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