A one-day intensive workshop to uplevel your co-creation skills for Collaborative Vocal Improvisation (CVI). Together we’ll work on becoming more fully present, so we can:
- Step away from self-consciousness
- Deepen our focus on connecting and creating music with others
Experience how rich, satisfying and magical group improvisations can be when we reach a state of being fully tuned in!
Date: 16th February 2025 | 10.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.
Location: Desperate Men Studio, Mivart Studios, Cato St, Easton BS5 6JL
Price: Pay what you can from £35
Let’s take our experience of CVI to the next level
There’s a magic that unfolds when a group of CVI singers deepen their ability to tune in to each other. It starts with dropping fully into listening – to your collaborators, and to the music that’s taking shape – while staying attuned to your own musical impulses. When we reach this level of awareness as a group, it can feel deeply connecting, as if we’re all somehow sharing the same creative brain. We find our flow, and the music we make together becomes richer and more satisfying.
In this day workshop, we’ll focus on the quality of our co-creation with the intention of arriving at this level of attunement together. With opportunities to collaborate on different forms of vocal improvisation, you’ll be supported to deepen your capacity to listen, respond and make music in the moment.
We’ll be a mixed ability group of singers with different levels of vocal improvisation experience. This workshop could be right for you if:
- You have at least some experience of CVI (even if you’ve only been to one or two classes or workshops), or
- You’re a more experienced vocal improviser who has e.g. been on a Free Your Voice journey with us or worked with other CVI teachers.
Whatever your level of experience, you have something completely unique and special to contribute. During the course of the workshop we’ll explore how we can support each individual to bring out their strengths, so that we can all shine in the music we make together.
How pay-what-you-can pricing works
To make this workshop more accessible we are offering it on a ‘pay what you can’ basis. We ask you for a £35 deposit to secure your place. Then, at the end of the weekend, we ask you to make a second payment of any amount. This could be an amount that you feel reflects the value you’ve taken from the workshop, or whatever you can afford to give us. You can bring cash or a card on the Sunday of the workshop to make the payment, or pay via a link we will email out to you.
Note that our cancellation policy still applies, and we don’t offer refunds on deposits. So before you book please make sure you’re committed to attending.
Meet your facilitators
“Danielle and Lise are amazing facilitators. Their emotional intelligence is beautiful to connect with. Their teamwork and leadership skills are gifted. Their genuine love of singing and of bringing the best out of people by encouragement is wonderful.” Miranda
Lise Huber
Jazz singer, songwriter and vocal coach
Lise is the founder of Sound Your Voice, a Bristol-based vocal studio empowering singers of all levels to develop their individuality and independence as musical artists. A voice teacher with more than 15 years’ experience, Lise has taught everyone from performing artists to stage actors, as well as beginner singers who think they can’t sing!
Since 2019 Lise has trained as a singer and singing teacher with world-class vocal coaches at the Institute for Vocal Advancement (IVA). Her musical background is in Jazz and Contemporary Music. She began her journey as a creative facilitator in Vienna where she studied Jazz Vocals at the Vienna Music Institute and Music and Movement Education/Rhythmics at the University of Music and Performing Arts.
Lise performs and records with her Jazz band under the name of Lil Maxine.
“Brilliant, magnificent, sensitive and highly competent in the way Lise brings out the best in me as a singer and performer!“ Jakob Beubler, singer and actor
Danielle Styles
Vocal improvisation coach and songwriter
Danielle is a creative vocalist, vocal improvisation facilitator and coach. Working under the name Bird Flies Free, she helps nervous and inhibited singers to unlock their artist within and sing with true freedom and confidence in front of others.
Danielle dedicated herself to the study and practice of Collaborative Vocal Improvisation after falling in love with this art form six years ago. However, her longing to share her voice creatively was challenged by the intense performance nerves she would experience. The first time Danielle was invited to improvise a solo in front of classmates, the fear kicked in so strongly that she ended up sitting on the floor, half singing, half sobbing.
This challenge became a ‘call to adventure’ that opened up a deep exploration of her voice, her nervous system and her past. After seeking help from many coaches, courses and books, Danielle found ways to overcome her nerves – and she now shares this wisdom on Free Your Voice.
Danielle’s vocal improvisation teachers have been Briony Greenhill, Emma Coleman and Guillermo Rozenthuler. Danielle is a piano-based songwriter who is currently writing songs for her debut album.
“I felt entirely safe and held in Danielle’s workshop and I didn’t ever feel exposed or on the spot. Danielle is a wonderful facilitator who created a space that was fun and playful but also tender and open.” Amy Lawrence, singer, songwriter and performing artist
Cancellation & Refund Policy
When you book your place, you confirm you’re committed to attending the workshop.
As we (Danielle and Lise) are committed to delivering a high standard of service, we put a limit on the number of places available on our workshop. Once these places have been filled, we do not allow anyone else to join. For this reason we are not able to offer any refunds in any circumstances aside from:
- your exercising your consumer right to cancel within the 14-day cooling off period; however, this will not apply if you book the workshop 14 days or fewer before the workshop start date; or
- in the case that we cancel the workshop ourselves (see below).
In all other circumstances you remain responsible for the payment of the deposit of the workshop even if you do not complete it, as payment is for the workshop as a whole.
This policy also reflects the amount of time and energy we dedicate to preparing for this workshop, in order to deliver a high-quality service for our participants.
Please also note that the workshop deposit isn’t transferrable.
Cooling Off Period
It’s your legal right as a consumer to cancel and receive a full refund during the ‘cooling off period’ which starts from the date of your booking and ends 14 days later. However, by booking this workshop 14 days or fewer before the workshop start date, you are confirming to us that you wish us to start to provide the workshop within the 14 day cooling off period. At this point your place will be reserved for you only and our Cancellation and Refund policy will apply.
To cancel you should let us know of your decision to cancel by emailing us at vocalimprov@soundyourvoice.uk. We will confirm receipt of your email and make the refund using the same means of payment as for the initial transaction, unless agreed otherwise.
Organisers’ cancellation
We are fully committed to delivering this workshop, but if for any reason we should have to cancel, we would give you a full refund.
If we cancelled before the workshop had started you would be eligible for a full refund of the payment you had made for the workshop.
If we cancelled once the workshop had started you would be eligible for a refund that reflected the proportion of the workshop which had already taken place.
If due to events beyond our reasonable control (including illness) one of us was not able to facilitate the workshop, the workshop would still run and be taught by the other facilitator.