It would be beautiful to join in singing, breathing and emotions.
Language, skin color, religion, nationality would not matter – we would understand each other without words. Looking at each other’s blissful faces filled with the vibration of sound. Our language would be music. All this can happen thanks to you, the singers.
Each of us has a predisposition to sing, the voice is our primary body language. Singing has accompanied us since the dawn of time, it is as natural as breathing. Singing together deepens the feeling of unity, evokes incredible energy, calms and soothes. Delving into traditional songs allows you to move into the past and learn about the old rituals of the Slavs, which until recently were practiced in our lands.
– natural singing, white singing
– correct diaphragmatic breathing
– voice emission, differences in singing techniques, intonation, impostation
– traditional Polish, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian songs
– and develop harmonic hearing when performing polyphonic songs characteristic of Balkan and Ukrainian songs
– voice improvisation
We will scream, gasp, sigh, moan, whisper, breathe, laugh. A lot and loudly. Fall in love with your voice, sing continuously, create without inhibition.
Duration: about 2 hours (including a break)
What to bring: water, pencil, comfortable clothes
INFO: The workshop is conducted in a closed format – it is not possible to join after it has started.
Joanna Chęcińska-Mystkowska – biologist, environmentalist, vocalist, director of Rozgłos Academy. 5 years former vocalist of the band Emigrah. Graduate of the Academy of Music in Gdansk. She completed postgraduate studies in Ethnomusicology at Warsaw University. Vocalist. Founder of the Rozgłos Sound Academy in Gdynia and the Rozgłos Song and Voice Studio. She is passionate about white singing. For many years she has been attending various workshops related to traditional music from all over the world. Among other things, she has participated in workshops on traditional Polish, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Indian, Macedonian singing and the joik technique. In addition, she co-produced a CD of Georgian songs. She has studied with such people as Maria Pomianowska, Agata Harz, Dragan Dautkovski, Anoop Mishra, Vladiswar Nadishana, Weronika Grozdew Kołacińska, Tatiana Sopiłka, Adam Strug, Ewa Grochowska, among others. In 2016, with the Academy of Traditional Voices ensemble, she performed at the Globaltica festival. For 15 years, she has been leading white singing workshops “PośpiewajMy”, among others, organized by Artistic Studio Muza, Municipal Public Library in Gdynia, Wejherowo Cultural Center. At the special invitation of the Gdansk Theater in the Window, she recorded ringtones for the phone inspired by folk music as a prize in a crowdfunding campaign. She worked on the production of the musical Battle of Broadway staged at the Musical Theater in Gdynia. She is currently studying Rehabilitation of Voice Disorders.
