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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.
Evian School of Yoga, one-week workshop in collaboration with Christine
Mangeart, Zinal, Swiss Alps.
Ongoing workshops and classes in Paris, 1996-2007, 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, May 5 -8, 2005, 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 workshops this winter in Paris —
Learn a new approach to music, while practicing your French
For fuller information click here
Stages de Chant et Rythme Naturels :
Module : "S'Immerger"
Le weekend du 26/27 avril 2008
Au Forum-104, salle des Cyprès
Samedi/Dimanche de 10h à 18h
104, rue de Vaugirard
Paris 14 (métros Duroc, Montparnasse)
Tarif : 140 euros
A Paris, dans le cadre agréable de la Salle Cyprès
Samedi/Dimanche de 10h à 18h
Au Forum-104,
Salle Cyprès
104, rue de Vaugirard 75006 Paris
métros : Montparnasse, St-Placide
Tarif: 120 euros
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
5, avenue Hache
94240 L'Hay-les-roses, 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 Level 1 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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