Bluegrass Songs and Vocal Harmonies
Jump into the world of bluegrass lead and harmony singing! We’ll sing a mix of old and slightly less old classics, working with the whole song to build repertoire. Standard three part harmony will be our default for the choruses, but we may look into duo and quartet harmonies depending on the make-up of the class. For every song, we’ll listen to and reference great recordings to guide our own versions. Come ready to sing and maybe learn a smidge of music theory (don’t be scared, it will be fun)!
About Leah Wollenberg
Leah Wollenberg started playing fiddle when she was 6 years old, and has never looked back. In her years of playing, she’s explored a range of fiddle styles from North America and Northern Europe, and brought her fiddle to jazz programs at Berkeley High School and Oberlin Conservatory. She realized she loved singing when she had to (temporarily) put the fiddle down because of an injury, and found that a lifetime of listening to bluegrass had given her the foundation to sing the harmonies and melodies she loved. Nowadays you can find her playing and singing bluegrass, Irish music, and more around the Bay Area and along West Coast, teaching fiddle at Manning Music in Berkeley, and throwing down vocal harmonies with her musical hero Laurie Lewis.