News & Gigs

Mo in concert with 2 fantastic backing vocalists (Pernille Heckmann & Ragnhild Sophie Brinkmann) and fellow professionals at CVI headquarters, accompanied by the excellent Dan Lindén and "Confusion".

Jam at the BAG, Brasserie des Grottes - Geneva (CH)

Mo unplugged with fellow professionals in the Lindevangschurch, Copenhagen-Frederiksberg (DK)

Mo unplugged with fellow CVI vocalists/vocal teachers...

More details to follow shortly

Twin concert by vocal colleagues of the Advanced Soloïsts programme & 3-year Singer/Vocal Teacher diploma curriculum at CVI headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. .

Special 2-day Weekend Workshop in Complete Vocal Technique (CVT).

Campus Muristalden in BERN (just outside the old city centre - www.muristalden.ch)

Time: 14h-19h.

Special 2-day Weekend Workshop in Complete Vocal Technique (CVT).

Campus Muristalden in BERN (just outside the old city centre - www.muristalden.ch)

Time: 14h-19h.

More info to follow shortly...

Special event: jam at Jaydo's with the 3 amazing ladies of 'Mother Tongue' (www.mothertonguemusic.net), exceptional soul/gospel from New Orleans (US), currently touring Switzerland to promote "Shake The Devil Off" documentary (http://www.shakethedeviloff.com) about the era following hurricane Katrina and what really happened there (or rather, what didn't happen)

Other participating artists: Gabriel Zufferey, Ernie Odoom, Luca Solari and others...

Mo with BLAZZ to ensure good afternoon vibes at the annual Eaux-Vives Festival!

Mo with BLAZZ to close the Saturday night programme at the annual Eaux-Vives Festival!

BERN:
Introduction & Master Class Complete Vocal Technique (CVT).

Host: Campus Muristalden (www.muristalden.ch)

Time: 17h-22h.

GENEVE:
Introduction & Master Class Complete Vocal Technique (CVT).

Host: Catalyse (www.catalyse.ch)

Time: 17h-22h.

Mo is to perform as guest vocalist at the closing concert of 2007 at the Vocal Academy a.k.a. CVI headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Final concert to mark Mo's official certification in Complete Vocal Technique (CVT), the groundbreaking vocal technique developed by voice researcher & vocal coach Cathrine Sadolin.

Place to be: Utrecht, the Netherlands
Date: Sunday 2 December 2007
Time: 20.30h.

Concert at Cully (VD) to mark the status of neighbouring Lavaux (VD) as one of Unesco's world cultural heritage areas.

Mo is to perform on a cruise in the midst of Lake Neuchâtel...

Mo performs with DiG It on the big stage on the occasion of the Lausanne annual Music Festival at the "Flon".

Mo and DiG It take along their frenzy kind of groove to make everybody move at the Fête des Eaux-Vives (La Rue est à Vous), rue Montchoisy (big stage). Kick off at 18.15h. 

Mo is to perform with "DiG It" in the Concert Hall of this mountain resort.

Mo in concert with "DiG It" at the Montricher exhibit (open air) at 21h.

Mo in concert with "DiG It" at the Montricher Expo (open air exhibit) at 21h.

Mo has become Swiss Agent for the Complete Vocal Institute (CVI), the largest European institute for singers and vocalists based in Copenhagen, Denmark. CVI, founded by the renowned vocal pioneer Cathrine Sadolin, adresses itself to artists active in the field of singing and theatre as well as teachers, speech therapists or any kind of vocal professionals. Coming up soon: Masterclasses in Zürich, Bern and Geneva.

Mo and "DiG It" received 1200 public votes in the "Caprices Festival New Talent Tour", resulting into rank 2 of 143 participating western Swiss bands, all aiming at playing the playoff's at Lausanne concert hall "The Docks" in order to be selected for the 2007-edition of the Crans Montana-based Caprices Festival (http://www.orangemusic.ch/caprices/discover.php?sort=loc1). In the voting for the entire Swiss territory Mo and "DiG It" obtained rank 6: the contest bodied a total of 247 bands. Despite this result, Mo and "Dig It" won't be playing "The Docks" Jan. 27th for the "New Talent Tour" playoff's; a 4 member jury decided to select the no. 1, to ignore the no. 2 and to select two artists that ended up no. 53 and no. 75 in the contest..... let's just say: "music bizz is peculiar bizz!" Mo and "DiG It" are simply happy with the votes and take them as a great indicator from the audience.

