Tag: Boal
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the only gold is music seepin through fog – Or so we butchers always say. – Session 5: shange and Schenkar
I always love doing vocal work on the day we read Joan Schenkar’s The Universal Wolf. There are so many juicy lines to choose from. Today’s choice: “Every Pleasure has its Penalties.” We did some work on this one sounding like sweeping brooms. There were both corn brooms (that’s what they’re called, I looked it…
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Session 6: Everyone Knows a Dance with Carlos and Melting Out of Existence with Miyagawa.
We began session 6 with a one note orchestra, something we’ve been doing in the workshop since my days as a participant. In this exercise everyone simply sits still, inhales and makes a tone on the exhale. You start at as low a volume as possible and with each breath you bring the volume up…