African Vocal Polyphony and Polyrhythm workshops

African Vocal Polyphony and Polyrhythm workshops

• LocationLondon
• Type
• Salary
• Artformmusic
• Contactcoco_mbassi@yahoo.com

Description

Welcome to self-expression and self-discovery through singing and rhythm! In her vocal workshops, Coco Mbassi takes participants on a creative journey of discovery inspired by African polyphony and polyrhythm. Under her guidance, each participant is free to explore and discover her/his natural ability to sing, tap the body, tap the feet, dance, move … and make music, not only alone, but in harmonic and rhythmic interaction with others. Beyond the psychomotor, affective and cognitive benefits of these workshops, participants have lots of fun!

Duration: 3 hours; open to able-bodied adults, 15 to 120 years old :-)

You can expect:

- Breathing exercises

- Physical and vocal warm ups inspired by the Alexander technique and other vocal techniques

- Vocal onomatopoeia

- Vocal and body percussions

- A live percussionist (to support the Voicestra)

More about music in traditional African society

In Africa, music and life were intimately connected. It was difficult to separate daily life from artistic activities. Music accompanied all major life events and sometimes existed solely for entertainment purposes, but even then, always closely linked to the local history or mythology, and used to educate and inform the younger generations, and refresh the older generation’s memory.

African singing is the purest emotional and spiritual expression of music and it is believed to bring healing of the soul.

It is about coming together as a group, a family, a sorority, and finding the strength to carry on no matter what, or finding a rhythm to get the work done, or alleviating the pain of loss. It says: “You are not alone in this; we have outlived it or we will in the future, and we are holding your hand just as someone else has or will hold ours every step of the way”.

To enrol or for more information about the workshops please contact coco_mbassi@yahoo.com

Coco Mbassi's website: cocombassi.co.uk 

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African Vocal Polyphony and Polyrhythm workshops