11 January, 2021 - 22 February, 2021
6:15 pm – 8:30 pm at Barefoot Studio in Brockley London.
Jenny Miller is running her Monday evening Informal workshops twice a month rather than once a month, to allow for social distancing (only 3 per session allowed). Richard Black will be accompanying.
10 December, 2020
Thursday, December 10th
6 – 7:30 pm
Naomi Burrell
£12.50
Brilliant solo violinist Naomi Burrell is also an expert Dalcroze trainer, and we thoroughly recommend that you dive into this exploration of movement phrasing, based on the pioneering work of Emile Jacques Dalcroze, himself a student of Fauré, and Bruckner. A deeply refreshing way to connect to music.
25 November, 2020
Wednesday, November 25th
6 – 7:30 pm
Penny Randall Davis
£12.50
How do we scale the heights, and maintain optimum flexibility whilst singing with our freest sound? A fun exploration for all voice types of the fascinating art of coloratura.
18 November, 2020
Wednesday, November 18th
6 – 7:30 pm
Jenny Miller & Evelyn Freebury
£12.50
Classical singers want to ‘sound beautiful’. This can become conflated with ‘monotonous consistency’. What is vocal colour in classical voice and how can we find more colours to use? Jenny Miller and Evelyn Freebury will explore ways to liberate colour literally from the inside out.
28 October, 2020
Wednesday, Oct 28th
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Penny Randall Davis, Evelyn Freebury
£12.50
Explore ways to refresh your existing vocal technique and all it includes: your breath, your body, yourself. Barefoot movement educator Evy Freebury and vocal tutor Penny Randall-Davis come together to offer their practice and experience in finding vitality from within, and resilience in action-exploring stillness, vibrant movement, and vocal exercises.
15 October, 2020
Thursday, October 15th
6:00 – 7:30pm
Jenny Miller, Dr. Alexandra Baybutt
£12.50
Jenny as a voice specialist and Alexandra as a Laban/Bartenieff practitioner explore how a singer creates line, projects sound, and conveys intention with breath and body-shaping. We will look at the body/mind response to narrative – how do we captivate our audience with the story we want to tell and how do we tell it expressively?
1 July, 2020
Wednesday 1st July, from 6 – 8 pm
Barefoot Opera team leaders Penelope Randall Davis, Jenny Miller, Alexandra Baybutt, and Evelyn Miller will take it in turns to explore this question using detailed exercises with movement and breath.
By responding to each other’s work, they will create a more seamless and varied experience for our participants.
We are keeping the cost very low, £10, to enable access. This will also be a little taster for our late summer on-line course – info here!
Praise for our last workshop:
“So generous! Was such a powerful experience please ask jenny to do another session”
“Thank you so much for a fascinating session last Wednesday! I very much enjoyed your teaching and your philosophy. ”
“I really enjoyed the session”
For this workshop it would be great to familiarise yourself with the first two pages of O Del Mio Dolce Ardor – by Gluck – found in 24 songs and arias of the 17 and 18th centuries (Schirmer) or easily found on-line.
It is NOT necessary to memorise – and if you are not comfortable with Italian just become familiar with the melody.
(O del mio dolce ardor)
Download link: http://artsongcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/1ais103.pdf
13 March, 2020 - 15 March, 2020
March 2020
Barefoot Opera went north to create Purcell’s ‘Dido and Aeneas’ from scratch to performance in a single weekend.
Barefoot’s creative team; Jenny Miller, Lesley-Anne Sammons and Penelope Randall-Davis created a special weekend which offered opportunities for 10 soloists and 24 choristers.
22 February, 2020
Saturday 22nd February, 2020
10.30 am – 5 pm
Penny Randall-Davis, Tutor
A fun and informative day designed to help all types of singers develop their coloratura skills. Stimulating group-work will be followed by solo ‘masterclass’ slots in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere. There will also be time for questions and exploration as we tackle thorny issues!
18 January, 2020
Stop press!
Advanced one day workshop.
Sunday, 19th January 2020
Barefoot Studio (93 Endwell Road London SE42NF)
10:30-5:30
Join us for a day of in-depth movement, breath and voice work with Alexandra Baybutt, Jenny Miller and guest artist Aleksandra Ristic. With each singer using audition arias or other significant pieces of solo music, we will explore in detail how to allow full-body participation in phrasing, colour change and physical response.
Dates to be confirmed in relation to government policy with regard to Covid-19.
Barefoot Opera Young Artists Tour is an advanced training programme well-known for its strong production values and demanding educational rehearsal structure. In the Summer of 2020, we will be touring a new production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
Barefoot Opera is a registered charity in England and Wales No. 1167730
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