Live Stream You Tube Classes This Week! California Kolo Festival

JOIN THE FUN!!!!

Friday Nov 29, 2024 / 1:00 - 2:00pm PT

https://youtube.com/live/ccrX4kqybFo

Saturday Nov 30, 2024 / 1:00 - 2:00pm PT

https://youtube.com/live/huEtAdSaQPY

Singing as many songs as we can together, in two one-hour classes. Unison, diaphonics and three part harmony. If you can't be with us in the room, you can still sing with us!!

Link to Lyrics Here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1cHDXizvtCr_t2HLtf0zAqAfl0mnHJPC5

Hope to see you there!!!

Mendocino Balkan Camp June 17-24, 2023

We're singing in person! Join me for two classes/day on The How of Balkan Singing. Technique, Safe Singing, Ornaments, Drones, Negotiating Change of Registration.

For information/to register https://eefc.org/balkan-camp/west-coast/

Balkan? Belting? What's the difference?

The longer I teach, the more I realize that the soundmaking found in Balkan folksinging is found not only in the Balkans. This past year I have been working with a student on how to safely sing rock and roll, and I find that the technique involved is very similar to what creates the bright sound we look for in Balkan folksinging. It's all about placement, that is, it's where the sound is resonating inside the singer. A bright sound is made by allowing the vibrating breath to fill the mouth, or really the skull, all the way to the front, encountering the teeth, the upper jaw above the teeth, and the nasal passages. The soundwaves bouncing around on all that bone get sharpened and amplified, making "white voice", Balkan voice, or rock belting able to just fall out of the open mouth. Placement must start forward, and stay forward, no matter the pitch, vowel, or consonant.

#Balkanfolksinging

#ForwardPlacement

#SingingFacialBones

#BalkanorBelting