Hello singers of Vashon, Seattle and Salish Sea area. Do you love to, or would you love to explore, improvised singing with others?

Co-creating satisfying, suprising, oftentimes really quite magical singing with others.

An approach to singing that has the creativity of a singer-songwriter path, paird with the communality of the choir path. Many of us call this Collaborative Vocal Improvisation, CVI.

The Guardian (UK) calls me “one of the world’s leading proponents of Collaborative Vocal Improvisation - CVI” - though I bow to my seniors, Rhiannon, Bobby McFerrin and some of their peers. But, wow, Vocal Improvisation has mushroomed; the mycellial network now spans the globe, and we have The Well Global Vocal Improvisation Network. I am one of a host of co-founders.

I shall be visiting Vashon Island because a dear friend lives there, because I have been invited to teach all of the choral students at Seattle University. And I will again offer a weekend workshop while I visit. I am a dual citizen UK-US.

This is for:

singers new to the artform who enjoy singing, can sing in tune and keep a beat, and want an adventure and

Folks who have tried vocal improvisation before and want to return to the well.

We will: ground in the body and breath; move and wake up the embodied voice from pelvis to head. We’ll circle sing, ground in rhythm, co create sound baskets from interlocking patterns, solo over them. We’ll improvise with words, express ourselves, open the poetic and do all kinds of things with it. We’ll rest when we need to.

I am in the question of: Shall we have a Friday night 7-9pm as well as the weekend? It would give us a little more time. But how does that work for your logistics if you are travelling in? Please let me know and we will pin this down well in advance of the actual weekend.

Cost

Tier 1: $300

Tier 2: $200

Tier 3: $100

To apply:

Please email info@brionygreenhill.com

You can pay via Venmo @Briony-Greenhill, or paypal brionygmusic@gmail.com.