3 residentials @ Earth Spirit Centre, Nr Glastonbury: 8-12 Oct ‘23 · 11-15 Feb ‘24 · 2-6 June ‘24
Plus 3 weekends @ Ashprington Village Hall, Totnes, Devon: 18-19 Nov ‘23 · 30-31 March ‘24 · 4-5 May ‘24
Wild Voice Solid Roots level 3-4 is a program unlike any other.
It’s a year-long training with 18 days in-person, and support between sessions.
It’s a deep dive into the advanced art of Vocal Improvisation and Collaborative Vocal Improvisation (CVI). It will likely transform your voice and your relationship with your voice, cultivating a more emboldened and authentic way of singing and, I dare say, being. You will probably end the year ready to teach, practice, perform record and co-create CVI.
This is for intermediate - advanced singers, people with music degrees, choir leaders, performing / recording artists, composers / singer songwriters and such, who want to dive deep into CVI and vocal musicianship.
We’ll study music theory for singers through the voice, ear and body: rhythm, melody and harmony at Levels 3 and Level 4. (Possibly supported by the app for your practice in between gatherings if the advanced courses are ready by then.) It will get your chops up to a good standard to support the rigour behind your creative magnificence as a vocal improviser, in a way that can also be applied more widely to your musicianship, be it as a composer, arranger, songwriter, choir leader, producer, teacher or so on.
We typically study music theory in the mornings and more free-form and expressive CVI in the afternoons.
It’s an 18 day course spread over 8 months, with three residential 4-day gatherings at Earth Spirit Centre, near Glastonbury, Somerset and three non-residential weekends at Ashprington Village Hall near Totnes, Devon.
Studying CVI, Rhythm, Melody, Harmony, performance and recording.
30th March - we’ll have an open studio on the Saturday Evening at Ashprington, where the public is invited to witness you singing in our familiar environment
4th May - We’ll have a public performance in a concert hall in the Totnes Area
5th June - we’ll have a mobile sound engineer come for a day of recording which will also be filmed. (We’ll all share ownership of the unedited recordings and footage and you can use / edit what you want, subject to consent from everyone in that piece. You can opt out.)
Timing of each day is typically: 8-9am yoga or dance on residentials; 10-1 Solid Roots 2.30 - 5.30pm Wild Voice. 6.30pm dinner, evenings can be free / talking / support / singing together / rest / Wildlings Cabarets / sound healing.
Price, depending on accommodation in the residentials, including healthy mostly organic food on the residentials:
Camping/van* £3015
Standard shared £3115
En suite shared £3225
Standard Single £3300
En suite single £3425
Payment plan available: email info@brionygreenhill.com for more information.
2 assistant places are available at a £500 discount: email info@brionygreenhill.com to apply.
*option to combine camping and room for colder months, priced accordingly
Including
All teaching
Accommodation at Earth Spirit
3 healthy organic meals per day during the residentials (plus snacks and hot drinks). (£26 supplement for special generic diet, i.e. gluten/dairy free)
Monthly group support calls
Support buddy pair system through the year
Sound engineer, camera person, and the concerts.
Up to 16 students.
You will get most out of the course if you clear space in in your life for a daily music practice, 30mins - 2h per day 5 days per week. The more time you allocate, the richer your results will be.