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West Indian의 뿌리와 뉴욕 브루클린에서 성장한 재즈 보컬리스트이자 Downbeat Magazine 상을 2회 수상한 아티스트인 Faith Quashie

by thetraveleroftheuniverse 2022. 12. 16.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Indian의 뿌리와 뉴욕 브루클린에서 성장한 재즈 보컬리스트이자 Downbeat Magazine 상을 2회 수상한 아티스트인 Faith Quashie는 Greg Jasperse의 지휘 아래 Western Michigan University의 다양한 보컬 재즈 프로그램을 최근 졸업했습니다. 저명한 Jasperse 교수 밑에서 음악 학사 학위를 취득하는 동안 그녀의 음악적 성장은 다른 많은 존경받는 재즈 뮤지션 및 교육자(Grammy 후보) the New York Voices, säje, Carla Cook, Roxy Coss, Tahira Clayton, Allegra Levy,  John Hebert, Keith Hall, Amanda Taylor, Matthew Fries, Dr. Andrew Rathbun, Erin Bentlage, May Erlewine, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick 등!에 의해 형성되었습다. 그녀는 현재 WIJO 멘토 프로그램을 통해 Princeton University의 재즈 보이스 강사인 최근 멘토 Dr. Trineice Robinson 밑에서 공부하고 있습니다. 그녀의 진화하는 BGV 경력과 관련하여 그녀는 그래미상 후보에 오른 Joe Dart 및 Theo Katzman과 함께한 녹음뿐만 아니라 May Erlewine과 함께한 2019년 CD 릴리스 투어 "Second-Sight" 투어 및 WMU Gold와 함께한 전체 투어 시즌을 포함하여 찾을 수 있습니다. 2022년 회사.



그녀는 자신을 다재다능한 솔로 보컬 아티스트이자 사이드맨으로 표시할 뿐만 아니라 가스펠에서 클래식에 이르는 다양한 장르뿐만 아니라 재즈 예술 형식에 뿌리를 두고 있다고 주장합니다. Faith는 미국에서 가장 수상 경력이 있는 대학 보컬 재즈 앙상블 Gold Company 중 하나와 함께 그녀의 네 번째이자 마지막 시즌을 막 마쳤습니다. Faith는 또한 2년 연속 Honorable Downbeat Student Music Award("Outstanding Performance" 2021)를 수상했으며 잡지의 2021 및 2022 SMA 문제에 소개되었습니다. Faith는 또한 현재 보유하고 있는 조직에서 인턴십 제안을 받은 직후 2020-2022년 Women In Jazz Organization 클래스에 멘티로 참여했습니다. 그녀는 또한 현재 Kalamazoo Music School/Jazz and Creative Institute in Kalamazoo, Michigan에서 100명이 넘는 학생들에게 피아노와 성악을 가르치고 있습니다.



Faith는 학제 간 음악 연습과 미국 수화를 그녀의 예술에 엮는 프로젝트 영향을 받은 작업과 함께 Midwest 데뷔를 계속하고 있습니다. 그녀의 음악 철학은 보컬, 음악 및 영적 해방을 추구, 발현 및 정상화하는 것과 관련이 있으며 그녀의 음악을 통해 이를 수행하고 다른 사람들에게 부여하기 위해 번성합니다.

 

 

 

 

With West Indian roots and a Brooklyn, NY upbringing, jazz vocalist and two-time Downbeat Magazine award winning artist, Faith Quashie is a recent graduate of Western Michigan University’s eclectic vocal jazz program under the direction of Greg Jasperse. Whilst earning her Bachelor's in Music under the illustrious Prof. Jasperse, her musical growth has been formed by many other esteemed jazz musicians and educators - (Grammy Nominated) the New York Voices, säje, Carla Cook, Roxy Coss, Tahira Clayton, Allegra Levy, John Hebert, Keith Hall, Amanda Taylor, Matthew Fries, Dr. Andrew Rathbun, Erin Bentlage, May Erlewine, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick and many more! She is currently studying under recent mentor Dr. Trineice Robinson who is the current jazz voice instructor at Princeton University through the WIJO mentor program. Regarding her evolving BGV career, she can be found on recordings with Grammy-Nominated Joe Dart and Theo Katzman as well as including touring with May Erlewine for her 2019 CD Release Tour “Second-Sight” as well as a full touring season with WMU Gold Company in 2022. 

 

 
 

Not only does she mark herself as a versatile solo vocal artist and sideman, she claims her heavy roots in the jazz art form as well as multiple genres spanning from gospel to classical.  Faith has just finished her fourth and final season with one of the nation's most award-winning collegiate vocal jazz ensemble Gold Company. Faith has also been awarded the Honorable Downbeat Student Music Award (“Outstanding Performance” 2021) for two years in a row and is showcased in the magazine's 2021 and 2022 SMA issue.  Faith has also participated as a mentee in the Women In Jazz Organization class of 2020-2022 shortly following an internship offer from the organization which she currently holds. She also currently holds a teaching position at the Kalamazoo Music School/ Jazz and Creative Institute in Kalamazoo, Michigan teaching piano and voice with over 100 students during her time there. 

 
 

Faith continues making her Midwest debut alongside project influenced work that weaves interdisciplinary musical practice and American Sign Language into her artistry. Her musical philosophy involves seeking, manifesting and normalizing vocal, musical and spiritual liberation and thrives to do that through her music and bestow onto others.

 

 

몇 주 전 WMU의 Dalton Center에서 저는 WMU의 보컬 재즈 학생인 Faith Quashie와 함께 그녀의 음악과 보컬 작업에 대해 이야기를 나누었습니다.

