Photo Credit: John Rogers

TILLERY, a collaboration between Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato, and Becca Stevens, will make a rare concert appearance later this month in conjunction with a songwriting workshop they are offering in New York City.

The trio presents “Stories and Songs – a Masterclass Performance” on Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th at The Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street. The group will perform two sets, at 9:00 pm and 10:30 pm. Tickets are $20.00, and can be purchased at www.jazzgallery.org.

“Stories and Songs – a Masterclass Performance” will showcase the three singers’ original compositions and arrangements of covers while allowing for an intimate discussion on their collaboration and music.

Separately, Tillery is hosting a Songwriting Workshop on Saturday and Sunday during the morning and afternoon hours, also at the Jazz Gallery.

Tickets for both events can be found by visiting the Jazz Gallery’s schedule page at www.jazzgallery.org

Visit www.tillerygals.org for more information on the group and their performances.

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About TILLERY: Tillery is a collaborative project created by Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato and Becca Stevens. Individually, they are three of New York’s most acclaimed and respected vocalists/songwriters. Together as Tillery, they’re a potent collective force that’s more than the sum of its already formidable parts.    The threesome’s seamless creative chemistry and organic personal rapport makes for a powerful collaboration that’s been wowing live audiences since the trio first joined forces in 2010. United equally by an abiding friendship and a mutual admiration for one another’s talents, Tillery finds these three unmistakable individuals converging into a distinctive and deeply compelling whole.

Media Contact:  Regina Joskow at the Missing Piece Group  regina@missingpiecegroup.com   862/234-0801

Gretchen Parlato, Rebecca Martin and Becca Stevens of TILLERY Songwriting Workshop Series

TILLERY that features a collaboration between Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato and Becca Stevens has organized an entire weekend of Songwriting Workshops in New York City at The Jazz Gallery on Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th 2012 from 10:00am – 4:00pm on both days

30 participants will have a chance to discuss different songwriting approaches, share songs and stories in an intimate setting with the three renowned and accomplished musicians. Get ready to become inspired and meet new friends in a supportive and nurturing atmosphere.  You can expect to come away with new and interesting approaches to songwriting.

ENROLL NOW!

The cost of the Workshop is $500

Saturday, May 26^th
(Day One)

9:30am     Students are asked to arrive at the Jazz Gallery.

10:00am – 11:00am

• Welcome and Introductions
• Groups are formed

1:00pm – 2:00pm     A catered lunch will be served.

 2:00pm – 4:00pm     Songwriting session: GROUPS ROTATE

4:15pm – 7:00pm      This is your time together with your group  “Out in NYC”! Each group will be given a location to visit, have coffee or tea and discuss your day and your process.

Sunday, May 27th
(Day Two)

9:30am     Students are asked to arrive at the Jazz Gallery

10:00am – 11:00am

• Morning Stretch

1:00pm – 2:00pm     A catered lunch will be served.

 2:00pm – 4:00pm     Song performances and weekend recap

* Tillery will perform on Saturday 5/26 and Sunday 5/27 at the Jazz Gallery with sets at 9:00pm and 10:30pm “Stories and Songs – Tillery Master class Performance”.   Students will have the opportunity to sign up for one of the four evening concerts as a gift from Tillery.

Photo Credit: John Rogers

TILLERY that features a collaboration between Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato and Becca Stevens has organized an entire weekend of Songwriting Workshops in New York City at The Jazz Gallery on Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th 2012 from 10:00am – 4:00pm on both days.  With only 30 available slots, participants are encouraged to enroll early.

30 participants will have a chance to discuss different songwriting approaches, share songs and stories in an intimate setting with the three renowned and accomplished musicians.

After a successful week at the Stanford Jazz Workshop in California in 2011 (which was led by Martin, with support from Parlato and Stevens) Tillery was inspired to teach. “The three of us all share the same desire to connect with musicians in this intimate setting – with students who are dedicated to their craft,” says Rebecca Martin. “Sharing ourselves in this manner is a very natural part of what we all do.”

Becca Stevens agrees. “Writing, learning, and composing is only half of the joy of music for me. Sharing these gifts makes up the other half. I consider teaching to be the most direct and meaningful way that I can share music. Performing is blissful, but the impression that can be made though teaching, both for the teacher and the student, has the potential to be far deeper.”

“Songwriting is a gift,” says Gretchen Parlato. “It’s a gift to ourselves and to those who listen. In our workshop, we want to open up, explore and share the process with other songwriters, connecting and learning from each other on all levels technical, spiritual, and emotional.”

