Sound Exploration with Tilly kooymaN
 

While most of us take "hearing" for granted,  "listening" is an acquired skill that can enhance how we interact with of our sonic environment and expand our imagination.  Beneficial for those with and without musical knowledge, the activities are designed to develop skills that use all the senses to listen critically with the whole body.  Through active participation, workshops are intended to be fun, encourage creativity, and challenge participants to explore new ways of using and listening to sounds. 

Workshops can be arranged for different age ranges of children or adults.   An alternative to a workshop, is a guided soundwalk that can be done in a variety of locations.   

Poetry off the page with Rae crossmaN

Following the oral tradition, this workshop examines the performance aspects of poetry.   Participants will explore language with their lungs, lips, and limbs, as they dramatize poems and lift them off the page. The instructor, Rae Crossman, through commentary and example, will offer insights into what makes poetry come alive. Be prepared to fly paper airplanes, bounce balls, ride roller coasters, and howl under the moon. You may also bring your own poems to read aloud, share and perform.

 
Liberating the Beauty of your Voice with Marion samuel-stevenS

Incorporating a wide variety of technical exercises and an attention to how our bodies help us when we sing, Marion works with singers of all levels to find a vocal sound that is truly their own.  Workshops range in scope from a technical and scientific approach to vocal function, to a fun filled, physical exploration of the range of sounds that our voices make, to team and ensemble singing, focusing on blending and how to make the best group sound and performance you can.  The workshop you choose can be tailored to meet your needs, taking aspects of the range of choices that Marion offers.  Whatever you choose, this workshop will be fun, informative and leave you feeling invigorated! 

 

Bringing your musical ideas to life with Owen bloomfielD

This workshop is for musicians and non-musicians alike.  Knowing how to read music is not a necessity at all.  Using pictures, lines and other graphics, participants first gather musical and compositional ideas from the soundscape.  Then through experimentation these thoughts and ideas arrive on the page in a manner so that they can be performed by the individual composers or others, often in the form of lines, shapes and other graphics.  Topics that will be discussed include how form works in music, and the issues of notation and interpretation.