Joy Of Singing is an exciting A Cappella singing workshop for shower singers and experienced singers alike. Singing together creates a magical experience that opens the heart and connects people. It is an incredible tool for the release of stress and helps us to relate to others. This workshop covers skills on how to hold your own part in a harmony, understanding what makes up a harmony, and aligning your voice to it by exploring the exciting sounds of A Cappella music. Experience the joy and healing that singing together brings. Build confidence. Become uplifted and energised! Brian Martin combines many musical and healing talents to facilitate this enjoyable experience of singing world music and rhythms. Enjoy blending rich, wonderful harmonies from around the world with songs from African, European, Latin, Islander, Middle Eastern World Music, Folk, Gospel, and more!! No former experience is necessary, just a willingness to sing and have fun.
Joy Of Harmonising is about playing with the voice, harmonising, and literally making it up on the spot! It’s about discovering the skills you have to harmonise, tricks for expanding your options, and playing with new harmony. Learn how to build your own library of sounds through musical elements, discover what makes soloing work, and have loads of fun at the same time…Elements covered are: Opening Your Options, Uniting Your Ideas, and Consolidating And Playing. Create vocal grooves. ‘Jam’ with your voice!
Harmony Leader Training Workshop ~ “Spreading The Joy “~ with Brian Martin
2 ½ Half Day Intensive (Next one 19-21 June, Bellingen, NSW)
Who can attend the Harmony Leader Training Workshop?
Ideal for teachers, choirmasters, group facilitators and those who find themselves teaching others in any musical capacity, or who wish to! This workshop is a must for you to hone your skills or learn more about creating harmony in your community. Whether you are a seasoned conductor or a enthusiastic beginner this workshop will support whatever level you are at and is loads of fun too !! Reading music is not required.
Do you teach melody or harmony to others, or want to?
Can you hold your own part?
Do you lead a community harmony/musical group and want to improve your skills?
If yes, then the Harmony Leader Training Workshop is for you!!
This intensive workshop provides a set of valuable tools to assist you as teachers, conductors and individuals to develop and improve your OWN harmony leader techniques. Internationally renowned vocal coach and harmony master Brian Martin will impart useful techniques for you to apply as a facilitator of vocal groups or for adaptation to other musical training, e.g. solo or instrumental musicians.
The course will cover:
Starting & leading a song
Conducting techniques—universal and learnt
Skills for teaching songs and harmonies (rapport, chunking, pacing, etc.)
Group cohesion and methods of positive reinforcement
Rehearsal and performance techniques
The art of making learning fun
Bring questions and your enthusiasm!!
The Voice Training Workshop incorporates vocal coaching and will give you an understanding of the anatomy and physiology related to using the voice. Discover how to use your voice more effectively along with the tricks to achieve it. Develop vocal projection and control, increase voice range, flexibility, clarity, volume, depth, and durability. Learn the skills and techniques required for effective voice maintenance, control over pitch, rhythm, blending, and tone colour, and address effective confidence building posture. The workshop includes performance tricks and soloing techniques, and more general vocal control, using the colourful music of ethnic cultures from around the world and other contemporary influences. Empower yourself to use your voice the way you would like to, by understanding what makes the voice ‘tick’. All while having fun with pictures, exercises, and demonstrations where you pretend to be parts of the voice box! Ideal for singers, performers, teachers, group facilitators, public speakers, and in fact anyone who wishes to improve and understand their voice.
The Joy Of Voice Power is for teachers, public speakers, facilitators, singers, actors, or anyone who wants to summon greater power in their voice. What is it about some people, that has everyone engaged when they speak or sing? What gives voice POWER? With more than twenty years experience in voice production, teaching people from all walks of life how to perform with joy and confidence, Brian Martin now shares his insights with you. Brian will help you discover what voice power is and how to come to know it, feel it and enjoy it within yourself. By exploring the physical, emotional, mental and energetic aspects of voice production through applied vocal techniques, song and movement, you will learn how to deliver your voice with impact and ease, while having fun. Learn how to use clarity, projection, and presence to unleash the power of your own voice!
The Joy Of Body Percussion will leave you feeling uplifted, invigorated and alive. Brian’s wonderful sense of timing and rhythm enhance this experiential workshop; he will ‘break it down’ and help you discover how much fun you can have slapping yourself around! Body percussion is dynamic, energetic and surprisingly easy to learn. Suitable for all levels of fitness and rhythm. “It’s very exciting, like a poet learning to read and write poems except that music is much simpler to learn than English!”….Brian Martin
Read Music to Sing!
Do you want to read and sing the music – right from the page?
Learn to use, improve, understand and explain the principles and skills of reading music.
Spend 15 hours immersed in learning and singing with an enthusiastic, generous group.
This workshop will transform your ability to find your voice in the music and sing your part!
Spend two days and an evening with legendary harmony teacher