The Singing Soul is a creative and powerful way of improvised music making and of being alive in the world. Improvisation is an expression, a necessity, a liberation, and a homecoming. It is humming a tune while washing the dishes...tapping out a rhythm on the steering wheel...wanting to hear a certain kind of song to suit our mood...emotional surges and absent-minded creative moments. The Singing Soul is spontaneous, in-the-moment singing; the unveiling of our very uniqueness in melody, harmony, and rhythm…our stories, in words and beyond them. By turns edgy, hilarious, challenging, and deeply moving, each moment is an original composition that is unrehearsed, precious, and irreplaceable. And as fate would have it, it's also profoundly fun! There are no wrong notes and there's nothing to memorize, just breathe and sing….ahh.
The Singing Soul is for singers who are ready to let go of "getting it right" and are ready to
embrace letting it just happen. Unrehearsed singing evokes the genuine and soulful voice.
You'll strengthen your abilities as a vocal musician in creating melodies and harmonies, laying down vocal percussion grooves and bass lines, and gelling with others in creating freewheeling counterpoint that just begs a soloist - then becoming that too! Experience new roles and genres in your music-making. Improvised movement and free-form writing will expand your sense of possibilities. Participants will gain mastery in the skills of the improviser: deep listening, spontaneous expression, fluid awareness of self and others, accepting ambiguity, and trusting intuition. The synergy of improvisation inspires and empowers as singers discover utterly new terrain vocally, musically, and expressively.
Improvisation itself is a master teacher. It is an antenna that reveals how each moment holds a hundred possibilities, and how to access them in realizing the wealth of our creative intuition. It is a life skill; for leadership and for followership. New discoveries in science tell us that chaos and change are the only routes to transformation, and that relationships are what matters, even at the subatomic level. The conscious study of collaborative improvisation is a wise response. Those with improvisational abilities have significant value to add to processes of creative problem solving, addressing difficult conversations, community building, and the transformation of conflict. Singers of all levels are welcome.
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| Jun.18-Jun.21, 2009 Thu-Sun; | Register | Tuition: ($445.00) $490.00 | For 2009 by Dec 15, 2008 $430.00 |
| Oct.22-Oct.25, 2009 Thu-Sun; | Register | Tuition: ($445.00) $490.00 | For 2009 by Dec 15, 2008 $430.00 |
Register for 2009 courses by December 15th, 2008 and pay 2008 Tuition fees.
(early) regular fee: the price in brackets is the "Early Bird" rate for those who register and pay in full at least two weeks before the course begins. The price without brackets is the full price. Prices in Canadian dollars. Meals and accommodation not included. Full room and board is available for an extra charge. See Resort Prices for details.
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Testimonials:
"I found a voice I didn't know I had."
July 2008
"Toxicity and cynicism shed like so much dead skin. I feel fresh and sweet again."
July 2008
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