Throughout these 4 days, a small group of singers and song leaders will have the chance to explore together and deepen the understanding of different forms and models of collaborative vocal improvisation, including Circlesinging. Everyone will have the opportunity to lead and be led by others, as well as acquire some fundamental tools to develop their own improvisational language and musicianship, and gain confidence in group-leading skills.

This seminar is addressed at everyone interested in leading groups of people- singers and non-singers into spontaneous 'in the moment' group singing. These inclusive community music-making moments can be a useful way to integrate people, enhance communication and creativity in schools, courses, retreats, at the workplace… and to generate a flow of wellbeing chemicals in everyone's brain, and a sense of relaxation, warmth, belonging, therefore becoming a meditative practice.

The core elements will be diverse exercises and games in the areas of rhythm, melody construction, use of invented language, harmony and tone quality. We will explore Circlesinging and VoiceOrchestra techniques, grooves and harmonic sequences with two distinct and complementary objectives:

*to create strong, supportive, interesting backgrounds for the singers to explore and develop solo improvisation.

*to empower the singers to create, orchestrate and conduct their own circlesongs and other forms of collaborative music.

Guillermo is interested in the dance between spontaneous music-making, listening, collaboration, sound and silence.

The invitation: 

To remember our innate musical intelligence and capacity to share music and meaning with other humans. To sing our essential nature, deepening the quality of our listening. To feel at home within ourselves and let our inner confidence grow… so that we can embrace many ways to learn, in togetherness and by ourselves, that don’t require striving onwards and upwards but instead, dropping deep into the joy and wisdom and creativity that lays within each and every one of us.

If you have any questions, contact me here.

Registration:

To secure a space pay in full below.

Please contact Guillermo for a payment plan (instalments).

Course info: 

Guillermo invites singers to participate in a full week of learning and exploring circlesinging and collaborative-improvisation. Inspired by Bobby McFerrin, this artform encourages singer’s freedom, creativity, vocal skills, confidence improvising and singing in ensemble, deep listening and all-round musicianship. It can also be a wonderful experience of human connection at a deep level. Guillermo also includes yoga in his work as an invitation to open up body and voice and invite an experience of all- round awareness, stillness and aliveness and celebrate each person’s essential sound.

Aimed at anybody willing to experience group singing and sharing, expand their musicianship and discover melodic and rhythmic patterns from diverse musical traditions and the joy of singing together. A valuable tool for all singers and musicians, music and voice teachers and group facilitators as well as anybody who enjoys being part of a choir.

The students will have:

• Morning yoga 

• Vocal warmup 

• Circlesongs practice

• Improvisation and circlesinging laboratory 

• Vocal Games

• Final Student Concert

• Pick up airport and drop 

• Accommodation for 7 nights

• Meals included (breakfast, lunch and dinner) – if you have allergies please let us know.

• Trip around Madeira island and traditional meal

The aim is to have intensive singing classes at the beautiful island of Madeira for a period of 7 days combining a great vacation with hard work and nature.

Circu-tribe: a weekend to experience circle singing and connection. 24 (or 25) - 26 April 2020 @ Casa Cares (30 km from Florence) 16 residential places with all meals included 12 hours of course + Circlesong (Friday evening) EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT (- € 20 for each option) IF YOU REGISTER BEFORE JANUARY 30th registration and information: grozenthuler@gmail.com / whatsapp +447973770942

This weekend is aimed at experienced singers who want to refine their vocality, rhythmic understanding, listening skills and the expression of emotions through singing (many people together = a single beating heart!). The seminar is also aimed at vocal improvisers, who will be able to acquire a new musical vocabulary for their improvisations, as well as to the conductors and participants of the CircleSong groups, to treasure the experience of sharing circular music and the "sense of the tribe" even with people never met before. The CircleSinging will be led by Guillermo, but other facilitators will also have space to conduct and those who wish can integrate the Circles with vocal solos. Circlesinging is an art form, but it is also a personal growth tool that allows you to get in touch with "the wisdom of the body" and with the experience of team work that goes deep. We will work on the refinement of precision in terms of rhythm, harmony, timbre, articulation, improvisation, energy, listening and cohesion. Singing in a circle for a long time can teach us to become better musicians, and it can also become a way to know us as singers and as human beings, to feel the connection with others.

Friday 24 Apr (or Saturday 25 Apr) - Sunday 26 Apr 2020 @ Casa Cares. Via Pietrapiana, 56, 50066 Reggello FI, Italy

Option 1: arrival on Friday evening, dinner on Friday + 2 nights in a double room + all meals on Saturday and Sunday + 12 hours of course + CircleSong on Friday evening = £250 .

