Trust your voice and the music will sparkle!

This course is aimed at people who want to discover more of their voice in relation to world music and improvisation.
Everything focused on singing together, playing, instant composing and presentation. We will build your confidence through making your voice sing, movement, stretching, posture, grounding exercises, trusting your tone.

During this course, you will investigate how the two art disciplines Singing Improvisation and Theatre Movement empower and inspire each other. Where do they differ and where do they meet in various assignments? And what happens if we stage the theatrical and the vocal together on the floor?

What will you be doing?
We start the day with a thorough physical and vocal warming up. Then, together with the group, you will work with movement theater assignments such as ensemble work, Viewpoints and movement improvisation, followed by various lessons in vocal singing improvisation with exercises from Rhiannon’s ‘Vocal River improvisation’.  In different formations we will work with rhythms, harmony and melody (solo), in which co-creation is the magic word.

In the second part of the course, we will investigate in smaller groups how vocal improvisation and movement improvisation relate to each other – using the theatrical space, group synergetic movement and use of voice. The ‘instant composing’ derived from vocal improvisation, which arises from movement, images, a song or a poem, forms the starting point for this interdisciplinary encounter. We end the day with an interdisciplinary performance/presentation.

Do you really enjoy singing together and have you always wanted to practice a swinging repertoire? Then join this course by Nicoline who, after years of guiding choirs and groups, is really looking forward to going back to her jazz background together with a group of enthusiasts this summer!

In this week you will work with pieces by, among others, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Pointer Sisters. In the 1960s and 1970s there was a vibrant current of soul-related singers and bands. Based on jazz and gospel, the Soul movement got off to a flying start.
Often these singers had already been tried and tested in the church. Where harmony singing and groove were deeply ingrained.

What will we be doing?
This week you and the others will mainly focus on singing together and perfecting your timing. The days will start with a warming up and jazz improvisation exercises. You must have already studied the pieces in advance and a vote will be distributed. You will work towards a small performance at the end of the week. In short, a week of next-level harmony, solo singing and improvisation!