Unlocking Your Voice: The Voice as Ecosystem

Tuesday 7 November 2023, 6:30 – 8:00pm (Online via Zoom)

Join OSE Alum Greta Sharp and artist Clair Le Couteur for an online, two-part workshop exploring the voice.

Where can we go with our voices that we haven’t been before? How does listening affect the sounds we make? How do we sit with ourselves, our surprise and discomfort, and express the full reality of our trans, disabled selves?

This workshop aims to create a curious and judgement-free space to share our collective journeys and relationships to voice. You will be guided through various exercises to explore the range of your own vocality, and find freedom and joy in play. We will explore how our voices arise from our bodies, other bodies, and the world around us. Bringing our practices together, this session will navigate the social context of our voices, playing with monstrosity, the non-human, the uncharted territories of our voices.

This workshop has limited numbers and is intended for people who identify as trans+* and disabled**.

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

Book tickets here.

*Trans+ is a shorthand to include those who identify as transgender, non-binary, agender, gender questioning, two-spirit, and anyone else who identifies as part of the trans+ community.
**Disabled, neurodivergent, deaf, chronically ill, long term health condition, mental health condition

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Unlocking Your Voice: Relaxation / Activation

Wednesday 22 November, 6.30-8pm (Online via Zoom)

Join OSE Alum Greta Sharp and Orion Isaacs for the second online workshop exploring the voice. 

How can physical relaxation and our breath support us in activating our voices? How can engaging the voice enable us to anchor to the present moment? How do we cultivate a vocal practice that is rooted in trusting ourselves?

This workshop aims to create a supportive environment to lean into the calm joy of activating your voice. We will draw upon useful singing techniques for maintaining vocal health and muscle development. Through this, we will also discover the connections between the breath, voice and body, exploring what it feels like to bring different parts of our body into relationship with our voice. This workshop will introduce you to simple but effective tools that can help you to check in with your voice on a daily basis.

Book tickets here.

This workshop has limited numbers and is intended for people who identify as trans+* and disabled**.

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

*Trans+ is a shorthand to include those who identify as transgender, non-binary, agender, gender questioning, two-spirit, and anyone else who identifies as part of the trans+ community.

**Disabled, neurodivergent, deaf, chronically ill, long term health condition, mental health condition