General Workshop Information
Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring an open mind and heart and a water bottle.
Whatever the focus of the workshop, Frankie believes in creating a supportive, generous atmosphere where people do not feel judged or under pressure to get things ërightí.
The intention is to encourage a creative balance between relaxation and energy.
SINGING from the SOLES of the FEET
For thousands of years, our ancestors sang to accompany work, devotion, seasonal rituals and social gatherings - to express joy, grief, rage, tenderness, hope and fear. All these emotions can be given full range through the power and beauty of the voice.
To help unlock this, Frankie uses a range of gentle movements and exercises to help relax and free the body and voice. She focuses on how to involve the whole body - to give rise to the voice from the feet on up. She uses chants and songs from around the world, along with simple structures to create vocal ëeventsí.
IF YOU CAN TALK YOU CAN SING
Frankie believes passionately that singing is our birthright. For thousands of years our ancestors sang as naturally as they spoke. They sang to accompany everyday activities - at work, at play, at devotion and dance - and for their own pleasure. No one was excluded, so everyoneís skill and confidence developed naturally.
This workshop is an opportunity for anyone to explore the melodic voice in an easy-going, supportive atmosphere. The aim is to tap into the joy, strength and energy of singing with others, and to find a range of colour and expression in each of our voices.
This is especially helpful for people who have little confidence with their melodic voice.
The JOY of SINGING
Singing is one of the easiest and most accessible ways to give us a feeling of well-being, relaxation and energy. Singing with others also allows us to create a sense of communal celebration. Recent medical research has verified how parts of the brainís pleasure centres are stimulated by singing, and how fuller breathing stimulates the circulation.
We start with simple body loosening and voice exercises. These lead into ways of playing with creative vocal expression. The workshop also includes songs and chants from different parts of the world. The workshop is open to anyone regardless of their prior experience. We create a supportive, easy-going and playful atmosphere, with an approach of exploration rather than ëgetting it rightî.
PERFORMANCE SKILLS Workshop
Historically, song has been used to bind communities, pass on stories and legends, comment on contemporary happenings, poke fun and amuse, commemorate / celebrate lifeís important events, and to accompany work, devotion and recreation.
Lacking these community contexts, how do we find our way into the heart of a song and communicate it? Indeed, how do we select songs, why do they speak to us, and why do we wish to sing them to others?
This workshop explores how best to sing a song in the light of these questions - exploring such essential ingredients as vocal quality, phrasing, emotional truth and presence. There will be time for any participant who wants to work on a particular song.
FINDING your VOICE
Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring an open mind and heart and a water bottle.
Whatever the focus of the workshop, Frankie believes in creating a supportive, generous atmosphere where people do not feel judged or under pressure to get things ërightí.
The intention is to encourage a creative balance between relaxation and energy.
SINGING from the SOLES of the FEET
For thousands of years, our ancestors sang to accompany work, devotion, seasonal rituals and social gatherings - to express joy, grief, rage, tenderness, hope and fear. All these emotions can be given full range through the power and beauty of the voice.
To help unlock this, Frankie uses a range of gentle movements and exercises to help relax and free the body and voice. She focuses on how to involve the whole body - to give rise to the voice from the feet on up. She uses chants and songs from around the world, along with simple structures to create vocal ëeventsí.
IF YOU CAN TALK YOU CAN SING
Frankie believes passionately that singing is our birthright. For thousands of years our ancestors sang as naturally as they spoke. They sang to accompany everyday activities - at work, at play, at devotion and dance - and for their own pleasure. No one was excluded, so everyoneís skill and confidence developed naturally.
This workshop is an opportunity for anyone to explore the melodic voice in an easy-going, supportive atmosphere. The aim is to tap into the joy, strength and energy of singing with others, and to find a range of colour and expression in each of our voices.
This is especially helpful for people who have little confidence with their melodic voice.
The JOY of SINGING
Singing is one of the easiest and most accessible ways to give us a feeling of well-being, relaxation and energy. Singing with others also allows us to create a sense of communal celebration. Recent medical research has verified how parts of the brainís pleasure centres are stimulated by singing, and how fuller breathing stimulates the circulation.
We start with simple body loosening and voice exercises. These lead into ways of playing with creative vocal expression. The workshop also includes songs and chants from different parts of the world. The workshop is open to anyone regardless of their prior experience. We create a supportive, easy-going and playful atmosphere, with an approach of exploration rather than ëgetting it rightî.
PERFORMANCE SKILLS Workshop
Historically, song has been used to bind communities, pass on stories and legends, comment on contemporary happenings, poke fun and amuse, commemorate / celebrate lifeís important events, and to accompany work, devotion and recreation.
Lacking these community contexts, how do we find our way into the heart of a song and communicate it? Indeed, how do we select songs, why do they speak to us, and why do we wish to sing them to others?
This workshop explores how best to sing a song in the light of these questions - exploring such essential ingredients as vocal quality, phrasing, emotional truth and presence. There will be time for any participant who wants to work on a particular song.
FINDING your VOICE
Our voice is the most intimate expression of ourselves - both in speech and song. This workshop offers an opportunity to explore our voices, and to discover the wondrous variety of expression, colour and range that we are capable of.
We will create a supportive, non-judgemental space and use many simple and enjoyable games, exercises, chants and songs to aid relaxation and freeing voice and body. So much of what we communicate is in the ëmusicí of the voice. Hence the greater awareness we have of our own ëmusicí, the more effective we can be.
Everyone is welcome but this workshop is of particular interest to those who use their voices as their professional instrument of communication - e.g. teachers, trainers and counsellors.
The Voices of the Archetypes of Myth
This workshop provides an exciting way to expand and liberate vocal colour, range and expressivity. It uses movement, imagination and storytelling to access a wide range of vocal qualities and expression through exploring figures that inhabit the worldís mythology, such as The Huntress, The Trickster, The Child, The Mother and The Crone. These archetypes are not a character or caricature but a particular aspect or quality in all of us.
The workshop is suitable for anyone interested in singing, acting and self-discovery.