Blog: A Space for Sharing
The Singing Village: a multilayered metaphor
A ‘place’ for the imagination, and a way to be in community, reimagining ancestral ways. An alchemy of skills and co-operation, a simultaneity of many happenings. Singing within living soundscapes.
Someone made it up: spontaneous song and the reclaiming of folklore
A reflection on where songs come from, who they belong to, and what can change through spontaneous collective singing.
Bringing fully improvised music into a health setting
As an a cappella vocal quartet we have been researching and practicing what we call CVI (collaborative vocal improvisation)…
Spontaneous Collective Singing for music therapists and ceremony leaders: an introduction
In this introductory training I offer a direct experience of different models for generating and sharing spontaneous vocal music - among them what we call Circlesinging and Collaborative Vocal Improvisation…
The Singing Village in Action
We understand voice, the sum of our voices and bodies as our creative substance, expressive vehicle and shared playground. Sometimes this is our starting place…
The Singing Village - Vocal Improvisation in community
The Singing Village is a term that emerged through my experiences with groups of vocal improvisers, to describe the many ways to relate, co-create and access spontaneous collective song…