The Voice Work- get to know your voice: Recent Episodes
Lisa Peers
For those curious about getting to know their voice featuring discussions with voice teaching professionals. As well as a vocal experience -every once in while- to get you started.
Jane is a voice coach and teacher who lives in Calgary, Alberta. She teaches voice and acting at the University of Calgary, is the Resident Voice coach for Theatre Calgary, the Voice & Dialect consultant for Vertigo Theatre and the Voice & Text coach for The Shakespeare Company. Along with her theatre work, she teaches the techniques to anyone who wants to feel stronger and more confident in their voice and presence.
Find out more about Jane here: https://www.voiceactivated.ca/
Lisa Sokolov is an internationally acclaimed singer, composer and teacher known for her adventurous work. A long time professor at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Sokolov's recordings have won wide press acclaim. Her work is a mix of improvisation, jazz, soul and sacred music. For more info visit lisasokolov.com
She has a newly published book called Embodied VoiceWork; Beyond Singing is a theoretical, practical and poetic introduction to the practice of Embodied VoiceWork (EVW), an improvisational method originated by singer/composer, professor and
vocal music therapy pioneer Lisa Sokolov.This work has been applied in music therapy practice, arts education and human potential work.
You can order the book at
https://www.barcelonapublishers.com/Embodied-VoiceWork-Beyond-Singing
Zwaan de Vries is a teacher and performer in the Roy Hart Theatre and "dansexpressie". We met in the summer of 2018 at Maléragues, France where I was taking a workshop at The Roy Hart Centre called Human Voice-Extended. Zwaan de Vries and Carol Mendelson were co-teaching. I joined them both again in 2019 for the same workshop.
In this episode Zwann and I talk about her journey to the Roy Hart Theatre, why she keeps returning to the practice, and how the voice work connects her to her humanity.
Lisa and Marguerite talk about the Roy Hart work, the healing possibilities of singing, and a place to start in exploring your singing voice.
Marguerite Witvoet has been active as a vocal coach, music director and performer for over 25 years. In her individual and group sessions (now offered online) at Awakening Voice, Marguerite helps emerging students and advanced vocal sojourners alike to find their voice, sing their song and become themselves. She is also currently becoming certified as a Feminine Power coach, facilitator and leader, and will soon be offering opportunities for women to reimagine and reinvent their lives.
www.awakeningvoice.ca
This experience was created when I saw a need to physicalize the receiving action in a group ball game exercise. I repeatedly noticed some students having difficulty receiving the ball without blocking the energy of the ball. Invite flow was created to help students practice receiving without blocking.
Then I noticed that Invite Flow helps make space for an incoming breath- as opposed to "grabbing" or "taking" inspiration. It also serves to gain knowledge about the breath cycle. When do I breath in? When do I breath out?
And simply, Invite Flow can help relieve tension.
Carol and Saule have been longtime residents and teachers at The Roy Hart Centre in France. For the past two summers, I've been able to attend a workshop called Human Voice which has been co-led by Carol and Zwaan DeVries (there is an upcoming episode with Zwaan).
Carol, Saule, and I talk about what's it like to teach online; what has us hooked; and, how to manage a student who starts to shut down in the process.
Plus, they've both offered a beginning exploration in the voice work.
https://roy-hart-theatre.com/
Spinal Roll is the the first step in getting to know your voice. It allows for body and breath awareness to be developed and a sense of expansion to help with cultivating a free voice.
This episode Alana and I talk about what makes her want to return to the practice of Voice Work and a discussion on Patsy Rodenburg's three circles.
https://www.alanahawleypurvis.com/
Lisa interviews voice teacher Mikal Grant asking these three questions:
-has your voice teaching allowed you to grow as a person?
-do you think your practice is applicable to an online platform?
-and, what is gained or lost teaching online?
Also included is a vocal "amuse bouche" for sampling.