Vocal Visions Media Group will be releasing the new CD, "Illuminations" with its premiere at the 2007 IAJE Convention in New York. 

This will be the first CD that features the Vocal Visions Media Group roster of Artists including, Don Braden, Brasil Brazil (Ana Gazzola and Sonia Santos), Peggy Duquesnel, Dave Ferris, Bill Harrison, Rick Helzer, Ellen Johnson, Daryl Kojak, Laurie Krauz, Peter Polzak, Barbara Sfraga and Center Search Quest and Nolan Shaheed.  Also featured will be the first member of our selected talented from our Emerging Artists Program, Laura Mayo.

The CD features a wide range of quality music from hard hitting NY swing, impressionistic contemporary jazz, Brazilian rhythms, sultry vocals, orchestral arrangements and creative vocalizations from mostly original compositions.  Other artists featured are James Newton, Bob Sheppard, Darek Oles, Larry Koonse, Roy McCurdy and arrangements by Alan Broadbent.  

Cover design by Jeff Foster at www.pixelpainter.com

Look for the CD available on our webstore coming soon!  

 NEW ORIGINAL CHRISTMAS SONG COMPOSED BY DARYL KOJAK AND LAURIE KRAUZ PREMIERES FOR 2006

VOCAL VISIONS wishes you all a Merry Christmas with the new release of the original Christmas song composed and performed by VVMG artists, Laurie Krauz and Daryl Kojak.  

The song is titled, "A Christmas Gift For You" and it's message is beautiful and heartwarming, a special present to be given to someone you care about during the holidays.   This song captures the essence of the season with it's tender lyrics sung with rich vocal tonality and deep expression by Laurie Krauz and a sensitive piano treatment from Daryl Kojak.  This song has been recognized as a classical Christmas standard along with the many other songs for the holidays.

Just visit our webstore and go to Seasonal/Holiday downloads.   

Vocal Visions Support Program for Emerging Artists

 As part of our continuing efforts to create educational and professional opportunities for emerging artists we are including some of our talented students and semi professionals to be showcased with their music.   Our first emerging artist is 18 year old Laura Mayo who has been attending the Vocal Visions Jazz Workshops and coaching privately with VVMG artists and clinicians, Ellen Johnson and Dave Ferris.  You can listen to a brief sample on our webstore Emerging Artists, and download the original composition written by Laura and Ellen Johnson, "I Think I'm In Love".

Include the song with our other artists for a great Christmas gift idea!

Visit us soon for more Emerging Artists and check out our other VVMG established artists too!

LAURA MAYO -photo by Jeff Foster

"Vocal Jazz Jubilee"

with  Legendary Singers

Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton 

 On Sunday, September24th, from 11 AM to 6 PM, the Jazz Vocal Coalition (JZVOC) along with the Arts Council for Long Beach, Vocal Visions Media Group, and Cal State Long Beach will be sponsoring a very special event.    Hosted by CSULB (California State University Long Beach, the event will be a Master Class with legendary New York jazz vocalists Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton and an opportunity for high school students to be adjudicated by a panel of professional vocalist/educators that include: Christine Guter, Ellen Johnson, Cathy Segal Garcia and Michele Weir .   There will also be a “Festival Showcase” at the end of the day where some of the singers from the event will perform and where one will receive the 1st Annual Ella Fitzgerald Young Artist’s Award.  The adjudication panel will start at 11 AM, the Master Class at 2 PM and the “Festival Showcase” at 5 PM. 

The event is open to the public.  Admission fees are $20 advance registration (by September 18) or $30 at the door (cash only). 

To register contact vocalvisions@vocalvisions.net or visit the JZVOC at www.jzvoc.org .

Jazz Singers Showcase

From the jazz workshop of jazz vocalist, Ellen Johnson.

The 1020 Club at the Wyndham Bel Age Hotel in Los Angeles was packed! 

Sold out in advance for the second time for the Jazz Singers Showcase!

To be involved in future showcases contact: ellen@ellenjohnson.net.  

On, Sunday July 23rd, legendary vocalist Marni Nixon held a Master Class and Premiere book signingfor her autobiography,  "I Could Have Sung All Night" published by Billboard Books.  Sponsored by Vocal Visions and hosted by Ellen Johnson, Ms Nixon shared her vocal expertise with a variety of students, professionals and educators in an intimate environment.  

"Marni Nixon is the unacknowledged star of some of the greatest Hollywood musicals of all time. Those you loved Anna in "The King and I', Maria in "West Side Story", Eliza Doolittle in "My Fair Lady" and Grandmother Fa in "Mulan" were responding to her wonderful voice and talent, and at last in her autobiography she comes out from behind the screen and takes a richly-deserved bow."  -Roger Ebert

Her book, with a foreward by the great opera singer Marilyn Horne, is available in stores in September for $24.95. 

Join us in the celebration of our new baby!

Vocal Visions Media Group is excited to feature our roster of talented musicians and singers.  A very special group of people who have come together to promote, distribute and create new works for the public.

VERY SPECIAL THANKS to Jeff Foster who has designed this site and supports the music from his heart.  Not only are the musicians creative but so are our wonderful media artists.  

AND THANKS to Shirley Downie who helped organize our business systems... our Director of Operations.  

AND Laurie Krauz for her assistance in all things and continous support of innovative and cooperative ideas. 

Vocal Visions Studios is proud to feature our excellent clinicians, educators and special workshops and programs

So please look around the site and visit us often as we will be having new music featured on a regular basis

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