Louise Gibbs's guest appearances

Louise Gibbs

Ministry of Testing

Singing Teachers Talk

Stephen King

Matt Parker

Beth Marshall

Amy Phillips

Chris Johnson

David Williams

Michael Bolton

David Burns

David Harris

Jonathan Wright

Janet Gregory

Lisa Crispin

Alex Schladebeck

Chris Armstrong

Abby Bangser

OwlTail

Today Alexa is joined by the President of the British Voice Association, who is also a jazz singer, composer, and educator teaching at Chester, Leeds, and York Universities, Louise Gibbs. Join in the chat from all things from gardening to jazz to improvisation and all you need to know about the British Voice Association.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Louise has always had the instinct as a musician to create rather than reproduce. After she had her first piano lesson, Louise went home and created her own compositions, then when she played them for her teacher in the second lesson she was told never to do it again and to follow the sheet music. That’s when she knew that classical might not be for her.  We need to remember that most music just existed in people's imagination and in the oral tradition before it was ever written down.  A jazz singer is someone who treats a piece of music as a form which they improvise with, it’s a more compositional approach. Whereas a jazz stylist will take the features of that music and reproduce them, with that you often get the same result every time.  Every time you alter something, you’re adding some form of improvisation.  The British Voice Association (BVA) is the 'voice for voice' in the UK, an association of multi-disciplinary professionals who work to promote the field of voice in its broadest sense. Their remit is the encouragement of a healthy voice, vocal skills and communication in such areas as the performing arts, business and industry, medicine and education.    BEST MOMENTS   ‘I was always taken by the rhythm’  ‘Jazz is the ability to make something new every time and be creative with that’ ‘The idea of not knowing what you’re going all the time can put a lot of fear into people’  ‘You have to be able to embody rhythm and if you’re not familiar with it, it’s very tricky to do’   EPISODE RESOURCES  BAST Training    Guest Website:  louisegibbs.co.uk britishvoiceassociation.org.uk    Relevant Links &amp; Mentions:   Jazz Artists Mentioned: Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Miles Davis iSing Magazine - Vocal Style: A beginners guide to singing jazz by Louise Gibbs: https://www.isingmag.com/vocal-style-a-beginners-guide-to-singing-jazz/ BVA Event: Breakthroughs &amp; Boundaries Forum (Sunday 17th July 2022)  Louise Gibbs’ Email: louise@jazzmine.co.uk   ABOUT THE GUEST  Louise Gibbs is a jazz singer, composer and educator, and graduate in both music and education from Columbia University, New York. She is Visiting Professor at the University of Chester, and teaches jazz and popular voice and musicianship for the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, and York. She has held academic and teaching positions at Leeds College of Music (Course Leader for the Postgraduate Programme and the Jazz Programmes), Goldsmiths, University of London, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Royal College of Music, and given workshops for major conservatoires and international institutions in the US and New Zealand. She maintains active research and writing interests in voice, improvisation, education and musical aesthetics. Louise is currently President of the multidisciplinary British Voice Association.  Louise continues to perform her own music, and the jazz repertory. Described in Jazzwise as “meeting all musical challenges with creativity and charisma” she has recorded with top UK and US artists and has five acclaimed albums as leader. Her performance of self-penned song suite, Seven Deadly Sings for voice and septet earned a 4-star review: “Both in its conception and execution, …is an unqualified triumph”.  Louise is a keen gardener, allotment-holder, and sourdough bread baker.    ABOUT THE PODCAST BAST Training is here to help singers gain the knowledge, skills and understanding required to be a great singing teacher. We can help you whether you are getting started or just have some knowledge gaps to fill through our courses and educational events. Website: basttraining.com Get updates to your inbox: Click here for updates from BAST Training Link to presenter’s bios: basttraining.com/singing-teachers-talk-podcast-biosSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today Alexa is joined by the President of the British Voice Association, who is also a jazz singer, composer, and educator teaching at Chester, Leeds, and York Universities, Louise Gibbs. Join in the chat from all things from gardening to jazz to improvisation and all you need to know about the British Voice Association.  KEY TAKEAWAYS <ul> <li>Louise has always had the instinct as a musician to create rather than reproduce. After she had her first piano lesson, Louise went home and created her own compositions, then when she played them for her teacher in the second lesson she was told never to do it again and to follow the sheet music. That’s when she knew that classical might not be for her. </li> <li>We need to remember that most music just existed in people's imagination and in the oral tradition before it was ever written down. </li> <li>A jazz singer is someone who treats a piece of music as a form which they improvise with, it’s a more compositional approach. Whereas a jazz stylist will take the features of that music and reproduce them, with that you often get the same result every time. </li> <li>Every time you alter something, you’re adding some form of improvisation. </li> <li>The British Voice Association (BVA) is the 'voice for voice' in the UK, an association of multi-disciplinary professionals who work to promote the field of voice in its broadest sense.</li> <li>Their remit is the encouragement of a healthy voice, vocal skills and communication in such areas as the performing arts, business and industry, medicine and education.</li> </ul> BEST MOMENTS ‘I was always taken by the rhythm’  ‘Jazz is the ability to make something new every time and be creative with that’ ‘The idea of not knowing what you’re going all the time can put a lot of fear into people’  ‘You have to be able to embody rhythm and if you’re not familiar with it, it’s very tricky to do’ EPISODE RESOURCES  <a href="https://www.basttraining.com/bast-course-description/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BAST Training</a> Guest Website: <ul> <li><a href="https://louisegibbs.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">louisegibbs.co.uk</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.britishvoiceassociation.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">britishvoiceassociation.org.uk</a></li> </ul> Relevant Links &amp; Mentions:  <ul> <li>Jazz Artists Mentioned: Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Miles Davis</li> <li>iSing Magazine - Vocal Style: A beginners guide to singing jazz by Louise Gibbs: <a href="https://www.isingmag.com/vocal-style-a-beginners-guide-to-singing-jazz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.isingmag.com/vocal-style-a-beginners-guide-to-singing-jazz/</a></li> <li>BVA Event: Breakthroughs &amp; Boundaries Forum (Sunday 17th July 2022) </li> <li>Louise Gibbs’ Email: <a href="mailto:louise@jazzmine.co.uk">louise@jazzmine.co.uk</a></li> </ul> ABOUT THE GUEST  Louise Gibbs is a jazz singer, composer and educator, and graduate in both music and education from Columbia University, New York. She is Visiting Professor at the University of Chester, and teaches jazz and popular voice and musicianship for the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, and York. She has held academic and teaching positions at Leeds College of Music (Course Leader for the Postgraduate Programme and the Jazz Programmes), Goldsmiths, University of London, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Royal College of Music, and given workshops for major conservatoires and international institutions in the US and New Zealand. She maintains active research and writing interests in voice, improvisation, education and musical aesthetics. Louise is currently President of the multidisciplinary British Voice Association.  Louise continues to perform her own music, and the jazz repertory. Described in Jazzwise as “meeting all musical challenges with creativity and charisma” she has recorded with top UK and US artists and has five acclaimed albums as leader. Her performance of self-penned song suite, Seven Deadly Sings for voice and septet earned a 4-star review: “Both in its conception and execution, …is an unqualified triumph”.  Louise is a keen gardener, allotment-holder, and sourdough bread baker.  ABOUT THE PODCAST BAST Training is here to help singers gain the knowledge, skills and understanding required to be a great singing teacher. We can help you whether you are getting started or just have some knowledge gaps to fill through our courses and educational events. Website: <a href="https://www.basttraining.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">basttraining.com</a> Get updates to your inbox: <a href="https://www.getdrip.com/forms/336512669/submissions/new" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here for updates from BAST Training</a> Link to presenter’s bios: <a href="https://www.basttraining.com/singing-teachers-talk-podcast-bios/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">basttraining.com/singing-teachers-talk-podcast-bios</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Ep.64 What Singing Teachers Need to Know About the British Voice Association With President Louise Gibbs

