One of my favourite things in life is getting people to sing and I simply love running workshops and singing events.
I run day workshops and singing weekends in churches, retreat centres and community events.
I am a “natural voice” practitioner which means I teach people to sing through songs from across the world that are sung without instruments (ie. acapella singing) and everything is taught by ear (not using sheet music). I have been running singing workshops and choirs with this type of music for over 20 years.
Natural voice singing works really well in helping and encouraging people to sing in harmony and learn to have confidence in their voice; we learn songs that are fun to sing, don’t require the ability to read music, but are also challenging and inspiring.
Just get in touch to book me!
What happens on a ”Come and sing” day?
For a typical workshop I’ll start with some warm ups, teach a simple song (maybe a round or a simple part song) and as the day goes on, I’ll teach different songs from around the world. During the session, we’ll think about the sound we make and how we use our voices and by the end we’ll sound like an amazing choir, full of joy and beautiful harmonies!
There is usually an opportunity at the end to record some of the songs, so you have a nice reminder of the day and something to listen to after the event.
“Fantastic workshop – Mike was excellent – encouraging, motivating, fun and relaxed”
“Fantastic workshop – Mike was excellent – encouraging, motivating, fun and relaxed”