Group Singing with David Eskenazy: Rhythm and Vocal Improvisation

GROUP SINGING international SUMMER WORKSHOPS WITH DAVID ESKENAZY :
RHYTHM AND VOCAL IMPROVISATION, in the magical place of NOGARET
( south of FRANCE, next to Montpellier)

35h residential workshop designed and run by David Eskenazy


about the venue : nogaret.org

A group of fortunate singers will have the pleasure to live this musical adventure in the magical place of Nogaret in the middle of nature. This workshop is structured around two discrete approaches to singing: “Rhythm and voice” (usually in the morning) and ʻCircle songʼ (in the afternoon). Both are dealt with in synergy. A final concert with all the trainees is planned. Intense moments to come!

Dates : We are happy to offer you two summer workshops this year :
-Workshop 1 : From june the 29th ( welcome dinner) to july the 5th ( farewell breakfast).

-Workshop 2 : From August the 3d ( welcome dinner) to the 9th ( farewell breakfast).

Every day 9h30-13h/15h-18h30.

Fees : 390 € including meals ( quality vegetarian food) and bed.


Our AMATEUR TRAINING courses are intended for competent and professional singers who have good intonation (pitch accuracy), good vocal bases and a good sense of natural rhythm. Although entitled ʻamateurʼ, the work carried out on these courses is quite demanding, with respect to the rhythm of work as much as to the involvement of the participants.
RHYTHM AND VOICE MORNINGS:
These mornings are about learning to sing phrases ʻcoupledʼ with small percussive parts, carried out simultaneously by tapping the hands on the body. The parts are slow and broken down. By participating in this activity singers discover the intense pleasure of experiencing two rhythms simultaneously.
CIRCLE SONG AFTERNOONS:
Having laid solid (analytical) foundations in the morning and deeply integrated the phrases, the afternoon consists of individual improvisations over (the group singing) this material.
Circle Song is a simple and quasi-ancestral singing form/configuration, where a group of singers, placed in a circle ʻpass aroundʼ a basic motif, inspired by African, Latin, groove, traditional folk and jazz influences. The singers take turns improvising. Circle Song provides singers with an ideal context in which to listen, share, and carry out an individual/personal study of vocal improvisation, where it is possible to deal with the following aspects:
RHYTHM
• Group (rhythmic) steadiness: knowing how to keep pace with the rhythmic pulse of the group singing different
vocal parts.
• Polyrhythmic singing: knowing how to sing a part while listening to other parts
SOUND
• Using hierarchy: learning to sing over different dynamic levels following the soloist. Hierarchising layers of
sound, with the coachʼs help, so as to reveal the full breadth of the resulting music.
IMPROVISATION
• Confronting individual improvisation over a group accompaniment
• Working with modes of collective improvisation
• the group generates its own forms structured with the ʻrules of the gameʼ.