That can depend on your sense of belonging, your trauma history, your knowledge of technique, your posture, and so much more. It's time to dispel the feeling that your voice isn't 'good enough.'
We invite you to liberate your voice - in every sense of the word! Connect in this brave space with Stellar Villagers from around the world, expanding your musical horizons in an interactive Zoom meeting.
A great feature of working on your voice online is that you are always at choice as to whether you turn your mic on to get feedback or ask questions. Many of us have a trauma response of going quiet, still, or losing vocal flexibility. Let's practice dismantling shame and trauma around our voices together, with the expert guidance of Sheniqua Trotman!
Third Tuesdays, 5:30-7:00 pm Pacific (8:30-10 pm EST)
This event is for all Stellar Village members. If you would like access to this and all other content on Stellar Village, sign up for our membership! For a low monthly price, you can get access to all live events and recordings of all past offerings! Learn more here.
Enhance both your vocal technique and your enjoyment of singing, all while nurturing lasting friendships and learning from diverse voices.
Topics vary each time and can include: breath control, pitch, somatic exercises, blockages to singing, singing outdoors, singing with a mic, rally songs, vocal range, etc.
Gain confidence in your voice and enjoy a fun, interactive, shame-free community experience from the comfort of your home.
All experience levels welcome. Learn to explore, celebrate, and empower your unique vocal instrument!
“So wonderful, I got goosebumps! It was the first time for me to join a community singing and definitely not my last one. So beautiful vibes, voices, sounds and people! Even though my Internet connection allowed me to follow just a while it was so touching and the dogs also enjoyed it completely relaxed.
I will watch the recording as soon as its available. Looking forward to the next one.”
Steffi Krause
Yes! These live sessions also will be recorded. You can get past recordings in the course player.
If you're logged in, you'll see the link to the course player in the Start Learning link at the top of this page.
There may be a chance for some connection with each other in break-out groups in guided discussion or song. Breakout rooms are not recorded, for privacy.
Yes! As in our community song circles, Sheniqua (and the students) may sing "teaching songs", which are songs full of wisdom that are meant to be easily shared and learned.
We generally sing a capella (without instruments or with light instrumentation in service of the song).
The songleader introduces each song and then teaches it at the pace we need, with built in pauses for you to be able to repeat the song. In Zoom, the attendee mics are mostly off unless you're asking a question or leading a song, so you'll be able to sing along with the songleader wherever you are.
1.5 hours.
As a member, you're welcome to invite your friends to sing along with you in person (so. you're Zooming in from the same camera). After all, singing and learning are usually more fun with friends!
If you are in different places, you'll each need your own account.
The more afraid you are of this workshop, the more you need it. If you can speak, you can sing. And being physically tone deaf is actually extremely rare. All levels of singers are welcome.
Even if you don't sing in community already or believe you don't sing "well" we especially invite your curiosity! All voices are good voices.
Virtual song circles are a fairly accessible option already, great for parents of young children, folks with limited mobility.
Live sessions have subtitles for folks who are hard of hearing and you can also turn on automatic translation. Due to the nature of the content, we don't have any options for folks who can't hear the singing at all - but please let us know if there is a need for that and you have ideas!
The content player for the recorded session includes English captions. Depending on the session, we may also upload a document with the words to the songs in the course player to go along with the recording.
If you are a Stellar Village member, be sure you're logged in and then click on "Start" or "Resume" at the top of the page to get to the course player where the info and recordings live. The Zoom link lives on the top of the Calendar Page
Or here's a direct link to the content player.
If you aren't a member yet, scroll down to learn how to join.
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