Embodied VoiceWork: Beyond Singing
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Embodied VoiceWork; Beyond Singing is a theoretical, practical and poetic introduction to the practice of Embodied VoiceWork (EVW), an improvisational method originated by singer/composer, professor and vocal music therapy pioneer Lisa Sokolov.
EVW explores vocal improvisation as an expressive language and transformational tool. It lays out the resources and the power within the process of connecting into the essentials of music, the body, and the breath, and freeing the voice.
This work has been applied in music therapy practice, arts education and human potential work. The book contains poetry, theoretical groundwork, and a sequence of 60 serious “games” used in this practice. The appendix lays out a basic curriculum structure for Embodied VoiceWork Practitioners.
Embodied VoiceWork: Beyond Singing is for music therapists, musicians, movers, theater makers, arts therapists, body/mind therapists, educators, professional singers or people who are afraid to sing a note. It is a book for participants and practitioners of Embodied VoiceWork and body/mind/soul explorers.
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction
FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 2: Goals and Premises
Chapter 3: The Language of Music
Chapter 4: We Are All Singers
Chapter 5: The Attitude of Listening
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE PRACTICE OF EMBODIED VOICEWORK
Chapter 6: The Warm-ups
Chapter 7: The Five Tools
Chapter 8: The Call of the Body
Chapter 9: Fear of Process—Faith in Process
SOUNDING THE BODY
Chapter 10: The Spine Roll
Chapter 11: Body Resonance
Chapter 12: The Yawn
Chapter 13: The Path of Breath
Chapter 14: The Integrated Body
THE ESSENTIALS OF MUSIC
Chapter 15: The Theory of Tone and the Overtone Series
Chapter 16: Interval—The Sound of Relationship
Chapter 17: Listening to Melody and Harmonic Movement
Chapter 18: Time
Chapter 19: The Soundscape
OVERVIEW
Chapter 20: The Camera Pans Out and Looks at the Wider Picture
Chapter 21: The Inner State of the Guide
Chapter 22: Individual Work—What a Session Might Look Like
Chapter 23: Four Students Speak
Invite Lisa for a concert, workshop or book event
We will be having book launch readings, parties and concerts in the next few months in honor of Embodied VoiceWork:Beyond Singing. A book launch event will be part concert, part reading, part group sing and part party. If you would like to host an event, please contact us using the form to our right.