The Brazilian Virtual Choir Lab 

The Brazilian Virtual Choir Lab is a Latin vocal course designed by Mi La Musica School, located in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, and hosted in Australia by Great Southern A cappella founder and choir director Diana May Clark. 

The course is live from Rio de Janeiro and will teach students how to sing Brazilian jazz standards such as The Girl from Ipanema, Corcovado, Samba do Avião, Summer Samba, Aquarela do Brasil (Brazil), among many others. Students will learn the original lyrics in Portuguese, the history of the compositions and music styles direct from the source in Brazil. 

The Final Project will culminate in the audio recording of one song.

Course duration is 10 weeks with a break for one week after class 5. 

The first five weeks are a more intensive 90 mins class length where students dive deep into learning the song for the audio project. After the audio is recorded, the last 5 classes are at a more relaxed and social pace singing through songs and immersing in all things 'musica brasileira' for 75 minutes. 

All classes are recorded (zoom) so if you miss one you can watch it later & catch up.

This course is for amateur and professional musicians alike, music lovers, teachers, choir conductors, vocalists and instrumental music students who want access to enjoying, understanding and feeling confident about sharing and performing Brazilian music!

Class Schedule: 

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Participants comments: 

"Great experience, amazing process" Ellen Stein, USA (July 2021)

"I loved the final project result (audio and video) and have loved participating in its construction!" Mariana Netto, France (July 2021)

"I loved immersing in 'musica brasileira' with Mi La Musica's Brazilian Virtual Choir lab. The lessons were engaging and warm, with musical and Portuguese pronunciation detail covered expertly in a relaxed delivery. It was transformative and moving singing in this group and a pleasure to be guided by teachers with talent in spades."  Diana Clark, Australia (July 2021)

"Wonderful work! Your amazing job of communicating so clearly that we could succeed in giving you the materials needed to make a fabulous final video is a testament to how much love you put into this project! I recommend the Brazilian Virtual Choir Lab to all singers, especially those whose primary language is English since the sounds unique to Portuguese help to access musculature that contributes to healthy singing habits in any language. I also recommend it to non-singers who love Brazilian music because of the safe and fun educational environment Vicente and Mila create, and I recommend it to anyone learning Brazilian Portuguese because the way that Vicente breaks down the sounds has improved my understanding of pronunciation even though I have an amazing Brazilian Portuguese teacher and wonderful friends in Brazil that help me. I think that singing melodies requires us to hold some vowel sounds longer than spoken language, so it made me aware that I was cheating before I took this class by saying certain words and phrases too fast to tell when I was making pronunciation mistakes! Thank you so much for providing such a fun and comfortable experience!" Shannon Dowling, USA  (July 2021)

If you have any questions please contact:

Great Southern A Cappella in Australia 

Ph: 0433 855 580 

dideeclark@gmail.com

https://www.dianaclark.com.au/great-southern-a-cappella.html

Mi La Musica in Brazil 

milaschiavo@milamusic.net

Ph: +55 21 99301.1398

@the_brazilian_virtualchoir_lab