The voice in instant composing
Improvising in front of an audience is a special skill that asks a lot from your technique and attitude as an improviser. In this masterclass, based on Genetic Choir’s Singing as a Swarm approach, we will totally focus on this special situation: How to create meaningful music when the music is not prepared and set? We have a small group and therefore can focus on your personal habits of standing in front of an audience with your bare hands. It is a masterclass for improvisers with experience. Maybe you have improvised a lot in different workshop circumstances already but seldom as a solo or duet performer and you want to develop that skill. Maybe you already have a lot of experience as a solo improviser but want to be challenged on what you usually do and get new inspiration through the Genetic Choir approach of instant vocal music. We will have a playful and absorbing weekend as we will perform Duets (in fact an extended solo situation), as well as Solo’s (which is a duet with yourself 🙂). Singing duets will teach us about singing solo and vice versa.
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Location: Roelantstraat 10, Amsterdam.
Times: 10:00-17:00 hrs with a one hour lunch break (included)
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About Thomas
Thomas Johannsen (*1974) is an internationally asked-for workshop teacher and performance maker in the field of interdisciplinary improvisation, with a special focus on the human voice. He is the artistic director of Amsterdam based vocal improvisation ensemble The Genetic Choir. Next to continually teaching and leading Genetic Choir sessions in the Netherlands for the last 14 years, he has brought his unique blend of embodied voice improvisation technique to countries such as France, Italy, Czech Republic, England, Germany, the United States and Japan. He is co-founder of WhatIIIF? – an international, nomadic improvisation research festival in its fourth year.
Thomas is also a certified aikido teacher and holds a 3rd Dan of the Aikikai Hombu Dojo in Japan. The more than 20 years of experience as an aikido practitioner have influenced strongly his teaching methods for finding strong embodiment and the ability as an improviser to have subtle and razor-sharp connections with other performers while creating together.