Uncovering the Voice Summer 2024 Online Courses

Summer 2024 Online Foundational Course

An Introduction to "A Supple Voice"

My name is Shannon Boyce and whether you love to sing, or long to sing, I would like to invite you to join me on a journey to discover the transformative healing power of singing.

As a trained singer, teacher, and founder of A Supple Voice singing school, I bring a creative mix of anthroposophically inspired singing (Werbeck Singing - The School of Uncovering the Voice), insights from traditional vocal pedagogy, and a creative understanding of healthy embodiment to support you in singing your soul into life. I also support Waldorf Teachers who find that singing is not their strongest skill set to feel more confident in singing to bring into the classroom.

A Supple Voice singing school offers a series of transformative foundational singing courses taught conveniently online. The first course starts with how to develop an understanding of the breath and how to work with it appropriately for the consciousness of the times we are living in today. This then leads to an understanding of the musical sound in foundational course number two, and then onto an understanding of integrating the speech sounds into singing in foundational course number three. Plus, more advanced courses to widen and expand the voice, understand the polarities in the voice, and reflection in the voice.

Summer 2024 Foundational Course

will be an introduction to foundational courses #1 and #2,

"Encountering the Tone with Equanimity in the Breath"

We begin June 17th 2024.

Read below for more details.

New Students are welcome!

No previous experience is required.

All are welcome, whether you love to sing or long to sing.

There are multiple sessions offered to cover different time zones.

This course is offered live online to those who are interested in exploring “Uncovering the Voice”, an artistic impulse first developed by Mrs. Valborg Werbeck-Svärdström under the guidance of Rudolf Steiner.

In this work, the singer and the process of singing are viewed holistically, inviting the singer to pursue a deeper self-awareness through moving with confidence and joy toward discovering his or her own voice, with the aim of the natural opening and balance of the voice.

It is a gentle process, and the voice is never pushed along but develops slowly through the engagement and active participation of the singer, who gains a deeper understanding and manifestation of the truly free voice.

A wide range of specific singing exercises will be developed together with a comprehensive study of Chapter 1 of Valborg Werbeck's book, "Uncovering the Voice: The Cleansing Power of Song". Click Here to see her book.

The course will be offered online over 6 weeks broken into 12 lessons. All lessons are also recorded and available for later viewing should you need to miss a live session or if it works better in your schedule to take the course through watching the videos.

The course includes

♫  Two 90 minute online group lessons per week, Mondays and Wednesdays, a total of
12 lessons over six weeks. See the schedule below.
♫  To help accommodate multiple schedules and time zones, there are two sections of the course.
♫ Section I is Monday and Wednesday Nights from 7:30 pm-9:00 pm Eastern time.

Week One - June 17 (Monday), 19 (Wednesday)
Week Two - June 24 (Monday), 26 (Wednesday)
Week Three - July 1 (Monday), 3 (Wednesday)
Week Four - July 8 (Monday), 10 (Wednesday)
Week Five - July 15 (Monday), 17 (Wednesday)
Week Six - July 22 (Monday), 24 (Wednesday)

♫ Section II is Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7:30 am-9:00 am Eastern time.

Week One - June 18 (Tuesday), 20 (Thursday)
Week Two - June 25 (Tuesday), 27 (Thursday)
Week Three - July 2 (Tuesday), 5 (Friday) (Note the day change)
Week Four - July 9 (Tuesday), 11 (Thursday)
Week Five - July 16 (Tuesday), 18 (Thursday)
Week Six - July 23 (Tuesday), 25 (Thursday)

♫ For deeper study and practice, one is welcome to repeat a session if your schedule allows and you will have access to all the lesson recordings should you need to miss a lesson or want to take the course but can't make the lesson times work in your schedule.

♫ Two private 45-minute lessons, to be scheduled over the six weeks.

A link to the lesson calendar for scheduling your two sessions will be available to you on the confirmation page when you register.

