Alexandra (Ali) Garrison
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About Me
- Skill Level:
- Professional
- Craft:
- singer
- Instruments:
- voice
Alexandra (Ali) Garrison is an American-born, Toronto-raised performer, singer, voice teacher and lecturer. After co-founding the acapella jazz trio, The Waverlies, she graduated with her Vocal Performance degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and has since performed a huge variety of operatic and theatrical roles with both regional and national companies. Ali is a frequent concert and church soloist in Canada and the U.S. She especially enjoys working in tandem with other artists, improvisers and composers to foster new works and to promote music for a more harmonious world. Ms. Garrison teaches voice privately, teaches vocal workshops, writes and lectures and is currently leading an interdisciplinary extravaganza for people of all ages, called, the “Why the Sea is Salty Project”.
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- Band or Group:
- Swallow-a-dragon voice studio, The Nathaniel Dett Chorale, Why the Sea is Salty Project
- Favorite Lyric:
Too many to count, but here's one that's a perennial fave:
My life is just like the weather,
it changes with the hour:
when he's near, I'm fair and warmer;
When he's gone I'm cloudy with showers.
In emotion, like the ocean, it's either sink or swim, when a woman loves a man, like I love him.
- Day Job:
- voice teacher, singer
Working With Others
- How I Work:
When I am teaching voice/ singing, I work out of my studio in Toronto. My current private lesson fee is $60.00 per hour. I can also travel to do coachings and voice workshops, for a price. These things are always more effective in person. I teach Sunday through Thursday.
As an active and touring professional performer, I negotiate fees on an individual basis, by the work required and by the context of the work.
- Experience:
BMA in vocal performance, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Founding member of The Waverlies, and The Nathaniel Dett Chorale
Operatic, Musical Theatre and straight Theatre roles
Concert and Church Soloist
Recitalist
- Payments:
- This user does not accept PayPal for session payment
hi, ali. sis and i are just 2 gals trying to stop our severe musical self-censorship. we thought we might have enough time to wait for perfection. we've since changed our minds. ;) sis and i would sing Silent Night when we did the dinner dishes as kids. i'd pick a note, marty'd pick one, too - and we'd do our best to stay on our own paths, no matter HOW much the resultant dissonance tempted us. i can't imagine life without harmony or my sister. i take the high road, and marty takes the low one. traveling these roads together in song keeps us off the streets! hey nah nah nah, anne
ah HA! so it's YOUR powerhouse vocal on the 08 Contest song. lordamighty - i bow to your amazing gift! anne
I WANT A WATER SHOOT!! that last shot is especially fabulous - how very cool. anne