Greek Fringe is thrilled to host an online singing workshop with renowned gypsy jazz vocalist from Greece – Aggeliki Toubanaki! This workshop will be held on zoom and is open to a limited number of participants. The workshops will take place on Tuesdays from 6pm-7pm (AEST)/ 11am-12pm (Greece time) throughout the month of November. Once you have registered, you will receive a meeting link and resources in the lead up to each workshop.

Together we will explore our inner voices, our forgotten sounds, our different resonances and from there we will start an exciting journey to different music cultures that vibrate our souls.

WORKSHOP THEMES

The safe path to a healthy voice:
The physiology and anatomy of voice diaphragmatic breathing, volume and vocal support and activation of vocal resonance. The voice is a powerful medium of communication and it is important to cultivate it in a healthy way to achieve free and rich vocal expression.

Repertoire:
In this music trip around the world we will sing polyphonic folk songs from the mountains of Epirus, traditional Greek lullabies, we will discover rhythms from North Greece, stories from our neighbours in Magna Grecia (South Italy), passionate tunes of the free Roma people, we will dream and travel through melodies from the Balkans and the Mediterranean Sea to Latin America. We hear the stories behind the songs and most of all how music is a universal language beyond borders or races.

Playing with our voices:
We will explore different vocal qualities and tones playing humorous, unusual vocal games apart from the melodic vocabulary of speech; we are introduced to the magical universe of vocals, extended vocals, and freestyle vocabularies. We will harmonize the head and the heart, our inner and outer world; We will express ourselves intellectually and emotionally.

PREREQUISITES

- Lessons will take place via zoom. You will need access to zoom in order to participate. You can sign up free of charge, here: https://zoom.us/

- No prior assumed knowledge of Greek or Greek songs is necessary as the lesson will be conducted in English with transliterated lyrics.

COST

$50 (Australian) includes x4 one-hour sessions throughout the month of November.

WORKSHOP DATES + TIMES

The workshop will take place every Tuesday in November from 6pm – 7pm Australian Eastern Standard Time/ 11am – 12pm Greece Time.

3 November, 6pm-7pm

10 November, 6pm-7pm

17 November, 6pm-7pm

24 November, 6pm-7pm

BIO

Aggeliki Toubanaki is a vocalist, performer, researcher and vocal educator. Her approach – theoretical and empirical – is based on jazz music and research (collection/study of traditional scales, rhythms, and extended vocal idioms and sounds). Furthermore, it promotes artistic expression far away from clichés or common practices.

She is the creator, producer and lead vocalist of various music projects, specializing mainly in Contemporary Vocal Jazz and World Jazz music (Toubanaki & the Buzz Bastardz, Jazz Plus, On the edge: Aggeliki Toubanaki ft Maria-Christina & The 7 Pedals, Ulalum, Syndesis, Crossovers) – that have been successfully presented in Greece and abroad.

For more on Aggeliki, see:

Website: aggelikitoubanaki.com

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/atoumpanaki

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ToubanakiMusicProjects/

Contact: info@aggelikitoubanaki.com