid, free movement. Alexander Technique students learn how to pause and choose a better way of moving, thereby improving alignment, tone quality, breathing, and expressiveness. Always with a student's permission, Alexander Technique teachers use spoken word and also sometimes very gently and lightly guides a student's head, torso, arms, legs, or feet in order to teach students how to move, breathe, sing, and perform with greater lightness and ease.
MaryJean holds both a Master of Music and an Artist Diploma in vocal performance from The Cleveland Institute of Music. She received a Bachelor of Music, cum laude, in vocal performance with a minor in piano performance from Oklahoma City University. She also studied voice with Edward Zambara, who taught at Juilliard and The New England Conservatory of Music. MaryJean performed leading roles in opera, operetta, and musicals in five states. She was competitively selected to sing in two separate Art Song Festivals held at the Cleveland Institute of Music; coaching with Dalton Baldwin, Elly Ameling, and Gerard Souzay, among others. MaryJean specializes in performing Art Song in Italian, French, German, and Spanish. She also performed for many years with her husband John Allen, classical guitarist, and their duo presented Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and English art songs.
To learn more about MaryJean Allen, contact her via email.
MaryJean holds both a Master of Music and an Artist Diploma in vocal performance from The Cleveland Institute of Music. She received a Bachelor of Music, cum laude, in vocal performance with a minor in piano performance from Oklahoma City University. She also studied voice with Edward Zambara, who taught at Juilliard and The New England Conservatory of Music. MaryJean performed leading roles in opera, operetta, and musicals in five states. She was competitively selected to sing in two separate Art Song Festivals held at the Cleveland Institute of Music; coaching with Dalton Baldwin, Elly Ameling, and Gerard Souzay, among others. MaryJean specializes in performing Art Song in Italian, French, German, and Spanish. She also performed for many years with her husband John Allen, classical guitarist, and their duo presented Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and English art songs.
To learn more about MaryJean Allen, contact her via email.
