16 February, 2021 - 6 April, 2021
Online Refresher Vocal Workshops
Tuesdays, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
£10
In line with our full-body approach, Barefoot Opera is offering one-hour on-line workshops for advanced singers that alternate teaching from our voice specialists with back up support from our movement tutors, and vice versa.
These are in the nature of ‘drop-in’ workshops – to enable students to benefit whether they attend one or several. The aim of the classes overall will be to refresh and reinvigorate practice and inspiration.
3 February, 2021 - 12 March, 2021
Audition Notice
Barefoot Opera, well known for its fresh and lively performances of opera classics, presents a unique evening, combining a well-loved opera favourite with an operatic rarity that share a common theme: our search for love and inspiration in a dangerous world.
‘Orfeo ed Euridice‘ by Gluck
‘Zanetto‘ by Mascagni
10 December, 2020
Online Course: Introducing Dalcroze – Shaping phrases
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
Online Course: All things Coloratura
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
Online Course: Vocal Colour
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
Online Course: Refresh & Reboot
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
Online Course: Line, Projection & Intention
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
Pop-up Workshop: How can I create more resonance?
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
‘Dido and Aeneas’ in a weekend
Barefoot Opera went to Ushaw
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
Coloratura Brainstorm
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
Breath as Choreography
The visible and invisible shaping of vocal music
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.
Young Artists Tour
Dates to be confirmed in relation to government policy with regard to Covid-19.
Rossini’s La Cenerentola
Coming Summer 2020
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.
