Embodied listening and voice workshop by Lou Barnell
Join us for a workshop for curious non-musicians and music makers alike, designed to be calming and build your confidence making improvised music with your voice, body and objects.
artist, researcher vocalist Lou Barnell will guide you through a series of Sonic Meditations used by the late pioneering composer Pauline Oliveros, comibined with her own sensory and object-based ASMR meditations.
You will experiment with using your voices together and individually. Together we will consider listening as an act of radical resistance and love.
Activities are intended to relax you deeply and to prepare you for some group improvised music and sound making.
The workshop is for women and marginalised genders. Ages 16+. All levels of experience welcome, and no experience neccessary.
The workshop includes an element of being still and lying down, so please bring warm clothing, a cushion/blanket/mat with you to ensure your comfort. Chairs will also be provided for those who need to sit.
