Frankie’s Adventures in Voice workshop series will be held on Friday mornings -28th June, 5th and 12th July – 10am-12noon. This is a course of 3 sessions, but is also open to people who only wish to attend 1 or 2.
Each session is 2 hours long (with a short break in the middle). Frankie begins each session with a short voice warm-up, and then moves into the main theme. There is some necessary talking, but the main part of each session is DOING.
Session 1: Imagination – bringing voice and song fully alive
Bringing imagination to bear, whether in ‘warmups’ or song interpretation, brings qualities to the voice that ‘paint’ the meaning and mood of a song. Frankie offers some of the exercises and explorations that she has developed to help people bring the voice and songs fully to life.
Session 2: ReWilding the Voice
A chance to play with breath, shakes, hiccups, yodels and slides, and improvise around the sounds we hear in other cultures that allow for more freedom and flexibility in their singing. We use songs and voices from around the world to inspire us to discover different timbres, ornamentation and scales from those we may be most familiar with.
This is not about learning songs, rather it involves exploring vocal styles, such as snake lullabies, goat milking songs, mountain hollers, and of course working in the fields. There is no right or wrong, just the joy of exploration.
Session 3: Voices of the Archetypes of Myth
An exciting way to expand vocal colour, range and expressivity. General body-breath-voice preparation leads into specific preparation for the particular Archetype/s to be explored using movement, visualisation, imagination and vocal exploration. Frankie then guides you through a story (the journey) which gives you the opportunity to inhabit the larger-than-life world of the timeless figures of mythology and legend and to discover the vocal qualities that they evoke.
Practical information:
Time: 10am-12noon for each session. The Zoom session will open at 9.50am to give you time to connect in and make sure your equipment is working, so that we can start promptly at 10am. We will use a fresh link for each session – you will be sent the first link when we receive your payment for the course.
We’ll start with a few introductions, and ground rules for the session.
Your space: Ideally we’d like you to have enough space to be able to move freely, and so that you can step back from your computer/tablet/phone – but still see(and hear) Frankie on the screen.
Clothing: Please wear loose comfortable clothing that you can easily move around in.
Hydration/water: Drink some water before the session, and have a water bottle to hand to keep yourself well-hydrated. It’s good to have a good drink an hour or so before the session to get hydration happening by the time we start.
Break: There will be a short break about halfway through the session.
Notes: After each session, you will receive notes from Frankie about what she covered in the session, so that you don’t need to take notes during the session; and can therefore give your full attention to the experience – which will consist of the information and instructions, some structured talk, and mostly be doing.
(We don’t record the sessions or allow recording, as that changes the nature from exploring for yourself in the moment to a feeling of being ‘on show’.)
For more information or to book: contact Frankie on 029 2048 0429 or
frankiearmstrong45@gmail.com or Darien on 07788 966 050 or darien.pritchard@gmail.com
