Above images © Frankie Armstrong & Darien Pritchard
Co-Founders of the Natural Voice Practitioners Network
3 - 9 September 2010 - Kinnersley Castle, HerefordshireThis course offers a unique opportunity to attend an intensive, residential training week on the melodic natural voice. It is designed for people who already run voice workshops or who wish to, or those who want to incorporate voice into their existing work. Places are limited to 12 people.
In addition to individual and group time to help people focus on their needs in these areas, we also look at the process of working with groups, creating and setting up improvisations, structuring and pacing workshops, dealing with difficult situations/individuals, and contexts in which this approach can be applied. There will also be a session with a visiting tutor on self employment, project development, finance, publicity etc.
As well as bodywork being an integral part of the workshop, there will be daily warm-up sessions taken by Darien, focusing on aspects of body release and energising that relate directly to vocal expression.
FOOD: is deliciously cooked vegetarian. Special diets can be accommodated from an extra £2 per day. People on special diets need to contact Kinnersley Castle direct in writing at least two weeks before the course.
COST: £650. This is sleeping in shared rooms. Linen, blankets and towels are provided. For an additional £28 (making £678 total), a limited number of single rooms are available. [Note: Some past participants have managed to organise grants from Arts Training bodies, appropriate charitable bodies or via workplace further training schemes.]
PAYMENT: A deposit of £50 will secure a place on the course. Send to 45 Cecil St, Cardiff CF24 1NW.
The remainder of the fee is due on the first day of the course. In certain circumstances payment in installments can be arranged.
LOCATION: A detailed brochure on Kinnersley Castle and how to get there will be sent on receipt of your deposit. The nearest train station is Hereford (from where a taxi can be taken). We will also give you fellow participant's contact details close to the course time to facilitate ride-sharing.
TIMES: The course proper starts on Friday (Sept 3rd) morning and ends mid-afternoon on Thursday (Sept 9th). We would like you to arrive on the Thursday evening (Sept 2nd) after 6pm; a meal will be provided then.
FURTHER INFORMATION: Frankie Armstrong, 029 2048 0429 Email
Darien Pritchard Has worked in the field of bodywork for over thirty years, including twenty five training massage professionals. He is a qualified practitioner of the Feldenkrais method® of movement awareness, and is a past Co-Director of the Massage Training Institute, an organisation of holistic massage schools.
Darien runs a programme of professional development workshops for massage practitioners. which includes Working Easier - Working Stronger (Dynamic Bodyuse for massage practitioners), RhythmMobility® (rhythmical techniques for release and energising), and the SuppleSpine Programme for back care.He coauthored a student textbook Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology for the Massage Therapist (2001), and wrote the career-maintenance reference book Dynamic Bodyuse for Effective, Strain-Free Massage (2007).
He and Frankie have run workshops together for twenty two years (including the training courses for the last twenty years). Darien provides the detailed bodywork component that prepares the body for free vocal expression.
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