Quashie는 공연장에 무대를 설치하고 "Honeysuckle Rose"와 같은 일부 표준을 포함하여 회전하는 'Quashie Quartet'과 함께 세트를 연주했습니다.

"나는 항상 재즈를 들었고, 재즈는 항상 그것의 일부였지만, 고등학교 때까지는 노래를 부를 생각을 전혀 하지 않았습니다." 작년에 Kalamazoo로 이사한 New York Voices Jazz Camp에 참석한 Quashie가 말했습니다.

Quashie는 뉴욕 브루클린과 롱아일랜드 출신이며 소카와 캐리비안 음악뿐만 아니라 80년대 소울과 펑크 음악을 들으며 자랐습니다. 그녀는 자신의 음악적 취향의 상당 부분을 이민자 부모와 그들이 집에서 연주하는 음악에 기인했습니다.

보컬 재즈에 대한 학문적 초점에도 불구하고 Quashie는 고전적인 훈련을 받았기 때문에 단순한 재즈 가수가 아닙니다.

Quashie는 “고교와 중학교 때 클래식 음악을 많이 공부했고 대학은 제가 공부하고 진학하고 싶은 음악 유형을 집중적으로 선택하기 시작한 곳입니다.”라고 말했습니다.

보다 현대적인 예술가들도 Nancy Wilson 및 Cecile McLorin Salvant와 같은 Quashie와 그녀의 음악에 영향을 미칩니다.

Quashie는 “봄방학을 위해 집에 갔을 때 [Salvant]를 만나서 정말 기뻤습니다.

“Village Vanguard에서 Ambrose를 만나러 갔습니다. 여기 Western에 가는 친구 두 명과 함께 있었는데 그가 나에게 다가와서 'Cecile McLorin Salvant가 저기 앉아 있다'고 말했습니다. 팬 소녀의 순간이었고 오랫동안 듣고 있던 누군가를 만나는 것이 멋졌습니다.”라고 Quashie는 말했습니다.

Western에 온 이후 Quashie는 Union Cabaret and Grille 시내의 하우스 밴드에서 연주하고 여름에는 Old Dog Tavern 및 기타 양조장에서 재즈 브런치 잼을 위해 일요일 아침에 공연하는 등 Kalamazoo 커뮤니티에서 많은 기회에 참여했습니다. 도시 근처. 최근 Quashie는 미시간의 아티스트 May Erlewine과 앨범 'Second Sight'의 녹음 세션을 가졌고 앨범 발매 투어에서 그녀를 위해 백 보컬을 불렀습니다.

“저는 추천이 필요한 친구의 친구를 통해서만 그 공연을 얻었고 사람들을 알게 되고 사람들이 당신을 의지할 수 있다는 것을 알게 됩니다.”라고 그녀는 Western에 온 이후로 맺은 인맥을 강조했습니다.

Quashie는 공부를 계속하면서 바쁘게 지내고 있지만 앞으로 나아가면서 목표를 염두에 두고 있습니다. 그녀는 학교 생활 내내 그녀의 공연을 계속하기를 희망하며 그것으로 생계를 꾸릴 계획입니다.

  Faith Quashie는 11월 5일 라이브러리에서 89.1 FM WIDR의 음악을 위해 공연할 예정입니다.

 

 

 

A couple weeks ago at WMU’s Dalton Center, I sat down with Faith Quashie, a vocal jazz student at WMU to discuss her music and vocal work.

Quashie set up on a stage in a performance room and played a set with her rotating ‘Quashie Quartet’ including some standards like “Honeysuckle Rose.”

“I always listened to jazz, jazz was always a part of it, but I never really thought about singing it until high school,” said Quashie, who attended the New York Voices Jazz Camp, which moved to Kalamazoo last year.

Quashie is from Brooklyn and Long Island, New York and grew up listening to 80’s soul and funk music as well as soca and carribean music. She has attributed much of her musical taste to her immigrant parents and the music that they played around the house.

Despite having an academic focus on vocal jazz, Quashie is not solely a jazz singer as she is also classically trained. 

“I studied a lot of classical music in high school and middle school and college is really where I started to choose a concentration of what type of music I wanted to study and advance on,” said Quashie.

More contemporary artists also have their influence on Quashie and her music, such as Nancy Wilson and Cecile McLorin Salvant.

“I actually had the pleasure of meeting [Salvant] when I went home for Spring Break,” said Quashie, describing the meeting as a fairy tale moment, an opportunity to see behind the curtain.

“I went to go see Ambrose at the Village Vanguard, I was with a couple of friends who also go to Western here and he comes up to me and says ‘Cecile McLorin Salvant is sitting over there’... and I had a whole fan-girl moment and it was cool to meet someone I’d been listening to for so long,” said Quashie.

Since coming to Western, Quashie has engaged in many opportunities in the Kalamazoo community like playing in the house band at the Union Cabaret and Grille downtown and during the summer performing on Sunday mornings for the Jazz Brunch Jam at Old Dog Tavern as well as other breweries around the city. Recently, Quashie also did a recording session with Michigan artist May Erlewine for her album ‘Second Sight’ and sang backing vocals for her on her album release tour.

“I only got that gig through a friend of a friend who needed recommendations and you get to know people and know that people can rely on you,” she said stressing the connections that she has made since coming to Western.

Quashie is staying busy performing as she continues her studies, but she is keeping her goals in mind as she moves forward. She hopes to continue with her performing throughout school career and plans on making a living of it.

 Faith Quashie will be performing for 89.1 FM WIDR’s Music at the Library on November 5.