Dates/times:
Friday, February 14 2014 at 07:00 PM (Get Tickets)
Location:
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
58 Seventh Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Event Description:
Toby Williams M.A, MT-BC, LCAT
No prior singing experience is required. Many adults are disconnected from their bodies, cut off from their breathing and unaware of ways to use the body's own sound-healing resources. Everyone can sound and sing for themselves when the intention shifts from performance to healing. Singing is both internally and externally connecting, as the sound vibrations reverberate inside the body and individual sounds mix to create a unique group sound. By starting with depth breathing, non-verbal sounds and movement and then progressing to vocal improvisations with and without lyrics, each participant can find a natural, more authentic voice with which to release tension and express feelings. Participants will learn deep breathing exercises to reduce anxiety and increase body awareness and use their voices in improvisatory music-making. Toby's approach is both informative and playful. The intention behind this workshop is to introduce the power of the body's own healing resources through breath, sounding, singing and movement.
Bio: Toby Williams is the Director of the Music Therapy Program at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. Toby has conducted vocal workshops at The Kessler Institute; Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center ; Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital ; Herbert Irving Cancer Center Friend's Health Connection: Healing Arts Symposium ; Baltic Street Psychiatric Clinic Interfaith Medical Center and New York University. She is an adjunct professor of Music Therapy at New York University and specializes is using breath and voice work with adults and children.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.