Georgian Singing Workshops with Frank Kane

[Shelby Sampson]

This workshop will be useful for anyone who wants to learn more about their voice, how it works, and how to enhance the singing experience. It is also an introduction to the wonders of Georgian polyphony - like Sacred harp, an a capella, polyphonic “peoples” music - for those unacquainted with this ancient tradition. Sacred Harp singers should especially enjoy this music -- from far away, yet fundamentally related.

If you have any questions, please call Shelby at 510 237 1960 or email shel...@yahoo.com

 

Expanding Our Voices Through
Georgian Singing
with Frank Kane

Wednesday, February 15, 7-10 PM
and Thursday, February 16, 7-10 PM  

Silk Road House

1944 University Ave. #107

Berkeley, CA 94708

$75 - both workshops

$45 - individual workshops    REGISTER online at www.Kitka.org

 

Frank Kane from Paris, France makes a special trip to California to lead two distinct but complimentary Georgian folk singing workshops. Participants will learn Georgian songs that are easy enough to grasp in the course of an evening and then using them as a laboratory for vocal exploration, accompanied by exercises with simpler sounds and vibration. The idea is not to learn as many songs as possible but rather to look at the "how" of individual and group singing in the context of this rich polyphonic oral tradition. This will certainly be of interest to lovers of Georgian harmony singing, but also to anyone involved in group singing of any repertoire who would like to find out more about the vibrational resources of the voice that are often ignored in vocal practice.

 

Different material will be covered each evening, so feel free to come to one, the other, or both! 

Frank Kane has been studying, singing and teaching

Georgian songs for almost 30 years. He founded the Kartuli Ensemble in the US and the Marani and Irinola Ensembles in France. He now travels internationally to offer his work on the voice drawing on the Georgian tradition and techniques focusing on vibration.