Most problems we musicians encounter with improvisation really has very little to do with music. I developed this workshop, while I was teaching Jazz improvisation, for students who became so tight and technical that they had trouble improvising on their own instruments.
The only instruments in this workshop are the human voice and “body percussion”.
Participants will move through a series of simple warm up exercises and given some basic concepts of rhythm and improvisation such as long and short, high and low, playing and resting, loud and soft and then move into the spontaneous composition of solo and small group improvisation. Participants will come to understand the dynamics of group improvisation through the basic, non-musical skills of listening and cooperation.
This is an incredibly rich workshop and the material that is composed on the spot is extraordinary.
Workshop runs 4 hours to an entire weekend.
Participants will experience Kripalu’s three stages of Yoga (Will, Surrender, Meditation in Motion) through the metaphor of creating sound and music in a sacred space. Participants will experience Yoga, on and off the mat, moving from the willful to the surrender practice. Utilizing the human voice and "body percussion" as musical instruments, participants will be led in a number of experiences that incorporate Yoga, toning, and full-blown musical improvisation.
There will be no songs or other text involved in this workshop. Creativity will be issue directly from the right-brain through non-verbal means via the spontaneous composition of melodies and rhythms as expressed by the "players". Particular emphasis will be placed upon deep listening and communication.
Participants will come to see Music as Yoga and understand how Yogic principles operate in our lives off the mat.
No former musical experience is necessary. Workshop for all levels of musicians and singers.
Workshop runs minimum of 3 hours or an entire weekend.
Participants discover the power of their own experience through journaling and sharing their own mini-memoirs in a safe and sacred atmosphere. The quality of work that comes out of this workshop is astonishing and inspiring. No previous writing experience necessary. All are welcome, just bring a pen and notebook.
Workshop runs 90 minutes to two hours.
Participants will write and share poetry using a variety of tools from some of our foremost writers and poets, including Natalie Goldberg, David Whyte, and Bob Rose. No experience necessary.
Workshop runs 90 minutes to two hours.
Program for singers or those who depend upon the voice for their livelihood who want to improve overall vocal health, strengthen and relax the larynx, improve breathing, and become more confident in public speaking or singing. There will be some work with projecting the voice and strengthening the muscles that support good vocal production in addition to vocal exercises that can be taken home and practiced, daily. This is not a performance course.
Group classes can be geared toward speaking or singing or both. Workshops run 60-90 minutes.
Music composition, song writing, theory, sight-reading, sight-singing, solfeggio, dictation, voice, jazz repertoire, improvisation, and studies for the “rhythmically compromised”. Some correspondence courses are also available.
Chaula Hopefisher is a Yoga teacher, poet, artist, musician, and all-faiths minister who brings creativity, compassion, and humor to all her classes and workshops. She is a former Jazz musician who cut her teeth in front of NYC audiences. For full Bio click here. Chaula’s new record label, Chaula™ Yoga & Music, just released an awesome new chanting CD entitled MULTI-COLORED CHANT.
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