From Somatics to Sound to Song

Thursday May 26th 6:30-8:30pm (2hrs)

** Due to demand, I am opening up the possibility for another workshop on Tuesday May 24th 6:30-8:30pm (2hrs)

The Embodied Voice One-Off In-Person Workshop

From Somatics to Sound to Song

Join this special one-off in-person The Embodied Voice workshop, happening this spring!

Can we cultivate a healthier relationship with our bodies through singing? Can we discover our authentic voice through allowing the body to speak?

Created by singer, composer, and facilitator Kate Smith, The Embodied Voice is a practice combining movement, voice, mindfulness and improvisation.

In this workshop we will explore how to bring somatics into singing, transitioning all the way from exploring specific movements and poses, to improvising collectively with our voices.

In the first half of the workshop we will focus on cultivating a relationship between our voices and bodies that is grounded in functional movement, creating space and ease in the body. We will learn how to improvise freely from a place of body-mind-voice integration.

In the second half of the workshop, we will connect with each other to co-create in the moment, exploring how movement and sounding together can unlock greater freedom and range of expression.

All bodies, voices, sounds and songs are welcome in this space. You do not need prior experience with movement or voice improvisation. You may like to bring a yoga mat, but it isn't essential. Please wear comfortable clothing you can move in.

Spaces are limited to 8 people.

To register, visit https://buytickets.at/katesmith.

General ticket: £18

Low-income: £12

Location:

Music Tree
51 Barnsbury Street, N11TP

About Kate

Kate Smith is a singer, composer, and facilitator now based in Lisbon, Portugal. She earned her MMus in Leadership at Guildhall School of Music and Voice, and has been leading workshops on The Embodied Voice for over six years. Kate’s teaching draws on many influences including yoga, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, Body-Mind Centering®, mindfulness, contact improv, dance, and theatre. She has studied with Meredith Monk, Seke Chimutengwende, Margaret Pikes (Roy Hart Theatre), Grzegorz Braal (Song of the Goat), Guillermo Horta (VABAS) and more. She has trained in vocal pedagogy with Robert Sussuma (Feldenkrais and The Singing Self), and is a yoga-alliance certified teacher of Authentic Flow yoga. Kate has led workshops on voice, movement and improvisation for a range of clients, including as a guest lecturer at the Guildhall Drama department, Cyphers Theatre Company, Harvard and AAU University. She has led and supported creative music workshops for the BBC, Barbican, Royal Philharmonic, Create Arts, Aldeburgh Young Musicians and more.

In addition to working as a singer and performer in a range of genres from folk to opera, Kate is an avid improviser. She performs regularly with Anthropos, a r | r a, and has released two albums of vocal improvisation, Remembering (2021) and Source (2022). She is currently composing a new series for voice and movement, Songs from the Body.

Testimonial

“I really like the way you present your work, the way you give a very broad view and contextualise the voice in so many aspects of our culture, or our habits, or our emotions. It's perfectly clear that you have a solid and extensive preparation and training, from which you draw to create your sessions, and make them accessible to everyone. I sincerely thank you for your work, it is precious and somehow it lights the way.”