Darren Percival - 3 Singers 3 Workshops

Book 1 workshop for $45 or all three for $90.

Open Academy brings you three of Australia's top vocal specialists in this series of Saturday workshops.

Each facilitator brings their unique skills and style to their session and is sure to get participants raising the roof in song! The workshops are open to all singers. All levels of experience welcome, so join us for one or a triad of fun-filled workshops across 2023.

DARREN PERCIVAL – SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER

Singing is an ancient practice and one that has evolved through the ages in different cultures and over time. Experience this evolution firsthand in this group vocal improvisation.

Darren invites people to sing freely when he facilitates group singing. He encourages each voice to be brave as the music is made spontaneously and sometimes without language. Other times the group will arrive at an old gospel song or a classic tune that is well-known to all generations. Darren Percival, well known for his improvised looping pedal performances, will work with the group as they build on each other’s voices to create music as an ensemble.

There is a great freedom in meeting at a place in time and creating music and sound together. To paraphrase 13th-century poet Rumi - ‘singing together doesn’t give us a key, it removes the door’.

(Further workshops with Naomi Crellin 9 Sept and Larissa Burak 21 Oct)