YOU ARE INVITED TO EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF CIRCLE SINGING

         

All are welcome whatever your perceived level of singing is.  

You may be rusty, or seriously voice-shy yet bursting to experiment with your vocal being, or you may be a more experienced singer who wants to connect, support and be supported through voice with other singers within a community of song.  You might simply want to experience the joy of singing with others.  

 

Adults of all ages and genders are warmly welcome.

 

As a group of people who have never met before, I will gently and playfully lead you into making spontaneous music together which we will make up ‘in the moment’, inspired by you, the group. We will build layers of melodies, harmonies and rhythms to make a song which is unique to us at that time.  Once the circle is built individuals may be invited into the centre to solo if they choose.  

 

The Circle song may be simple or become complex …. It is never the same.

 

Circle Singing is a form or Collaborative Vocal Improvisation (CVI) where a group of people explore creativity through making music together which is made up spontaneously by a conductor or leader.  

 

It’s deeply connecting, liberating, heartwarming and healing. 

 

CVI teacher Guillermo Rozenthaler (https://www.guillermorozenthuler.com) believes that Circle Singing is connected with ancestral ways of music making, that’s why everyone is able to take part regardless of vocal or musical skills.  Since the dawn of humanity people have been singing together to mark events, mourn, gather courage, endure hard work or simply to celebrate. It is commonly understood that it was Bobby McFerrin (https://bobbymcferrin.com) who first used the term ‘Circle Songs’ bringing this beautiful art form and community experience to the attention of the western musical world.