(Workin' Harmony Workshop Information coming soon.)

Finding Your Singing Voice:
A workshop on discovering the sacred joy of singing

The voice, being our first instrument, has the greatest physical, emotional and spiritual connection to our body. Throughout the ages, people have used song both to express themselves and to connect with the sacred. And yet, usually, we sing without first establishing the crucial connection between breath, body, and voice. Or perhaps we are afraid to sing because we fear that we can not sing.

Using stretches, and physical and vocal exercises and techniques, this workshop will focus on the connecting the body to the breath, the breath to the voice, the voice to the song and the song to the spirit. We will also attempt to increase the comfort level with vocalizing and develop some listening skills to aid in feeling joyful about singing both individually and with others.

In this workshop, learn:

• Physical warm-up exercises and their importance
  
• Vocal warm-up exercises designed to:
  
  • Open the singing passages
    
  • Unblock resonators
    
  • Free the voice
• Increase confidence in singing
  
• Good mechanics to prevent strain
  
• Techniques to strengthen vocal power
  
• Proper breathing techniques
  
• Pitch matching
  
• Vocal communication
  
• Caring for your voice
  
• Proper practice techniques
  
• Put techniques into practice by learning and singing a chant.

Workshops and "Learn To Sing"
classes developed by:
Izolda Trakhtenberg.
All instructional information
is copyright © of the author, 2001.
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