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WORKSHOPS
Krystina Lewicki has been leading Workshops in Voice for over 10 years and is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). She is a passionate teacher who helps discover the beauty and power of the natural sound of the voice connected to the whole body. Workshops cover physiology to understand how the breath, body and voice coordinate together, technical and physical exercises specifically suited to each singer's unique needs and music coaching on an artistic level. Krystina integrates piano and drone instruments and/or your own instrument (ie. harp, guitar, percussion, etc.). DISCOVER YOUR FULL TRUE SOUND: Voice Production: Alignment, Breath and Coordination This is an integral component of every workshop and every class: Body Alignment and Postures (exercises to help alignment) Finding and experiencing the full capacity of the lungs (low, mid, upper) Directing the different speeds of the breath, both on inhale and exhale Coordination of the breath with the release of sound Discovery of body and facial resonances Shaping and creation of the fundamental vowel sounds Singing Chant and Sacred Medieval Music Specialized classes and workshops in Hildegard von Bingen chants, Codex Calixtinus, songs from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Llibre Vermel de Montserrat, Codex Las Huelgas, Troubadour, Trouvere and Minnesinger. The fundamental premise of performing/singing chant and song is based on communicating the text in the natural rhythmic underlay of the words and poetry. Although chant is considered a monoponic practise, there exists two unified but distinguishable elements of melody and text. Melody, through the sounds of vowels, carries human emotional meaning and, punctuated by consonants, both voiced and voiceless, articulates the rhythmic form and gives meaning to the prayer, hymn of thanksgiving, or story. Each of these compononents of the music move through time and space on their own rhythmic journey, joining at the matrix of pure divine thought and form in creative manifestations which transend the body and magnify vibrations of prayer, in which we are both speaking to the divine as our inner souls are being massaged through vibration and heart intention, alone, or in community. Sounding the Chakras with Vowels and Seed Sounds Participants learn and deepen their practice of coordinating breathing and sounding the body through chakra vowels and seed sounds, chants, mantras and songs. Drone and percussion instruments are played to help focus and enhance harmonized sounds and for finding and experiencing the channel of vibrations through energy centres of the body. The power of the vibration of the human voice helps to restore a natural homeostasis within the nervous system and entire physical body. This vibration can open previoiusly blocked energetic centres in a supportive and gentle manner. The human voice is linked to the 5th chakra of communication through the throat and when connected with the heart through breath, thought, sound and word, opens our heart and allows one's expressive ability with self and others to resonate with a deeper truth. This practice can lead to deeper and clearer relationships, spiritual growth, creative expression and personal transformation. |
NEWS
& UPCOMING
EVENTS '"Meditation
in Motion"
Hildegard von Bingen Feast Day Concert & Labyrinth Walk Sponsored by the Toronto Community Labyrinth Network  8:00pm
on Friday, Sept.17, 2010
Tickets
in advance for $15 (cash) at Wonderworks (www.gowonderworks.com)Holy Trinity Church, Toronto or $20 at the door. Five Performance Videos Recently Uploaded to YouTube ....Link to Videos Four Podcast Soundfiles Krystina was recently part of the team which posted four music files designed to enhance the experience of walking a labyrinth: Earth, Wind, Fire & Water. Also suitable for meditation, each file is approx. 10 min. long, available as free download to iPods or to listen to on your computer: Click or Left Click the name to isten - Right Click and choose "Save as" or "Download as" to downloatd. EARTH : Nature soundscape with birds, frogs, drum and flute WIND : Desert winds with mallets, flute and voice FIRE : Symphony of Tibetan bowls and metallic chimes WATER : Gentle waves with plucked drone, flute and voice Musicians: Ann-Marie Boudreau, Michael Franklin, Krystina Lewicki Producer: Robert Lewicki ©2010 RECENT EVENTS "...you were otherworldly, magical and immensely talented, sending out waves of Hildegardian energy that I will never forget." -Michael Kramer, Classical 96.3FM Host  -WholeNote Magazine, Sept.2009 Issue Past CONCERTS: -May'10-Miracles Concert & Labyrinth Walk, Metropolitan United Church -Sept'09- Hildegard Feast Day Concert & Labyrinth Walk: Church of the Holy Trinity -Wonderworks Fleishman Gallery Concert Series: May'08, Dec'08, April'09 Hildegard, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Llibre Vermell de Monserrat Past HILDEGARD MASSES -Nov'09- St. Vincent de Paul Church -Sept'09- St. George-the-Martyr Church Past PERFORMANCES -Sept'09- Toronto Early Music Fair Libre Vermell, Cantigas de Santa Maria -Feb/March'09-Toronto Opera Repertoire Carmen (Bizet), Cenerentola (Rossini), Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) -Sept'08- Toronto Early Music Fair Hildegard von Bingen |
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