Meeting in Vocal Landscapes: a vocal workshop with Kutzkelina

Meeting in Vocal Landscapes

We are thrilled for Kutzkelina to join the SCC once again as a guide in exploring the human voice as a contemporary instrument of resonance, transformation and connection. ​Drawing from her artistic research in Japan, Western Europe, North Sweden and Belarus, this workshop moves between the meditative vocal traditions of Japanese Buddhist Shōmyō, European yodeling practices, and experimental vocal techniques. Appreciating each of these traditional vocal forms as living technologies of the body, participants may discover how traditional knowledge can inform our experience of voice and expressive vocal practice.

This workshop combines vocal technique, somatic practice, therapeutic voice work, improvisation and collective composition to create an open environment where technical precision and playful exploration coexist; where the voice can become a meeting place between ritual and experimentation, individual expression and collective sound.

Sunday, September 13th, 2026
At
Nonhuman Teachers
3209 Fletcher Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90065

Street parking can be found on the surrounding blocks.

Doors open 4:00 pm - Workshop from 4:15 pm – 6:45 pm.

Will include breaks and light refreshments.

General admission: $20​​

We recommend buying tickets in advance as spots are limited.

​We want this event to be accessible to everyone. If cost is an issue, please get in touch at conservatory@stringedcraneconservatory.org

Kutzkelina is a multidisciplinary musician, composer, and actress based in Berlin. From her early childhood growing up in the dark forests of the Harz Mountains in the GDR, she has been singing and yodeling, as well as composing for a wide variety of musical projects that center around the voice. She founded Jodelschule Kreuzberg (Kreuzberg Yodel School) in Berlin, and travels worldwide teaching, as well as studying, yodeling and advanced vocal techniques, with a focus on the breaking of the voice in traditional music.