In this Meet The Instructor Podcast, we meet Louise Gibbs whose workshop is 'Visual Facilitation and Sketchnoting' The Meet the Instructor mini series is a collection of short podcasts with our instructors for the 2020/21 99 Minute Workshop series. Each podcast gives you an opportunity to get to know the instructor and what they are covering in their workshop. So you can discover which workshop is the right one for you. To learn more about the 99 Minute Workshop on Testing, visit the Ministry of Testing events page

In this Meet The Instructor Podcast, we meet Louise Gibbs whose workshop is 'Visual Facilitation and Sketchnoting' The Meet the Instructor mini series is a collection of short podcasts with our instructors for the 2020/21 99 Minute Workshop series. Each podcast gives you an opportunity to get to know the instructor and what they are covering in their workshop. So you can discover which workshop is the right one for you. To learn more about the 99 Minute Workshop on Testing, <a href="https://www.ministryoftesting.com/events/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">visit the Ministry of Testing events page</a>

Meet the Instructor - Louise Gibbs

Neil chats with Louise about her experiences of introducing sustainable test automation practices within a team, how parallels can be drawn to a painful accident from her past, and discuss some of the situations in which record/playback tools can serve to be a net benefit. In a month during which Louise has also spoken at TestBash Manchester Online and Test.Bash(Online), there are also discussions about the special steps that you need to take when prepping for online events, and a deep dive into the art of sketchnoting. This podcast is sponsored by our friends at Sauce Labs. The award-winning Sauce Labs Continuous Testing Cloud delivers a 360-degree view of a customer’s application experience, ensuring that web and mobile applications look, function, and perform exactly as they should on every browser, OS, and device, every single time. Learn more about Sauce at the Ministry of Testing Automation Week at the end of October!  Regular Links:  Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud Sign up to be a guest on the show Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads Follow us on Twitter

Neil chats with Louise about her experiences of introducing sustainable test automation practices within a team, how parallels can be drawn to a painful accident from her past, and discuss some of the situations in which record/playback tools can serve to be a net benefit. In a month during which Louise has also spoken at TestBash Manchester Online and Test.Bash(Online), there are also discussions about the special steps that you need to take when prepping for online events, and a deep dive into the art of sketchnoting. This podcast is sponsored by our friends at <a href="http://saucelabs.com?utm_source=referral&amp;utm_medium=ministry_of_testing&amp;utm_campaign=content&amp;utm_term=podcast_sponsorship" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sauce Labs</a>. The award-winning Sauce Labs Continuous Testing Cloud delivers a 360-degree view of a customer’s application experience, ensuring that web and mobile applications look, function, and perform exactly as they should on every browser, OS, and device, every single time. Learn more about Sauce at the Ministry of Testing Automation Week at the end of October!  <h4>Regular Links:</h4> <ul> <li>Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ministry-of-testing/id1046372364?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> iTunes</a> and<a href="https://soundcloud.com/ministryoftesting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> SoundCloud</a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSff4S2TMvBY-kCH0ILeU0BNykHv7adQJ6izHK7AuDP8XhO5tw/viewform" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sign up to be a guest on the show</a></li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/studleyuk/playlist/5bBsHd7Se0ZUtC7penIXPc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/428032-testers-island-discs---castaway-recommendations" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/TestersIsland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow us on Twitter</a></li></ul>