3rd SATURDAY Circle Singing at Side Rail Collective in Seattle

Side Rail Collective

5511 1/2 Airport Way South, 98108, Seattle, WA, United States

Debby Boland Watt

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Debby Boland Watt- Voice, Vocal Coach, Circle Singing FacilitatorDebby is a strong vocalist, improvisational performance artist, coach and master teacher specializing in vocal techniques and production for singers who are interested in all styles of music. Working nationally, with both beginning and professional singers, she has over 40 years experience, performing across every state in the US as well as Canada and Western Europe. Debby has also performed on US and Canadian TV, recorded many audio projects as a studio musician, and directed numerous choirs."A vocalist unafraid to explore her instrument...in Jazz and beyond, Debby may quite possibly be the femaleBobby McFerrinof Seattle! Her singing is reminiscent of Jay Clayton and other true pioneers of vocal improvisation." - J.R., Seattle, WAAs a classically trained singer having studied voice at Western Washington State University Debby has since earned a Master's degree in Vocal Improvisation and Composition from Goddard College and a Bachelor Degree in Vocal Jazz from Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts. She has studied with Bobby McFerrin,Rhiannon, Pauline Oliveros, Meredith Monk’s Ensemble, and Kurt Elling, as well as other renowned musicians.A professional singer herself, Debby enjoys teaching beginning students as much as advanced singers. Each personalized lesson is an experience in professional training using techniques that support genres such as classical, musical theater, pop, folk, gospel/choral, R&B, jazz, improvisation, spoken word, and experimental. Together you will address range, resonance, support, expression, tone, phrasing and diction, listening and ear training towards accurate pitch and desired harmonies.“...a master of free will sound, her Art of expression is boundlessly vast as she invents the undiscovered vocal vibrations of the imagination, highly impressive.” J.B. Montreal, CanadaBoth singers and songwriters alike will find Debby to be a gifted coach. From personalized warmups to encouraging prompts and feedback between takes, Debby is an invaluable addition to any recording session."What an amazing voice...what an incredible artist and such a pleasure to work with!" M.A. Seattle, WAAs a current Seattle area performer recently featured inThe Seattle Times, Debby has quickly become the area’s best-known facilitator for Improvisational Voice and Circle Singing."The resonance of the different voices coming together buoyed moods, soothed anxieties and turned a group of strangers into a spontaneous community." - The Seattle Times