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An Introduction to Span Arts Singing Workshops

I use the Natural Voice approach to singing in the Narberth group, but what does that mean? As Natural Voice practitioners we believe that singing is everybody’s birthright. For thousands of years, all over the world, people have sung — to express joy, celebration and grief, to aid healing, to accompany work, devotion and the rituals of life — without worrying about having a “good” voice or “getting it right”. Singing has been a part of life, a way of binding communities.   What is the ‘Natural Voice’? Each person’s voice is as unique as their fingerprint: the voice we are born with is capable of freely expressing a full range of emotions, thoughts and experience – this is what we mean by the “natural voice”. Creating an accepting community is an essential element of our approach: a community where singing together is a natural experience that is open and accessible to all.   Think you’re ‘not a singer’? Many people see themselves as ‘non singers’ because of previous experiences of criticism and judgment. Many are excluded from singing activities because they do not have music-reading skills or trained voices. Our work aims to counteract these experiences and give people […]