THE FREIGHT SINGERS COMMUNITY CHORUS - SUMMER SESSIONThe Freight
Singers is a 4-year old community chorus based at the Freight and
Salvage and led by Zoe Ellis and Bryan Dyer. Singers will learn music
from a variety of cultures inside the U.S. and around the world with
an emphasis on traditional/roots music. Participants will learn about
the historical and cultural context of the music, as well as the style
and technique, including basic body music techniques.
There are no auditions, but singers will be asked to participate in a
brief assessment with chorus directors. Singers should be able to sing
on pitch and hold a part. Ability to read music is not required.
Singers should be at least 14 years old.
ZOE ELLIS
Zoe ELLIS HAS BEEN SINGING ALL HER LIFE. Starting in elementary school
with light opera, she moved on to gospel, R & B, soul, hip-hop, and
house music. She added a capella improvisation to her repertoire when
she joined SoVoSo and Keith Terry’s Slammin All-Body Band. Alongside
her brother, jazz saxophonist Dave ELLIS, she leads Zadell (Zoe and
Dave ELLIS), which showcases her original compositions, highlighting
both the power and emotion of her voice, and its softer, soul-stirring
side. Together they recorded Zoe ELLIS: Live at Anna's Jazz Island.
She is currently co-lead of Darryl Anders~AgapéSoul and holds a chair
with Linda Tillery’s Cultural Heritage Choir
www.culturalheritagechoir.com [http://www.culturalheritagechoir.com].
BRYAN DYER
Bryan S. Dyer is a multi-talented musician who not only sings but
plays and teaches several instruments including bass guitar,
percussion and piano; writes and arranges music, conducts choirs and
groups, and works in television, radio and film. A veteran of some of
the Bay Area’s top vocal groups including Street Sounds, SoVoSo,
Slammin All Body Band, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
and CHELLE! and Friends, he also performs with The Funk Revival
Orchestra, Rankin Scroo and Ginger, Juke Joint, and the percussion and
dance ensemble Crosspulse. For several years, Bryan led the gospel
choir at Camp Cazadero, and was also a choir director at Beebe
Memorial Cathedral in Oakland for nine years. His musical experiences
have him taken around the globe and to many legendary stages including
the Montreaux Jazz Festival, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and
Lincoln Center in New York. Bryan’s talents have landed him
alongside such artist as Al Green, Bobby McFerrin, Michael McDonald,
and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, to name a few. He is also a member of The
Recording Academy and a voting member of The Grammy Awards.
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