All private one on one lessons should be scheduled at least two weeks apart and be completed by July 26, 2024. With 24 hours notice, provisions can be made for rescheduling as needed through out the course should something come up. Hey life happens.

♫Includes Group Membership to the growing exercise library. Recordings of the exercises so you can practice on your own.

Tuition Cost $695
Sliding scale available for those living in other parts of the world with a different level of economy than the USA.

Payment plans available.

FAQs

1. What if I can’t attend all sessions?
All lessons are recorded and posted on a private password-protected website where you can view them later in the week for extra practice or make up a session you may have missed.

2. I'm interested, but I’m not sure about doing this online and committing to the full program. Can I have an introductory lesson first?
Yes! Take a $19 online group lesson live with Shannon.

GROUP LESSON DATES (Registration link will show up in your timezone.)

Friday Evening, May 31, 2024 at 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM New York EASTERN TIME

Sunday Afternoon, June 2, 2024 at 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM New York EASTERN TIME

Saturday Morning, June 8, 2024 at 7:30 AM - 9:15 AM New York EASTERN TIME

Saturday Morning, June 8, 2024 at 11:30 AM - 1:15 PM New York EASTERN TIME

Tuesday Afternoon, June 11, 2024 at 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM New York EASTERN TIME

Friday Evening, June 14, 2024 at 7:30 PM - 9:15 PM New York EASTERN TIME

Sunday Evening, June 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM - 6:45 PM New York EASTERN TIME

3. Online fatigue is real and 90 minutes seems like a long time, will we be singing the whole time? How will you address this issue?

We will not be singing for the whole 90 minutes. The sessions will go by very quickly as we will be spending part of each lesson reading together and studying Werbeck's book.

While online fatigue is real, the singing exercises bring a counter-balancing effect which helps to build up your life forces. You will also be specifically instructed on how to work with this and use your electronic device strictly as only a tool to counteract and prevent online fatigue. Students are guided on how to set a boundary between themselves and the screen in front of them.

4. How does online singing work? What are the benefits and what are the drawbacks?

At its core, the benefits of this online course are the same as if you attended live in person. You will receive the same rich content that Werbeck has to teach us and learn the healing benefits of The School of Uncovering the Voice exercises. My objective as a teacher working with students online is to maintain the integrity of the work as no different than if we were working together in the same physical classroom.

The biggest drawback is that we don't get to be in the same room together balancing our listening to each other. So the listening experience will be different. However, I have been teaching online this way for over 5 years and I have found ways to help students still deepen their listening experiences even in their own living space being online at home. An added bonus is that those who could never give up a week's worth of time to travel and attend can now learn the exercises from the comfort of your own home and save on travel costs.

Testimonials from other online students

"I am so very grateful to Shannon Boyce for her thorough and thoughtful guidance through a unique and profound way of experiencing a return to what really must be our inborn connection to our true, natural voice. With her compassionate way of teaching and her years of experience as well as her passion for Werbeck's way of understanding what singing is on all levels of being, she helped us feel our way back to a profound human gift that is there waiting to be rediscovered."

"I have noticed a change in my breathing. Not only is my breathing more natural, deeper in a non pushed way, but I notice that I really trust that the breath will be there now, which makes me more relaxed when I'm singing."

"This course could not have come at a better time. It provided so much hope and joy in singing during a time where singing together in person has not been possible. Shannon is an enthusiastic and clear teacher. Highly recommended."

"The strength of this course is not only the material, but also Shannon's obvious dedication to the work. It's so helpful that she has clearly practiced the material for so long and integrated it so well, but that she also makes it clear in what she says while teaching and that she considers herself to be on the journey with us. That attitude makes me feel psychologically like the work is possible for me too. Also, her sense of humor is gold!

"I felt at some point that my voice had become more stable. There is more buoyancy in my singing, a new lightness. There is enough air to reach higher tones without straining."

"Shannon's metaphors and the way of describing the feeling we were looking to relax into were all a wonderful window into what we were being introduced to. The exercises themselves are just amazing! Shannon years of study allows her to bring the exercises in a living, breathing way!