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Workshops, Training and Singing Experiences

For the past 20 years, I have been invited to share my music and lead spontaneous singing activities with choirs and singing groups, as well as facilitate workshops, retreats and events for individuals and organisations across the UK, Europe, the USA, and Latin America.

  • Singing Village Experience
    Circlesinging and human connection for groups.

  • Enabling Singing Villages: Vocal Leaders’ Training
    Spontaneous collective song course for vocal leaders/therapists/music teachers/ceremony makers, in person, wherever you are.

  • The Singing Village Process
    Intensive vocal improv retreats or weekends, worldwide.

  • CVI and Circlesinging Workshops
    Spontaneous collective song activities for established vocal improvisers and introductory sessions for beginners.

  • Ensemble Coaching
    CVI forms- themed improv, new structures, instant composition.

Offerings

Singing Village Experience

Singing Village Experiences combine spontaneous collective singing, movement, rhythm and human connection games. These can be one-off sessions, workshops or ice-breakers for events. My clients range from established singing groups to schools, NGOs and other organisations. Occasionally I bring the ‘singing village’ to a birthday party or wedding. 

The Singing Village brings back ancient ways of making music in community. Flowing between music-making and play, and leaving aside words, can transform the quality of relationships between singers and give people a new taste of belonging.

I lead different forms of collective singing, including circlesongs, encouraging participants to joyfully share resonance and movement while expanding their responsiveness and awareness.

I bring a unique musical blend from his Argentine and Eastern European roots, jazz and Afro-Latin influences, combined with his study of Asian, Middle Eastern, and African traditions.

A Singing Village Experience nurtures vocal and interpersonal bonds, offering everyone the experience of breathing together and sounding as one, bringing freshness, aliveness and energy to any group of people. 

Enabling Singing Villages

Training for Vocal Leaders

I offer these trainings in London twice a year and also lead them globally upon invitation. During the training, song leaders will have the opportunity to explore and deepen their understanding of various forms of spontaneous collective song, including collaborative vocal improvisation and circlesinging.

Is this for me?

If you work with people’s voices - whether in choirs, singing groups, therapeutic, community, or ceremonial settings - this training offers you different ways to incorporate vocal improvisation into your practice. Regardless of your participants' experience or capacity, Circlesinging and Collaborative Vocal Improvisation serve as gateways to foster connection and community, unlock creativity and vocal skills, and transform the resonance of any group of singing individuals.

These practices connect to ancestral ways of making music, where every voice counts, and encourage playful, deep, and enriching learning processes. They invite participants to develop their musicality and expressiveness together in a shared space free of judgment.

The diversity of participants in the training creates an alchemy of fruitful exchanges. Experienced singers stepping into leading improvisation learn alongside confident facilitators eager to expand their improvisational musicianship, therapists and ceremony leaders with strong intuition learn to create in-the-moment material…

This variety of skills helps everyone cultivate various learning styles, becoming more capable, well-rounded, and flexible - more confident in experimenting and creating "singing villages."

The training also provides tools for participants to develop a personal practice as vocal improvisers. This is an essential skill set for becoming more flexible and spontaneous song leaders, enriching their vocal and creative palette.

Vocal Ensemble Coaching

Wherever you are in the world, if you're part of a vocal ensemble or practice group that engages in improvisational singing, either through CVI or circlesinging, this is a chance to take your skills to the next level.

I am passionate about supporting established vocal ensembles and improvisational groups, acting as a sounding board, a supportive witness, and an active participant in their creative process.

By participating in rehearsals and improvisational sessions, I will introduce new musical structures and prompts, help to strengthen the energy and clarity of the material, and encourage instant collective composition. I will also provide real-time feedback and written suggestions, bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to foster the growth of both the music and the connection.

