December Vocal Workshop: Poll + Info (Patreon)

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Aloha, Patrons!

If you're interested in taking a voice class with me, please read on and share your feedback.

Join me for a 3-week Vocal Workshop for Beginners on Zoom

I believe voice work is fundamental for all humans.  We all use our voices, and I believe life on many levels becomes easier when we are more comfortable with using our literal and figurative voices.  The voice incorporates breath, relaxation, emotions, storytelling, communication, the whole body.  The voice is an instrument we are all born with, and one that takes a lot of self-awareness to command.  When you have control of your voice, you have the confidence to express yourself in whatever way you like.   

After observing many of my uke students in their musical journeys (mostly through the 100 Days of Ukulele project), I believe that a stronger understanding of the voice will help these players break through to the next level of musicality.  The principles of rhythm, melody, tone, and dynamics, which apply to all music, can be felt in the body more directly through singing.  In order to play and sing better, we must work on the singing independently.  Before I taught ukulele, I was a vocal coach for singers and actors.  Teaching voice, which requires deep listening and processing of individual singers' challenges, gave me the tools to teach ukulele on a global scale.

I've been considering how best to share my vocal teaching.  While I have posted some voice videos (will share links below), the fundamentals of voice are better ingrained with a longer-form, regular, in-person training.  I've decided to start with a 3-week Vocal Workshop for Beginners in December.  We will meet live on Zoom, with audio muted but with cameras on - it's important that I can see your physicality, which is key to good voice technique.  You can unmute for Q&A.  My goal is to share voice fundamentals before the next 100 Days of Ukulele Project starts, so folks can incorporate it as part of the next project. 

*This workshop is an experiment* - this is my first time teaching this kind of a group vocal workshop online.  Three weeks is enough time to build important fundamentals and also get feedback on how to make this format work.  I welcome your feedback, and a spirit of creative exploration.

Poll: Are you interested?  When can you meet?

Here are the details I have so far for the December Vocal Workshop. 

• Dates: Tuesdays, December 7, 14, 21
• Early session meets 10am Hawaii Time (click for time converter) - good for UK/Europe!
• Late session meets 4pm Hawaii Time (click for time converter)
• Must attend live via Zoom - this class is intended to be live only.  I'm not ready to offer this workshop as a recording.  I would rather have all parties fully engaged.
• Each class will meet for 55 minutes and include breathing and warmups, singing, and Q&A.
• For the duration of the workshop, you will be asked to practice daily.
• To sign up, you'll join a new $30 tier on Patreon (which will include all lower tier benefits).  The tier will become available in December.
• Classes will be limited in size.

Please answer the poll below if you plan on signing up.  Your feedback will help me finalize the details of the class.  More questions?  Post in the comments below.

I will be running the class again in January, and will likely offer more sessions, so please vote accordingly on the poll below if you're interested in January voice class!

Prepare: some voice exercises to get started

Ideally, you can get comfortable with this voice exercise on the ukulele.  It will build your ear and ability to hear yourself while also hearing the tone of the uke.

I have several exercises posted on my mindbodyvoice channel.  Please start with Day 1 and build up to Day 10 as a daily vocal warmup.

Folks at the $20 tier also have access to this Intro to Singing Workshop that I taught last year.

Thank you for reading this far!  Hope to see you in the workshop!

xo cynthia.