GENDER-AFFIRMING VOICE: YOU ALREADY HAVE WHAT YOU NEED
with Robin Love
Thursday, November 21, 6:00pm-8:00pm / $20
About the workshop:
This workshop will provide a general overview of vocal function and aim to demystify how gender is perceived in voice. Through listening, reflection, and play, we will bring into awareness our body's inherent intelligence to manipulate sound and to discover pathways to new forms of vocal expression. Since our voice is intimately connected to our nervous system, we will consider how to build an exploratory vocal practice that is grounded in a sense of safety. No prior experience is necessary.
Attendees are invited to come and listen and/or to participate as much as they are comfortable. Robin will offer live examples, as well as time and space for those wishing to experiment with and receive feedback on any vocal exercises.
Things to bring:
- Clothing that you can move and breathe easily in
- Water bottle
- Notebook
- Writing utensil
About the facilitator:
Robin Love (she/they) is a vocal coach and multidisciplinary artist working across performance art, video installation, and writing. Her ongoing artistic and vocal practices stem from a curiosity in the nature of process and an exploration into the myriad possibilities of being. They are a graduate of the University of Toronto (Philosophy), OCADU (Sculpture/Installation), and Renée Yoxon’s Trans Voice Teacher Training program. Their modes of working are influenced by their studies as an athlete, practitioner of Sanbo Zen, and 10 years of vocal training and teaching apprenticeship under Peggy Redmond (Toronto). She currently teaches singing and gender affirming voice work in Tiohtià:ke, colonially known as Montreal.
