The Musical Body Autumn Voices
Event description
THE MUSICAL BODY
Autumn Voices‘Falling and rising through the body-voice’
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)
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A gathering of people to
~Move
~Sing
~Co-create
~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 soundWe will explore a combination of the following;
~Musical structures; such as rhythm, song-form, harmony, melody, intervals and improvisation through the dancing voice and singing body
~Your voice; ways of connecting with, expressing with; colours/shades/textures/text/tone/pitch
~Movement rituals/scores/structures and improvisation
~Structured meditations and somatic practices to connect with body, voice, breath, sound, silence, stillness and movement
~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 conversationWho
All abilities welcome. Come as you are; whether a shower yodeller, non-singer or professional musician. *Possibly of interest to educators, workers in the community sector, artists, therapists, choristers and anyone curious about connecting to their body and voice in creative and nourishing ways.
Cost
$300 earlybird before March 9th
$350 latebird after March 8thPayment plans available.
*Simple camping
Or shared room accomodation available in Newham for $20-40 per night. And train pick ups by arrangement.
*Kyneton Bushland Resort is great I hear! (4km out of town)Please be in touch if you are experiencing financial hardship.
Rough weekend outline (may adjust slightly)
Friday 11.30am-4.30pm
Saturday and Sunday 10-5.30pm and 10.30-4.30pm
Bring- Water bottle, note book and lunch. Snacks and tea provided
Contact/Registration
Charlotte Roberts
0432550460
music.charlotte.roberts@gmail.com
Facilitator
Charlotte is a specialist in the areas of body, movement, voice and rhythm. She is a facilitator of experiential education, creative midwifery and mentorship and is the creator of The Musical Body Process, leading groups nationally and internationally since 2003.. Charlotte is a registered Taketina Rhythm Process 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) and ‘In Your Arms’ (a guided 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 improvisational ensembles, has led ‘United Women’s Voices’ (supported by Creative Victoria) and performed seasons such as ‘Vocal Digs’ at La Mama Theatre.
https://linktr.ee/CharlotteRobertsMusic
"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)