Babysong workshop, Fayetteville, AK.
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The House of Song
(high school through adult)
This workshop is for singers and is designed to challenge their ideas of what is possible within the framework of a song. Opportunities for self-expression are explored as phrasing, lyrics, melodic storylines, silence and emotional content are examined. The goal of this class is to expand one's identity as an improvising voice through the incorporation of new ideas.
Concert with Conversation
(all ages)
This is an interactive and informal concert in which the audience is invited to participate by asking questions, sharing comments or by joining in song.
Sound Sculpture
(K-12)
Sound Sculpture is a workshop in which students experience and create sounds in new and imaginative ways. Vocal exercises center on color, shading, rhythmic patterning and texture. The class uses active listening to investigate emotional and physical weight of sounds. The focus of the class is to design and build a thematic sound sculpture and to experience its journey from silence to silence.
Babysong
(families with children ages 3 months-2 yrs)
Freelon began offering Babysong in 1990 at Duke University Medical Center. Since that time, she has sung to new mothers and babies in many hospitals. She has also offered Babysong as a mini-workshop for parenting classes. In these classes, she encourages parents to sing to their babies as often as possible. Infants can distinguish sounds from about six months gestation, and are already very familiar with the sounds of their parents' voices at birth. Singing to a baby is a way of nurturing and stimulating brain development. It also provides a wonderful creative outlet for both parent and child. Click here to hear Nnenna discuss the Babysong workshop.
For more information about residencies, lectures, workshops or special performances, please contact Ed Keane at ed@edkeane.com.
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