Voice Creatures
Weekly Series with Bisan Toron
(RECORDINGS NOT AVAILABLE)
4 Classes | 60 minutes
Fridays June 19 • June 26 • July 3 • July 10
$80 for Complete Series
This course is offered live on Zoom.
Each class will be recorded and shared with registered participants of the class.
The recordings will be available to watch at any time.
Our voice is boundless and has the capacity to reflect our many dimensions. In this course, we will explore the intimate connection between voice, impulse and breath. We will engage in exercises using the map of the body. As we free our voice’s unique colors and nuances, we unearth our voice creatures, which have been knocking wildly from the inside. In allowing these silenced or forgotten parts of ourselves to emerge into sound, we uncover greater expansion, range and freedom of expression.
No prior singing experience required. This course is ideal for beginners, as well as, anyone interested in deepening their relationship with their voice. All levels are welcome!
Themes covered:
Session 1 | June 19th
Freeing the Voice: Learning core vocal techniques of alignment through Breath, Articulation (vowels) & Resonance.
Session 2 | June 26th
The Bare Voice: Identifying obstructive vocal habits; exploring vocal intonation, energy and projection.
Session 3 | July 3rd
Voice & Intuition: Re-imagining the voice as the “muscle of the soul” (term by Alfred Wolfsohn); discovering a more essential voice.
Session 4 | July 10th
Voice Creatures: opening direct pathways to primal sounds; expanding our sound imagination.
Time:
12pm | Los Angeles
3pm | New York
7pm | London
8pm | Rome
About the Teacher
Bisan Toron is a vocal artist, composer and voice teacher. Born in Syria and raised in Paris and New York, Bisan holds a degree in classical voice performance from NYU and a masters in Ethnomusicology from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. She did further studies in voice improvisation with the Roy Hart-based company, Pantheatre, in France.
Bisan's music is informed by a multitude of cultures and vocal traditions, which she threads with vocal articulations that arise from the moment. Her curriculum entitled ‘Voice Creatures’ supports the embodied sounding of deeply held impulses and emotions in the body through the exploration of the myriad colors of the voice.
Her 2008 debut CD is entitled ‘Backstage Reveries, Voice Sketches by Bisan Toron’ and her second album, ‘Toward the Roar’ was released in 2015. She has been a recording artist for several film soundtracks, including the acclaimed film, NYsferatu, which she performed live at the 2017 Rome Film Festival.
In 2017, Bisan was a recipient of the AFAC (Arab Fund for Arts & Culture) grant for her music project, ‘Migrant Songs,’ and is currently finishing production on an album by the same name.
Bisan currently performs and teaches across the United States and Europe. She currently makes her residence in Richmond, VA.