Open Circle - O - The Musical Body

The Musical Body
Exploring the spaces between life and music.

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Body, Voice, Presence & Co-creation.

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"Delightfully fun, deeply touching and highly recommended even if you don’t know where your vocal cords are" (Bec)

An Open Circle is where we open the circle to new community members, and welcome regulars too or those who have come before...we welcome those with and without experience to this drop-in type class.

There will be a slightly different experience/feel in this drop in session than the smaller group multi-day setting (which Charlotte specialises in) for seasonal retreats and The Musical Body immersion/training program- AND- there will similarly be lots of opportunity to connect, play, sing, improvise, explore vocal creativity and the joy of improvised singing in the company of others!!!

~Move

~Sing

~Cocreate

~Meditate

~Explore

~Improvise

~Play

~Rest

~Revitalise, reinvigorate & follow our pleasure

~Cultivate the spirit of play and curiosity

~Laugh and cry as needed

~Listen

~Emerge as a bespoke community of sound and silence

~Dance voice and sing body

We will explore a combination of the following; (but at the end of the day...the main focus is PLAY!
~Structured meditations and somatic practices to connect with and explore the relationships between body, voice, breath, sound, silence, stillness, spoken word, movement, musical structures; such as rhythm, song-form, harmony, melody, intervals and improvisation

~Experiential music theory, intentional rituals, scores, structured inquiries, reflection, rest and vocal improvisational play

~Educational, playful, explorative, responsive, spontaneous, traditional and contemporary approaches to body-voice-music

~Your embodied voice; ways of connecting with, expressing with; colours/shades/textures/text/tone/pitch/~Creature’s, animal’s and children’s developmental sounds and movements patterns, environment/field and variations

~Responding to who and what comes with us on the day, imagination, nature and emergent scores/structures for play and inquiry

~Responses, song-versations, song-poems and creative conversation

~Experiences of life, creative impulses and imaginings drawn on through improvised singing and held in a supportive, encouraging, emergent and experiential group process

Who
All abilities welcome. Come as you are; whether a shower yodeller, non-singer or professional musician. *Of interest to choristers, artists of all kinds, educators, workers in the community sector, therapists and anyone curious about connecting to their body and voice in creative and nourishing ways.

What
The Musical Body is a small group (and large group when we open the small group up for an ‘singing circle’ type event) embodied, musical, co-creative, emergent and meditative group process for people who want to develop their presence, spaciousness, flow, playfulness, co-creative skills, structure, choice and artistry with their body, voice, music and life.

The Musical Body Process supports
~the reduction of the fear of making mistakes~ the development of physical, mental and emotional resilience~deep musical, collaborative and creative singing/voice orientation~learning of the fundamental building blocks of music through body and voice~developing of your capacity to improvise in any style of music~presence and states of flow~developing skill at sitting in not knowing or chaos~developing skills to song-write, speak, sing and co-create with others in creative ways.

Contact/Registration
Charlotte Roberts
0432550460
music.charlotte.roberts@gmail.comOriginator/Facilitator
Charlotte Roberts
Newham, Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia

Charlotte is a specialist in the areas of body, movement, voice, rhythm and creative process. She is a mentor and facilitator of experiential education, and is the creator of The Musical Body (©) Process, leading groups nationally and internationally since 2003. Charlotte is a registered Taketina Rhythm Process Tm Facilitator, ISMETA registered Somatic Movement Educator/Therapist, Qigong facilitator, VIT registered school teacher and a Tamalpa Life/Art Process® Practitioner.As a vocal improvisational artist, musician and composer; Charlotte co-composed and co-created projects such as ‘Murmuring Walk’ (an audio-guided walk at Sanatorium Lake Mt. Macedon featuring vocal pieces composed in relationship with local birds' calls and rhythmic patterns) and ‘In Your Arms’ (a guided immersive musical experience for carers and their pre-crawling babies). Along with this, she has released two albums and is currently completing a third. Charlotte has performed in vocal and multi-modal improvisational ensembles, has led ‘United Women’s Voices’ (supported by Creative Victoria) and performed seasons such as ‘Vocal Digs’ at La Mama Theatre. Additionally, through leading The Musical Body Process; Charlotte has explored the relationship between the rhythms and sounds of children's, local bird's and frog's interlocking, playful and developmental movement and voice patterns as a basis for vocal improvisation. Charlotte is currently the artist in residence at RM BEGG Aged Care Home in Kyneton, and the curator of The Singing Shack artist residencies in Newham. Charlotte plays surdo for a monthly TaKeTiNa event 'The Space Between' in Clifton Hill, along with working as a mentor, teacher and expressive arts practitioner with private clients and students who seek her support in developing their work as therapists, facilitators, vocal improvisational artists and composers.
0432550460
music.charlotte.roberts@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/CharlotteRobertsMusic


What people are saying

"We explored voice, improvisation, feeling and relationships. I was inspired, guided and encouraged by Charlotte to express myself in a way I didn’t know I could. We had fun as we played with our voices and connected with each other" (Jill)

"Charlotte created a very safe and supportive environment allowing us to express ourselves without judgement" (Jess)

"The Musical Body is a supportive environment, we learn fun and playful techniques for singing, listening and creating together. Lottie’s facilitation style encourages everyone to participate and grow. Come play!" (Karenina)