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Expand your confidence and your consciousness!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dive in!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Play with melody, rhythm, language, harmony, vocal production, and soul connection. Get the gritty, technical, sensual sense of how the voice can draw powerfully on vocal wisdom from many cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore the rainbow of colors inherent in our voices<\/strong> and join with other daring singers to create vocal landscapes, soulful harmonies, and impromptu sonic masterpieces. Elise uses games and exercises from her studies with master teachers Rhiannon,<\/a> Bobbie McFerrin,<\/a> David Darling,<\/a> Dr. Fred Onovwerosuoke,<\/a> and Dr. Ysaye Barnwell<\/a>, which expand with our own creativity. We also explore SONGS as inspiration for improvisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocal Improvisation provides a safe and supportive space to stretch out<\/strong> and widen vocal horizons, and to express our authentic selves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music reading is not a prerequisite,<\/strong>
but some knowledge of music theory can\u2019t hurt.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VOCAL IMPROVISATION with RHIANNON<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2008<\/strong> Elise joined 15 singers from around the globe for All the Way In<\/strong>, a year-long program to study vocal improvisation, sound healing, and performance with vocalist extraordinaire and master teacher Rhiannon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2012<\/strong> Elise served as a \u201cco-pilot\u201d (assistant teacher\/mentoree) for the 2012 All the Way In, which included singers from Switzerland, Australia, Hawai\u2019i, Canada, Germany, and the continental U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elise continues to infuse the art of improvisation in her workshops, concerts, and in all aspects of her life!<\/p>\n\n\n