An Introduction to Circlesinging
Event description
Come and get involved in this inspiring, practical singing workshop, where you will be part of a circle of singers, guided by Guillermo as facilitator, creating songs unique to the moment. You will be taken on a musical journey, learning how to turn simple musical ideas into fun, collective pieces, with the use of harmony, bass lines and vocal percussion.
Everyone is welcome, from more experienced singers and practitioners to newcomers to singing. The aim is to create a safe vocal community where you can create music together.
Circlesinging draws from all kinds of world music and Guillermo will introduce various modes and scales, rhythmic patterns, harmonic sequences or grooves, and will explore the use of language, articulation and resonance, warming up the voice and different vocal sound qualities. You will also get some ideas, tips and advice on how you could adapt elements of Circlesinging into your practice.
More about Circlesinging..
Circlesinging is a form of group singing that connects with ancestral ways of music making, spontaneously composing choral music, layering melodies, harmonies and rhythms.Since the dawn of humanity, people have been singing together to bond, mark events, mourn, gather courage, endure hard work or simply to celebrate. These singing gatherings allowed everyone to take part, creating musical ‘landscapes’ where the less skilled or confident could contribute and hold the space while the most daring or musically aware could be creative and inspiring to others. Although these forms of expression have been practiced for thousands of years in different cultures, they have only recently been named ‘circlesongs”, and brought to the attention of the Western musical world by the renowned jazz vocalist, improviser and educator Bobby McFerrin.
More about Guillermo..
Charismatic Buenos Aires-born vocalist and guitarist Guillermo Rozenthuler has become one of the leading voices of Argentine Tango and South American song in the UK. Alongside being a versatile vocalist and improviser, Guillermo works regularly as a voice teacher and group facilitator and he enjoys inspiring individuals and groups of people to listen, breathe freely and be fully present.