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Feel great, relax more and have more creativity in your life. You can have it when you sing!
Find the joy and freedom that comes with expressing your unique voice. Singing isn’t for Idol contestants – singing is for everyone. You were born with a voice just bursting to get out. Soundworkz can help you find permission to let that voice out! Forget the critics and learn to love the sounds you make. Find the music inside and never look back!
Soundworkz provides:
- 1 on 1 voice coaching
- Singing Workshops
- Team Building using Voice and Movement
- Event Ice-Breaker Sessions using Voice and Movement
- Wedding and Event Singing
- Concert Performance
- Relaxation and Healing through Sound
Barbara Ann says, “after all the years I’ve spent training and teaching voice technique the thing that amazes me most is this – kids love to sing, but what happens to us when we grow-up? Somehow we loose permission to use our voice and just close down the part of ourselves that loves to spontaneously music-make. My mission is to loosen us all up so we can experience the laughter and joy that comes with singing for the pure pleasure of it.”
“I was always told I couldn’t sing. Thank you for proving them all wrong. You’ve helped me find my voice and a big part of myself which means so much to me.” Jan, 53, Nurse
“You really took us out of the comfort zone, but with you it was ok, I never thought I would sing like that!” Rene, 36, Home-maker
“I’m shaking right now, I haven’t let myself be heard like that since I was a boy. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to let something out I’ve been holding inside for a very long time.”
Trevor, 38, Builder
“Wow, Barbara you are a natural born teacher!”
Yvette, 52, Office Administrator,
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Soundworkz Blog
Top 5 Tips To Improve Your Singing: No. 1 – Get PRESENT!
Over the years of teaching singing I’ve noticed specific patterns around what’s holding people back from most fully and completely enjoying and optimising their singing. I thought in the following few blogs I would give my top 5 tips to improve your singing. I realise there’s plenty of people out there writing tips on singing [...]
» Read moreMay 16th, 2012
Singing lessons and learning style – a rich blend is best
In the nineties it became a virtual cliche of training development to have animated upfront conversations about whether a student was a visual, auditory or kinaesthetic learner (a ‘see it’, ‘hear it’ or ‘do it’ learner). It was a revolution, in a positive sense, that finally acknowledged that everyone has an individual learning style and [...]
» Read moreMarch 12th, 2012
Singing Teachers – What are they good for anyway?
Singing Students – how to find and start out right with your singing teacher. Teachers – the 4 basic things to know before you start a relationship with your student.
» Read moreFebruary 10th, 2012