Monday Night Series with Elise Witt
@ Candler Park Yoga Studio
Workshop Notes and Materials
Circle Song
From the work of Bobby McFerrin and his vocal orchestra – Voicestra http://www.bobbymcferrin.com
and Rhiannon http://www.RhiannonMusic.com
Circle Song
One person gives out repeating parts to the groups.
Find parts by first singing what’s inside, then refining to find a motor part. Harmony is good. Look for spaces in the motor part to interlock new parts.
Find parts by first solo-ing over what is already created.
Play with rhythm – try putting 3 over 4 or try something in an odd rhythm like 5/4, 7/8, 9/8
Play with tonality – use some unusual harmonies, try notes that may not be the “first choices”
Play with language – try using some sounds you don’t always use; experiment with different consonants; imagine you’re speaking a language you don’t know but have a sound in your ear eg. french, russian, italian, etc.
The person giving out the parts can then solo over the foundation they have created.
Solo-ist can then step out and let another person solo and/or create new parts…
Silent Forest
Music by Joanne Hammil
Words based on a quote by Henry Van Dyke
© JHO Music www.JoanneHammil.com
SILENT FOREST
The forest would be very silent
Would be eerily at rest
If the only birds allowed to sing
Were those we judged to sing the best
Full Moon Outside My Window
by Chandler York, Oberlin College 2000
FULL MOON OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
Full moon outside my window this warm September night
Pulls me into wakefulness far too early
I’d rather by sleeping the day’s already to long for me
I’ll just wait for dawn.
Akanamandla
South African Freedom Song
Zulu
AKANAMANDLA
Akanamandla hallelujah lasale
The devil has been defeated and has no power over me!
We Shall Move On
by Melanie DeMore
PART 1
We shall move on, yeah
We shall move on, yo
We shall move on, yeah
We shall move on, yo yo you
PART 2
We are moving on, my people
We are moving on
All of us as one together
We are moving on
PART 3
We shall, We shall move
We shall, We shall move
Owl Moon
From the book OWL MOON by Jane Yolen
Song by Bruce O’Brien
Sing Language created by Jackson Gillman
OWL MOON
Oh you’ve got to be quiet under a shining Owl Moon
You’ve got to make your own heat
You’ve got to be brave
And you’ve got to have hope
Under a shining Owl Moon
The book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsmMkbDtkl8
The song sung by composer Bruce O’Brien https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcW2rpQxdmY
Sign Language by Jackson Gilman, performed by Jennifer Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H406AwiCmGk