Somatic Choir

A group class for folks who want to open their voices, learn about the body, find greater freedom and ease in vocal communication, and most importantly: sing together. 

What to expect:

🫁 An experience that’s somewhere between a choir, a yoga class, and a psychosomatic vocal gym.

🧶 A supportive group, where trust and consent create a safe and nurturing container.

🐾 Breathing into parts of yourself you did not imagine… 

🔥 Flow and fire 

💜 Connection. Grounding. Purgation.

Singing in groups has enormous psychological, social, and physical benefits. Societies throughout human history have placed deeply embodied vocal practices at the center of their rituals and rights of passage. These classes work toward bringing our voices back into our bodies and our bodies back into our voices. We will project ourselves through voice into shared space: attuning, opening, emptying, grieving, soothing and co-regulating. This is a class designed to open and expand what we think we know about our voices. 

Each class begins with gentle movement, exercises to open and to ground, and meditation with singing. Then we will work together at different exercises in attunement, expression, and listening. Working towards creating experimental musical scores together.

Thursdays in October

6:30 - 8pm

@ Extrasensory

649 Plenty Rd, Preston, Naarm

Located at the Tyler st stop of the 86 tram

$100 for the full 5 classes in the month or $25/15 drop in. Free for Mob.

This is an all gender, all ages, all experiences class.

If you have access-related questions or requests, we would love to hear from you. Unfortunately the space does not have a wheelchair accessible toilet.

If you can’t afford it, drop us a line. Payment will not be a barrier.

0430420667 or hello@extrasensory.com.au

On October 25th the somatic choir will be invited to "intervene" during a performance at "Extrasensory". This participatory performance is entirely optional. Willing participants will "perform" one of the listening scores we've been rehearsing in somatic choir class as an addition to the programmed performance of the professional musicians.

About the facilitator - Jess Aszodi 

With 20 years of teaching and performing experience and a Ph.D. focused on singing with the whole self. Jess’ approach draws from training in a diverse palette of techniques: opera singing, Taoist breathwork, western anatomy and biomechanics, critical theory and yoga. Her critically acclaimed performances have taken her around the world as a soloist with the likes of the London Sinfonietta, Ensemble Moderne, Hamburg Staatsoper,  Wiener Volksoper, Aldeburgh, Tanglewood, Tectonics, Mona Foma, Pinchgut, Victorian Opera and most of the Australian Symphony Orchestras. 

To find out more about the facilitator visit her website at www.jessicaaszodi.com