Option 2: arrival on Saturday morning: all meals on Saturday and Sunday + 1 night in a double room + 12 hours of course = £210

Option 3: meals on Saturday and Sunday + 12 hours of course = € 190 Hours: (Friday : registration 18.30. Dinner 19.00. CircleSong 21.00. Saturday breakfast 8.00). Saturday: registration 9.30. Course 10.00-13.00 - Lunch. Course 1500-18.00. Dinner 19.00. Sunday: breakfast 8.00. Course: 10.00-13.00. Lunch Course 15.00-18.00

Registration and information: grozenthuler@gmail.com / whatsapp +447973770942

GMF LONDON INTERNATIONAL JAZZ COURSE AND FESTIVAL 2020

WITH DON BRADEN, CHAMPIAN FULTON, GUILLERMO ROZENTHULER, NEL BEGLEY, JIM MULLEN, ARNIE SOMOGYI, AND MORE..

APRIL 16 - 19, 2020

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, London

Global Music Foundation comes to Pizza Express Jazz Club, for another celebration of great music, combining a jazz fest with intensive workshops and classes, and bringing together another exciting lineup of first rate world leading artists, as well as show casing young upcoming stars.

What is included in the course and event?

Mornings

Group workshops for general musicianship

• Pulse

• Circlesinging- Body - Breath with Guillermo

• Instrumental and vocal classes with Guillermo

Afternoons

• Master-classes - with Q&A's and participation

• Ensemble / Combo - create pieces for performance with expert guidance and support

Evening Events - Jazz Festival

• Concerts each night at Pizza Express Jazz Club

• After hours jam session with students and tutors

Performance

Participation in a public performance at the end of the course combining the students with GMF artists on Sunday April 19 at Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho.

Circlesinging in Siena, Italy. Organised by Voca-libre: maryel70@libero.it.

Throughout these 4 days, a small group of singers and song leaders will have the chance to explore together and deepen the understanding of different forms and models of collaborative vocal improvisation, including Circlesinging. Everyone will have the opportunity to lead and be led by others, as well as acquire some fundamental tools to develop their own improvisational language and musicianship, and gain confidence in group-leading skills.

This seminar is addressed at everyone interested in leading groups of people- singers and non-singers into spontaneous 'in the moment' group singing. These inclusive community music-making moments can be a useful way to integrate people, enhance communication and creativity in schools, courses, retreats, at the workplace… and to generate a flow of wellbeing chemicals in everyone's brain, and a sense of relaxation, warmth, belonging, therefore becoming a meditative practice.

The core elements will be diverse exercises and games in the areas of rhythm, melody construction, use of invented language, harmony and tone quality. We will explore Circlesinging and VoiceOrchestra techniques, grooves and harmonic sequences with two distinct and complementary objectives:

*to create strong, supportive, interesting backgrounds for the singers to explore and develop solo improvisation.

*to empower the singers to create, orchestrate and conduct their own circlesongs and other forms of collaborative music.

Guillermo is interested in the dance between spontaneous music-making, listening, collaboration, sound and silence.

The invitation: 

To remember our innate musical intelligence and capacity to share music and meaning with other humans. To sing our essential nature, deepening the quality of our listening. To feel at home within ourselves and let our inner confidence grow… so that we can embrace many ways to learn, in togetherness and by ourselves, that don’t require striving onwards and upwards but instead, dropping deep into the joy and wisdom and creativity that lays within each and every one of us.

If you have any questions, contact me here.

Registration:

To secure a space pay in full below.

Please contact Guillermo for a payment plan (instalments).

2 days of body percussion and collective song for everyone, including facilitators.

Info: grozenthuler@gmail.com

Circu-Lab presents: We are Music!
Circular Music Workshop with Stefano Baroni

London, 21-22 March 2020, 1pm-6pm

Every gesture, every movement, every sound can be a doorway for creating and organizing music. Clapping, stomping, singing, listening, interacting, integrating movement and music, not just dancing over a Rhythm but creating rhythms in movement, building relationships and exploring cultures through it.

This workshop will be focused upon the use of Body Music (body percussion and voice) as a tool to create structured music or music ‘in the moment’ and to develop collaborative musical activities that can be used in many situations, from education to community/team building or music therapy.

Day 1: Circular music games: using body percussion, voice and movement to create interactions and nurture relationships.

Day 2: Let's Create Music: using body music and voice to develop coordination, a stronger sense of rhythm, to create collective grooves and sing songs over them.

2 -hour Laboratories of Collaborative Vocal Improv. Contact me for information about content and to get the ZOOM link.

June 20

July 4

Regular singing group, fortnightly on a Tuesday 7.30 pm - 9 pm in North London. Please contact me to get the ZOOM link.

June 2, 16 and 30

July 14 and 28

Circu-tribe with Chaps Choir, London. I’ve been invited to offer a Circlesinging experience to the Chaps Choir. Open to Chap’s Choir members only.

5 and 12 March, 7-9 pm