Mo and this Swiss-based funk & soul band already popped into eachother back in 2002, but weren't yet ready for eachother then. Destiny decided differently... DIG IT is all about groove, funk, soul, acid jazz, rhythm & blues, vocal & instrumental quality, catchy tunes, loads of energy and all this means... party time!! "Free your mind and your ass will follow!" http://www.digitband.com

The renowned Danish vocal research pioneer, coach and instructor Cathrine Sadolin accepted Mo onto a 1-year programme for advanced and professional vocalists at the Complete Vocal Institute, the largest European institute specialized in everything that concerns the human voice and singing. Mo got completely convinced of the revolutionary concept of Sadolin's Complete Vocal Technique (CVT) and, moreover, of its results - "a riot against old myths" - when coached by Sadolin during a CVT weekend workshop in 2006. CVT is a fundamental system for vocal use that, until now, has been unknown and that was developed by Sadolin during 20 years of intense research. Info: http://www.sadolin.net

Mo is to go funky as guest vocalist - revisiting her roots - with the excellent Patatas Chipas Club (http://www.patatas.ch) in a special programme with a wide variety of other guests at the Usine a Gaz concert hall in Nyon, Saturday 16 September 2006, marking the end of the Patatas 2006 gigs season. Come along and get potatoed too! More info: http://www.usineagaz.ch

New concert pictures of Mo, Guy Nikkels (guitar) and Julio D'Santiago (percussion) at the fully-packed "Cour du Onze" of Geneva's annual Music festival 2006 are to be found in the Pics segment on this site (Live 2006). A preliminary (low sound quality) live-recording of Mo's "The Blazz"-project with Nicolas Wetzell on guitar, Julio D'Santiago and Luca Solari both on percussion can be temporarely found on the Music page of this website. Concert pic's of Mo's tour in The Netherlands with Guy Nikkels on guitar, Joost Kesselaar on drums and Ludo van der Winkel on acoustic bass are to follow shortly.

Mo, guitarman Nicolas Wetzell Jr. and percussionnist Julio D'Santiago have been requested to perform with "Blazz" at La Chapelle St. Claude in Talloires, Lake Annecy (France) on Thursday 27 July 2006; kick off at around 20 hrs.

Venezuelan drummer and Afro-American percussionist Julio d'Santiago will accompany Mo Millar and Guy Nikkels on several gigs to come. D'Santiago initiated the first-ever fusion experiment of classic and contemporary percussion in Venezuela and spent more than a decade studying Venezuelan, Colombian, Puerto Rican and Cuban percussion with percussion greats, such as Miguel "Miguito" Urbina, Jhonny Rudas, Orlando Poleo, Jose Yancen "Pachin", Nestor Gutierrez "El Chivo" as well as drums & classic percussion experts Benjamin Carriel and Jose "Cheo" Cardenas (all Venezuelan).Besides teaching, producing and running workshops, he currently collaborates with the Caracas-based "Fundacion Afroamerica" and its godfather Jesus "Chucho" Garcia in order to analyse existing cultural features in Afro-American countries.

Mo and guitarman - composer Nicolas Wetzell will perform acoustically at Geneva's Cafe de l'Amitie, an authentic cafe-restaurant at the heart of the vivid Eaux-Vives city quarter, offering genuine ambiance and - certainly not to be underestimated - serving one of the best traditional cheese fondues in town. Date and time to be confirmed shortly. For more info and how to get there: http://geneve.restauguide.com/?nsyEstab=10001223

One of most sollicited Dutch drummers Joost Kesselaar will complete the Mo Millar rhythm section for concerts in May 2006 (see further on in this segment). Kesselaar plays with many different artists, such as Toon Roos, Clark Terry, Benny Bailey, Jesse van Ruller, Michiel Borstlap and Fleurine. He's currently internationally active in several projects of fellow Dutchman Gerard Kleijn (trumpet and flugelhorn) with pianoman Franck Amsallem (France), bassman Paul Berner (US), Orjan Graafmans (Swe, piano) and guitarman David Golek (Isr). Mo is enchanted to have Kesselaar joining in. http://www.jazzmasters.nl/kesselaar.htm

Mo Millar has put her new project "Goin' Basic" on the rails and lined up with composer, songwriter and guitarman Nicolas Wetzell to launch a mini CD containing five beautiful and unique jazz arrangements of JB Lenoir & Willie Dixon, Lennon & McCartney, Shocking Blue and Tuck & Patti. Now available through ordering at: info@momillar.com. Mo currently works on writing own material.

The Dutch line up for the Mo Millar Quartet is getting its form with Guy Nikkels on guitar and Ludo van der Winkel on acoustic bass. Nikkels is an energetic and talented jazz guitarist with latin origins from The Hague open to many different music styles; from intense, hard swinging mainstream-bob oriented jazz to more electric funk-fusion. He has played and worked with a.o. Michael Brecker, John Ruocco, Kenny Wherner, Eef Albers, Henk Meutgeert and holds a bachelors- and masters degree from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague www.guynikkels.com). Upright bass man Ludo Van der Winkel kicked off his young career in the Dutch Youth Orchestra. He meets with coming piano man Harmen Fraanje at the Brabant Conservatory, becomes session leader of the Paradox jazz house in Tilburg and engages in a variety of other projects throughout the south of the Netherlands. He has played with a.o. Ferhan Otay, Hans van Oosterhout, Harmen Fraanje, Jorge Rossy, Pascal Vermeer, Denise Jannah and is to graduate from the Brabant Conservatory (http://www.ludovanderwinkel.nl). On picture: Guy Nikkels (© Rob Deurenberg)