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Leslie has a deep lyrical content in her music which arrives from an incredible love of internal rhyme scheme, meter, metaphor, figure of speech and verbal rhythm, and more so, exploring these through the sweeping movement of voice. The actual motion of her guitar speaks in musical language to play with the story she is singing.

The combination of Leslie's poetic expertise
and rhythmical lyrics create an original and superb genre of song that challenges musical classification in a wonderful way. Leslie Helpert is a rare and incredibly untypical artist who joins the ranks of the madly impassioned whose medium is primarily voice and guitar, as well as percussion and piano.

Leslie spent most of her childhood engrossed in composition of lyric and music and went to The Berklee College of Music after high school. She studied extensively under the auspices of George Garzone, king of Avant-Garde jazz, who encouraged Leslie to free her musical ideas in ensemble. As her interests in the connection of the body and the voice grew, she transferred to The Naropa University, where she studied a rich variety of subjects pertinent in her quest to unify breath, sound and movement.

Leslie has performed extensively around the country as well as taken much time to quietly compose in nooks of serenity. Leslie has recently shared her music during evenings with The Slip, Sector 9, The Motet, Tony Furtado and Kaki King. These artists continue to invite Leslie to play with them because they respect and are moved by what Leslie is doing. Leslie's originality makes her enticing and hard to forget. She has also performed at festivals such as the High Sierra Music Festival, Creekside Jamboree, Adirondack Mountain Music Festival, Athfest, Berkshire Mountain Music Festival and the Harmonic Convergence on tours based out of Athens, GA.

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Special Message
Leslie Helpert is an artist with a great curiosity for fireflies and bottom-dwelling phosphorescent fish. She falls in love in lightning storms and finds the greatest pertinence in the subtle. She acknowledges seasonal holidays such as "Forget Puritan Etiquette Day,""Long Bath-Taking Week," "Another-Glorious-Opportunity-to-be-Impassioned-by-Mundanity-day" and "Banana Pudding Month." She also likes to collect umbrellas and walk with an unusual sophistication down the street. She feels like a squiggly ink drawing and loves Raspberry Leaf Tea. Loves Kava. Loves Cocoa tea from Peru. Loves Bermudian Chai. She is elated to be a part of The Camp Betty Campout—and is certain that this time will be opportune for Music and Moon Howling!

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Workshops: Yoga, Movement & Voice
Leslie says, "My personal voice work comes from a place of practice where I work with opening my body, using sound as the deepest key to exploring the flexibility of the body and a deep release of spirit. The voice, as a result, becomes textural, open and 'warmed up.'"

"Some techniques we will explore may help enable the practitioner to access a more dynamic quality of voice and one's individual authentic sound. Come prepared to make noises un-typical to a traditional 'classroom' setting. Much of the class will incorporate yoga and physical movement."

Leslie Helpert is a certified yoga teacher as well as a student of sound and holistic living.

Contact
www.serpentfly.com
lesliehelpert@yahoo.com

Booking
Aly Constine, Mountain High Music
(303) 415-1958
aly@mtnhighmusic.com