The cost for the weekend is $425.00 for early enrollment (to March 31st) and $500.00 after April 1st. The Songwriting Workshop with TILLERY will include a comprehensive itinerary from 10:00am – 4:00pm on both Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th, 2012. A catered lunch is included. Students will enjoy a group setting with one on one attention and interaction with the instructors. A special room rate at a local hotel is available to students needing accommodations. At The Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street in New York City. To enroll, visit: THE JAZZ GALLERY.

What
The Jazz Gallery presents TILLERY – A Songwriting Workshop

Where
The Jazz Gallery 290 Hudson Street, New York City 10013

When
Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th, 2012
From 10:00am – 4:00pm each day. Lunch provided.

Costs
Enroll early! Participants have until March 31st for $425.00 (+ handling fee of $17.60). After April 1st, the cost is $500.00 (+ handling fee of $20.00).   If you wish to send in a check to waive the fee, contact tillerymusic1@gmail.com for more information.

How
Follow this link to sign up and to make a secure transaction:
TILLERY SONGWRITING WORKSHOP

Media Contact
Regina Joskow at the Missing Piece Group
regina@missingpiecegroup.com
862-234-0801

What better way to launch our vocalist issue than to feature an in depth interview with Tillery, an inspiring trio of vocalists who have their feet in the jazz world and have come together to make music that authentically expresses themselves. The ladies of Tillery, Rebecca Martin who has been playing music for over two decades in the jazz world as well performing as a singer-songwriter and guitarist, Gretchen Parlato one of the most respected jazz vocalists of our time, and Becca Stevens the youngest of the three who is already a prolific songwriter and guitarist are a powerful team. It is not everyday that you see three jazz vocalists coming together, which makes Tillery a quite refreshing and important group. Grounded in friendship and love, their music exudes compassion and warmth. The Revivalist spoke with Tillery while they were together at Rebecca Martin’s home in Upstate New York. These ladies shared their giggles, infectious energy, and wise words on what it means to be a jazz vocalist today….READ ON

“Three of the sharpest and most open-minded jazz singers in (or out of) town”
Time Out Magazine (New York)

"Tillery" is Gretchen Parlato, Rebecca Martin and Becca Stevens.

TILLERY:  A Vocal Dream Team – Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato and Becca Stevens bring diverse influences to this uniquely simpatico supergoup.  (by Andrew Gilbert for Jazz Times)

“What’s in a name? For the vocal supergroup launched at Manhattan’s Cornelia Street Café last January by Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato and Becca Stevens, absolutely everything. While the triumvirate debuted under the gently self-mocking moniker Girls Gone Mild, the seed for a new name, Tillery, had already been planted. The project is still very much in a formative stage, with new original songs and arrangements being integrated into the act at just about every performance. No piece better embodies the trio’s spirit of love, respect and creative ambition than the song that gave the group its new identity…..” Read more by clicking this LINK

A release date will be scheduled soon, and all proceeds from the CD will be donated to ‘Arts for Life’.

“Music is an integral part of the vital support services the Arts for Life team offers to young patients and families. Arts for Life Music Fellow Colin Allured describes his job as “growing happy cell” where cancer cells used to be. In 2009, Becca Stevens sang at an AFL fundraiser and she and her father, William Stevens, had the idea to set some of the children’s poetry to music for the event. The response to those two songs was so strong that discussions of a CD began, including Becca’s brother Bill who is a composer and recording studio engineer.

Producer William Stevens says, “We were overwhelmed by how many composers and musicians were willing to give so much time and creative energy to this project. But it didn’t stop there. The CD was made possible by the generosity of patrons, by free time provided by recording studios in North Carolina and New York, with the encouragement and support of the AFL staff and board, and most of all by the children in Arts for Life and their families who showed us the power of art to inspire, to change, and to heal.”

Arts for Life is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people facing serious illnesses. By providing educational art programs, they enrich patients’ lives, nurture their minds and spirits, and encourage positive health care experiences for children and their families. Arts for Life helps children every day in four cities across North Carolina.

The Greatest Escape

Poem by Luis, Age 11. Music by William Stevens
Performed by: Tillery (Rebecca Martin, Gretchen Parlato, Becca Stevens)
Acoustic Guitar: Becca Stevens

Weakness is a snail in your brain
Trying to control you
It smells like nasty sweat
It feels tingly, like ants in your pants.
It wants to eat my brain and control me

But I don’t’ want it to
I will fight

It’s like a rusty old car and a secret detective
Mysterious.

One day me and him had a war.
He said, “You’re going to stay this way.”
But I knew his weakness
Hope.
I told him that I have hope and in less than a second
He vanished.

Happy Halloween from Tillery.