The Singing Village Process

The roots of anonymous collective song: improvisation, community and inner blossoming, intensive retreats or weekends for all levels of experience

Can we imagine being part of a small community anywhere on Earth, far back in the long timeline of humanity, connected through our shared human ancestry? Can we reflect together on why humans sing together - whether for celebration, mourning, work, rituals, healing, marking the seasons…?

The Singing Village Process is a shared creative experience, inviting us to step into the unknown, letting music emerge from collective intuition without language or judgment.

It often starts by evoking the sounds of ancestral landscapes, re-imagining a time when music was a communal experience, shared by all. Songs were not composed, but grew collectively, evolving and sometimes being forgotten, woven into daily life.

In the Singing Village, participants respond in the moment: singing, moving, resting, grieving, or accompanying others. The village may have spaces for rest, work, gathering, or dancing.

Core principles include freedom of action, deep listening, responsiveness, and staying true to one’s impulses. Sound and movement interact, constantly shifting, inviting participants to stay open and aware of their relationships and the music's needs.

Anyone can pause or step back from the music at any time, yet everyone remains present and involved. All voices are valued, and diversity is embraced.

The Singing Village offers a flow of music, silence, movement, and emotion beyond language - a co-creative experience of belonging and a possibility to drop deeply into a shared sense of sacredness.

CVI & Circlesinging Workshops

Spontaneous collective song - introductory sessions for beginners and workshops new ideas for experienced vocal improvisers.

CVI (Collaborative Vocal Improvisation) encompasses the various ways a small group of singers can come together to create spontaneous music. Each person intuitively contributes with their own sounds and patterns, responding to others in real time.

This is an opportunity for participants to connect and make fresh music in the moment, reimagining the voices of our ancestors, and exploring how they might have made music together.

It’s also a chance to expand their ability to collaborate and create music from nothing. CVI introduces singers to different ways to create and develop patterns, rhythms, and harmonies together, as well as explore solo expression, responsiveness and deep listening.

Circlesinging is a form of a cappella singing in which one person creates all the parts and leads a group in spontaneous choral music.

The parts are typically simple, shifting and changing like a living tapestry of sound. Circlesongs, which draw from a collective pool of rhythms and melodies worldwide, have their roots in ancestral music traditions and were popularized by the great Bobby McFerrin.

Circlesongs are an invitation for people to sing, move, and resonate together. The circle creates an open community where everyone is welcome and all voices are valued.

Both forms of spontaneous collective song offer beginners a fun and accessible introduction to vocal improvisation, a chance to explore their voices in a supportive and creative environment.

If participants are already confident with their voices or their improvisational skills, the workshops introduce new tools for collaborative improvisation and circlesinging, as well as more advanced musical elements such as polyrhythms, different forms of polyphony and modes.

These workshops encourage discovery and freedom in musical creativity, nurturing new ways to interact and listen. The body and the voice become the playground for exploration.

‘What an incredible four days together! I learned so very much and will probably continue to unearth treasures for a long time to come. Guillermo has an incredible gift of seeing into the fabric of things and people and that is rare.I have only had one other teacher who could do this: see and sense where there were “holdings,” physical, energetic, mind or other, and then discern how to accompany a person through a “shift,” or opening. I honour this. To me, it is a sign of having done deep work and having a devotion to truth and authenticity.’

CF, USA

'Guillermo was amazing - his energy and  joy in creating music with us was so infectious and authentic. The atmosphere in the whole orchestra was transformed afterwards,  with a different kind of energy, thanks to the work we had been doing with him.’

 DK, Holland

‘He really got the best out of everyone... so many smiling faces. Lots of fun for our wedding guests. Unforgettable!’

PB, Belgium

‘I had a wonderful time. It was unique because the strong and supportive group process that you provided very effectively encouraged everyone to contribute collaboratively. Guillermo gave us all lots of strong musical materials to work from. He also supported that process with reflections and insights about musical roles and how they interact with and embody social roles. My take-away is that I still have opportunities to evolve new relationships through singing and music in the future. That’s a real gift.’

LC, Germany