[NEohioPAL]TrueNorth Breath Seminar

[Carol Cordova]

TrueNorth Cultural Arts & Meistersinger Decorating are pleased to bring you 
“The Power of Breath in Singing” on Saturday, June 23rd, 2007 from 11:00am – 
2:00pm. The seminar will be held at TrueNorth Cultural Arts Center located 
at 33491 Lake Road in Avon Lake next to the Avon Lake Theater.

Clinician and voice teacher, Paul Kroeger will demonstrate techniques that 
will develop your breath for better singing, help singers reach more 
comfortable high notes, eliminate that shallow “catchbreath” and reduce 
performance anxiety. All singers including: amateurs, semi-professionals, 
chorale and church choir members as well as chorale directors are encouraged 
and welcome to attend.

Long-time Cleveland vocalist PAUL KROEGER was first seen onstage in opera 
and operetta, then in musicals and plays. He helped establish the former 
Lyric Opera Cleveland back in 1974, doing leads, supporting roles and chorus 
and directed several musicals and The Student Prince at area theatres.

Paul spent several years in New York City and in London working on his voice 
and singing in opera. He toured with the Goldovsky Opera and The Gregg Smith 
Singers, coached with Beverly Sills’ famous accompanist, Roland Gagnon and 
took lessons from Robert Leonard, Marinka Gurewich and Loretta Corelli (wife 
of the late great tenor Franco Corelli). He learned about The Alexander 
Technique in London, where it was developed and created the role of Thomas 
Putnam in the British premiere of Robert Ward’s The Crucible. While in 
London, he worked with author and performance psychiatrist John Diamond, who 
has done extensive work in behavioral kinesiology and helped hundreds of 
performers un-jam their emotions and their breath. Paul set up and hosted 
workshops for Dr. Diamond here in Cleveland when the doctor’s work moved to 
the States.

Paul has also worked for 27 years with New York’s famous relaxation teacher 
Milton Feher, called “the Rajah of Relaxation” by Prevention Magazine. 
“Milton teaches that if you want to do anything well, you must learn to 
relax!” says Paul, and that “releasing the breath is the key to vocal 
stability.”

Here in Cleveland, Paul taught voice and Trombone (which he began at age 9) 
for eleven years at Riverside Academy of Music and was a Christian Science 
soloist for thirteen years. Paul has stabilized his voice with breathing 
techniques learned from David Gooding and Mel Hakola and deepened his study 
of the breath with Linda Jones and his own students of voice, trombone and 
baritone horn. Paul maintains studios in Lakewood and at TrueNorth in Avon 
Lake. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education (trombone/conducting) 
from Baldwin-Wallace College and a Master’s in Vocal Performance from The 
Cleveland Institute of Music.

33491 Lake Road, Avon Lake, Ohio 44012-1136 · PHONE: 440-933-7771 · 
TrueNorth at TNCArts.org · www.TNCArts.org
Paul has been to Portsmouth, England and to both Chouzé sur Loire and 
Richelieu, France as breathing techniques instructor for Classics West, a 
summer choir course and festival.

Cost for the seminar is $50 if registered by June 16th and $60 after June 
16th. Discounts are available for Paul’s former students and members of the 
TrueNorth Chorale or Community Chorus. Register in person at TrueNorth 
Cultural Arts located at 33491 Lake Road in Avon Lake, M-F from 12 noon – 7 
pm or Sat. from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Registration forms and additional 
information can also be found by visiting www.TNCArts.org or calling the 
TrueNorth Gallery at 440.933.7771.

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