"I believe that anyone can sing if they have a strong passion to learn
and are devoted to practicing. Allowing students to feel comfortable enough to
freely express, without judgment or pressure to perform, gives them the
opportunity and permission to develop naturally
and to experiment with their own unique sound and creative style.
I love to support students and to see their confidence grow by giving
them challenges they can succeed at." --Trish Mairet
BIO:Trish grew up listening to all styles of
music. At the age of 10, her favorite Country artists were Ray Charles,
Roger Miller & Johnny Cash. Her sister played a lot of R&B
& "Motown," especially artists like The Four Tops, The
Temptations, Smoky Robinson & Steve Wonder, who influenced her in Soul Music and The Blues. Trish began learning guitar
chords and a few melody lines and she started to accompany herself
learning folk songs of Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen,
Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt & Laura Nyro. Her mother had a satiny Sarah
Vaughan style contralto voice and from her she learned concepts like phrasing,
timing and improvisation. Her grandmother sang and played
the piano and organ by ear and was inspired by Peggy Lee, Connie Francis and Ray Charles. By listening to her grandmother, she began to
simulate some voicings she heard in the music.
Moving to the West Coast in the latter 80's introduced
Trish to "KJAZ" which
was at the time, the premier San Francisco Jazz station. Listening to jazz was
extraordinarily challenging and very compelling and the most musically
inspiring to date. Her brother, began making audio cassettes for her of
compilations of the history of jazz, which included many instrumental
groups and vocalists. Trish tuned into the local SF jazz
scene and she began attending Bay Area jam sessions and shows at Yoshi's Jazz House and Bluesville, an Oakland, CA and other music venues around SF Bay Area. Trish took beginning piano and jazz appreciation at Santa Rosa Junior College and attended Jazz Camp
West, where she met and worked with jazz musicians and teachers Bennett Friedman, Jay Clayton, Rhiannon, Rufus Reid and Faith Winthrop. She took courses at the
Jazz School Conservatory in Berkeley, CA and studied improvisation with famed Jazz Guitarist, Mimi Fox and
studied Speech Level Singing technique with Dave Stroud.
Trish began teaching a few private students in 1998 at her studio in Santa Rosa, CA. Later she taught at local music stores in the North San Francisco Bay area. In 2000, she formed the Jazz Vocal Forum which is a repertoire practice group for singers to rehearse new material and to offer and receive support and feedback from other singers. They work with live piano accompaniment to build their repertoire. In 1999 Trish opened Jazz Jam Cafe' an intimate concert room that featured the music of local San Francisco Bay Area Jazz Artists live in concert and sold CD's of their music.
trish mairet is a
jazz vocalist and has taught voice students for over twenty years. she has a natural ability for
seeing what each student needs to be successful. she studied voice at the conservatory of music in berkeley,
ca, jazz appreciation and vocal repertoire at santa rosa junior college santa rosa,
ca. she studied voice technique and improvisation with rhiannon,
jazz vocal artist and collaborator with bobby mcferrin and instructor
at berkeley
college of music, boston and jazz vocal development with suzanne pittson, ma, assistant
professor of vocal studies at ccny.