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 City of Paris:
One-week continuing education workshop for music teachers learning
Natural Chant and Rhythm.
La
Belle Indienne,
one-week workshop for theater students at Nanterre University.
California
Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco; weekend workshops
in Natural Chant and Rhythm.
Chant workshop,
Ecole d'Architecture de Grenoble.
Special 5-day
Workshop, organized by Terre du Ciel.
Ongoing workshops
and classes in Paris, 1996-2010, with numerous student concerts in the
Paris area: Basilique de Saint-Denis, Saint-Pierre de Montmartre,
Saint-Germain de Charonne, also the Cathedral of Vézelay...
Four-day
workshop in
Haute-Provence at the "Ferme de la Colle" near
Manosque, "en plein campagne", sponsored by L'Orée Sonore.
Watch
this space for announcements of future workshops, or join our
mailing list --- write joseph at naturalchant.com and mention your
interest in workshops in French or English.
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Weekend
workshop this
autumn in Paris —
Learn a new approach to music, while practicing your French
For
fuller information click here
Stages de
Chant et Rythme Naturels :
Module : "Se Donner"
Le weekend du 22/23 October 2011
Au Forum-104, salle des Cyprès
Samedi/Dimanche de 10h à 18h
104, rue de Vaugirard
Paris 14 (métros Duroc, Montparnasse)
Tarif : 160 euros
A Paris, dans le cadre agréable de la Salle Cyprès
Organisé par l'Association AD FONTEM
Places limitées;
vous pouvez réserver avec un chèque d'arrhes de
60 euros
Chèque à l'ordre de :
AD FONTEM
c/o Astor
7 rue de Lanneau
75005 Paris
FRANCE
Workshop Description
In
all cultures
and in all ages, the human voice has been honored as the most precious
of all musical instruments.
And it has always been sustained by rhythm.
Different
cultures have developed highly specific vocal and rhythmic arts. These
are very instructive.
At their best, they are all "sacred," whether linked to a religious
tradition or not, inasmuch as they raise practitioners' consciousness
of their deeper nature. Practices
which
make use of voice and rhythms together, especially with movement, have
always been a powerful means of raising and deepening consciousness
beyond the habitual. They allow us to play, to dance, to commune with
each other, to purify and renew ourselves, and to heal.
In
our
civilization, we have mostly lost this art. We rarely sing together, we
listen and move to recorded music, and have lost a true sense of our
natural rhythm.
This
workshop is
a new and intensive approach to rediscovering the authentic, natural
roots of music in our own bodies and souls. It makes use of new and
original techniques, as well as many taken from other cultures,
involving singing, rhythmic movements, vocalizations, and percussion.
A
partial summary of the general content:
learning to hear the voice resonate in one's body, and sharing this
with others ... chanting harmonic overtones ... dissolving the fear of
improvisation ... introduction to Gregorian chant ... learning
traditional rhythms of other cultures ... introduction to traditional
percussion ... exploring the immensity and power of vocal "noises" ...
allowing the body to express itself in rhythmic movement ... learning
about certain new and old vocal traditions ... feeling the roles of
different parts of the body in movement ... relaxed concentration,
inner and outer attention, breathing, collective improvisation ...
This
approach
requires no previous musical training, and appeals to both beginners
and experienced musicians.
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