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Who is the Workshop For?

THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR CREATIVE MUSICIANS

whowant to bringjoyandimaginationintotheir singing.

choir singers and choir leaders community musiciansmusic and singing teachers music therapists singers and music students.

enlivenall theirmusic making,andIt represents a totally new approach to improvisation

and will provide practical and creative techniques for participants of ALL LEVELS.

is the director of 'Tonalis Music Centre’ where you will findthere is always ‘more to music than meets the ears’. He regularly teaches improvisationand has a wide background as a performer in free improvisation groups, influenced by theacclaimed improviser Pär Ahlbom. Michael is recognised for being that rare exponent inmusic, an expert with a universal attitude, a specialist equally at home with professionalsand non-specialists alike.

In particular it will help:

(for booking by March 15th) (by May 1st) (thereafter)

10am-6pmSaturday ; 10am - 5pm Sunday

Bring & Share Lunches or Local cafés.

Please complete & send to the above addresswith your cheque payable to - ‘Tonalis’.

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A BOOKSHOP OF RESOURCES related to the workshop theme will also be available

Testimonial

Workshop Leader

What Tonalis achieves cuts through the inhibitions and prejudices which so negativelyaffect music making and restores the magic and humanity of real musical experience.NICHOLAS BANNAN - former Director of ‘Music Teaching in Private Practice’ at Reading Univ.

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Fee £75 £82 £90

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Concessions: £68

Couples/Partners & Group Bookings (3+): £65/ £72/£80 each

Work Scholarship: £55

ARegistration Letter

for students, OAPs, & the unwaged when booked with evidence by April 1st.

(dates as above)

(Please check availability)

incl. Travel Directions will be sent on Receipt of your Application.

TONALIS, 4 Castle Farm Close, Leighterton, GLOS, GL8 8UY

APPLICATION FORM - Vocal Improvisation, SUSSEX

Name: email:

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Enquiries: info@tonalismusic.co.ukTEL: 01666-890460 /

VENUE - Peredur Centre, East Grinstead, SUSSEX

Workshop Led by Michael Deason-Barrow

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There are some people who say‘YES’to adventure,whilst others say ‘no’in order to keep things safe.

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So if you want to:

unleash magical qualities in the music you sing

learnhowtomakemusiconamore inspirational levelthen is for !

transformingthemusicalboundariesweoftenhidebehind,

lt’sTime to Become Discoverers of Musicand GetYour CreativeVoices Going.

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Helps us discover the creator within usand the sheer joy of ‘playing’ music

Brings music to life and helps us to be alive in the music

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Represents a different form of musical intelligence.

to be and alive in the moment

Helps to develop listening, communication and sense of community

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We were all born spontaneous musical improvisers.We even speak of ‘PLAYING’ music.

Butasadults,we tend to forget thisandbecomeboggeddownby inhibitionsaboutcreatingmusic.In fact,music making is often characterisedby a lack of PLAY.All this ledPicasso to remark,

So why do so many musicians let so much creativity evade them?One reason is that the dominance of playing music from notation has led improvisation tobe undervalued in the holistic development of the musician. Thus, in traditional worlds ofmusic making, improvisation isn’t the first word that comes to mind. In fact, it’s sometimesperceived as being irrelevant, or as something that only belongs to jazz musicians.

“every child is an artist - the problem is how to remain an artist once she grows up”.

So it’s time to become more than mere inheritors of music.

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Creative Imagination in Singing and ChoirsWhat We’ll Do

Michael will explore with you exciting imaginative ways ofhelping you enter into improvisation.

So come and enjoy:i) co-creating a stunning array of vocal colours, harmonies, rhythms and textures

which lead to multicultural, archetypal and contemporary forms of musicing.

ii) discovering how you can bring the benefits of spontaneity and soulful expressioninto voicework so that singing can always be linked to your creative self.

iii) exploring how towith intriguing names (e.g. ‘the energy ball’, ‘tone journey’ and ‘don’t drop the drone’).

AWAKEN YOUR MUSICAL IMAGINATION VIA WARM-UPS

Explore different Forms of Improvisation

Explore Improvisation in Different Fields of Music, e.g.

The workshop will introduce you to many different forms of improvisation, based on:

e.g. Gospel, Irish Folk, and Medieval Music

e.g. - Improvisations on Modes and Indian Ragas- Improvising over Harmonic Sequences fromBach toBlues- Co-creating dynamic Rhythmic Jazz-like Grooves.

Come and explore the dynamic world ofHere a leader signs the singers using sculptural gestures with intriguing names, such as:

In turn the musicians respond freely with improvised sound.

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MUSICAL STYLES AND IDIOMS,

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NEW COMPOSITIONS WHICH CALL FOR IMPROVISATION.

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FREE FORM IMPROVISATIONS OF AND

These invite you to explore new pathways in music (e.g. via improvising in free tonalities)insteadof following familiar fixed forms basedonpast habits.

singers choirs go deeper into the music they aresinging. So come and explore how to improvise on the rhythms, melodies, scales andharmonies foundineachcomposition, inorder tohelp you into composers imagination .

where it can help people enter into ‘the space between I and You’,

via improvisations called and ‘

where it can create amazing transformational possibilities

where it canput us in touch with intuitiveand spiritual sidesofourselves.

Sound Painting with Voices

Get Inside the Music

CHORAL SOUND PAINTING.

IT’S GREAT FUN!Long Tones, Swirls, Pointillism, Minimalism, Scanning, Hit, Shapeline,

‘Sound Swaps’, ‘Rainforest’ The UnitedNations’

and many more .

COMMUNITY MUSICING

THERAPEUTIC MUSIC

SPIRITUALPRACTICE

MAKING