Some participants during Wild Voice, Solid Roots year-long course 2019
Hello dear Singer!
I am offering a weekend introduction to the wonderful art of Collaborative Vocal Improvisation, CVI, for people who can sing in tune, keep a beat, and want an adventure.
CVI is a wonderful artform of improvising vocal music together with others in the moment. It’s thrilling and fun and challenging and can deeply connect us to ourselves, one another, and our surroundings.
If you haven’t worked with me before, let’s start by laying some good ground. We’ll explore forms and approaches to improvising with others, vocally. I’ll provide a safe holding for all that it might bring up for you. We’ll take a deep journey into your resonant body, help you cultivate a healthy loving relationship with your voice, and set it free.
CVI is a thrilling, challenging, beautiful approach to singing. The Bay Area is so full of rich opportunities to do this; from Bobby McFerrin at the Freight & Salvage on Mondays to Dave Worm’s great teaching to all the groups gathering to do this together, and I’m sure there’s more I don’t know.
Each teacher and practitioner has their own style of working; so if you’re new to working with me, I invite you to start at the beginning. Students often end up working with me over many years and these can be long and beautiful relationships into a deeply empowered, free, competent relationship with an available, intuitively and technically capable, healthy voice.
So if you’d like to meet me in January, here I am.
Briony Greenhill is “one of the world’s leading proponents of collaborative vocal improvisation (CVI)” - The Guardian.
CVI is the art of co-creating vocal music in the moment. Here is a short film about Briony’s teaching. Briony is in the lineage of Bobby McFerrin, Rhiannon, Joey Blake and others, and holds the transformational aspects of the art form with skill and care.
Briony is a co-founder of The Well Global Vocal Improvisation Network, and the UK Vocal Improvisation Festival.
She has released 4 entirely improvised albums. Her debut studio album took improvisations and reproduced them adding instrumentation in the studio: Crossing the Ocean featured in The Guardian, Mojo, Radio 3, Woman’s Hour and more.
Briony teaches vocal musicianship from beginner to advanced levels, while also honouring the spiritual, ritual and therapeutic application of CVI. She is a qualified SomaSource Leader; a “psycho-spiritual educator, artist, activist and healer who has an integrated understanding of how to creatively work in developmentally attuned ways with diverse people throughout life’s cycles.” You can read more about Briony’s teaching values, Vocal Musicianship Trainings, and a history of vocal improvisation in the American tradition here.
Students have said:
“One of the most powerful experiences of my life! I feel changed on a cellular level!” (ok it was a 4 day retreat not a weekend…)
“Briony really made us all feel at home – starting off with exercises that didn’t force me outside of my comfort zone, and a no judgement pact, really allowed me to feel comfortable with the group, which then gave me the confidence to try out some solos.”
“It was seriously fun, crazy, inspiring, opening and meditative, all at the same time.”
“Some singing teachers teach you sing with your voice. Briony teaches you to sing with your heart and sing from your soul.”
“You made it feel like a womb. Protected, loved, nourished, warm and holding.”
Timing
Saturday arrive 10am for a 10.15 start.
Sunday arrive 10.45 for an 11am start
Each day, we’ll be done by 4.45pm for a 5pm departure.
Please bring a packed lunch and any snacks you will need. Teas will be provided.
Cost and Registration
Tier 1 $325
Tier 2 $225
Tier 3 $125
We invite you in integrity to select your tier, we don’t assess you. Payment plans are available: email info@brionygreenhill.com to arrange something that works for you.
Please Register Here
and Pay Directly via Venmo or Paypal:
Venmo @Briony-Greenhill
Paypal brionygmusic@gmail.com
If you have any questions, please email info@brionygreenhill.com.