The Embodied Voice

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Our voice has the ability to gather and reflect great nuance and subtlety. In addition to providing a clear, embodied approach to freeing the voice, this class will explore the vast array of un-tapped vocal colors available to us when we explore the connection between emotion, breath and sound.
 
Topics covered (taught through a combination of lecture and exercises w/live student(s):

• The free voice: introduction to vocal alignment through the Systems of Breath, Articulation (vowel placement) & Resonance (directing the breath)
• Understanding the voice holistically: integrating/coordinating breath, body & voice
• Posture and body alignment: the body as the resonating cavity of the voice
• Opening the resonators and clarifying tone; vocal energy and projection
• Expanding our vocal pallet and sound imagination
• Connecting emotion to vocal color: opening the pathways to primal, deeply felt, human sounds

ABOUT BISAN TORON

Bisan Toron is an internationally acclaimed vocal artist and voice teacher.  She studied classical voice performance at NYU and holds a masters in Ethnomusicology from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. She did further studies in voice and improvisation with the Roy Hart-based company, Pantheatre in Paris, France. Her music is informed by a multitude of cultures and vocal traditions, which she threads with vocal articulations that arise from the moment.