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Journeys in Voice and Harmony: Viral vocal explorations with James Rose (GB)
4125 Riehen
James Rose creates joyful warm-ups designed to bring singers of all kinds together. A two-day workshop to discover new harmonies and train your ear while making music together.
This two-day workshop offers a selection of James’ vocal explorations, designed to open up new harmonic pathways and experiences for singers of all kinds. Carefully crafted, these warm-ups provide a joyful approach to making music while focusing on key elements of musical ear training.
One part of this workshop explores harmonies ranging from simple to more complex and aims to demystify vocal harmony as one of the most powerful building blocks of music. Using the first few measures of a familiar song, various forms of harmony are explored to uncover the broad range of harmonic possibilities within it. This process enables singers to sing, arrange, and harmonize with greater creative intention and control—often by shifting their perspective: discovering new harmonies that propel an arrangement forward, and working backward to prepare and layer a more foundational harmony.
Collaborative arranging plays a central role throughout. Arrangements are co-created in real time through playful, hands-on collaboration. Guided by clear prompts and frameworks, ideas emerge through experimentation, singing, and collective discovery, celebrating arranging as a shared act of creativity and connection.
As a non-binary person, part of James’ journey involves sharing and exploring different, fluid, and more neutral understandings of vocal parts. These approaches foster a sense of freedom and inclusivity and invite singers of all kinds to discover new sounds, roles, and ways of belonging through singing.
No prior knowledge required. Course language: EN
JAMES ROSE (they/them) is an international choir facilitator and vocal harmony educator who creates harmonious spaces for people of all kinds. In addition to directing at A Cappella Academy (LA) and ICMP (London), James recently released their book on choral exploration, *Journeys In Voice*, published by Singergy. James is a veteran a cappella performer who has toured with the acclaimed internet sensation group “Accent.” James is also a contributing arranger for prominent international vocal groups, including The Real Group, Voces8, Take 6, and Naturally 7.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
A delicious vegetarian lunch in the festival lounge on Saturday and Sunday is included in the workshop fee. On both Saturday and Sunday mornings, there will be a joint warm-up session with all workshop participants. An initial get-to-know-each-other meeting with your workshop group will take place on Friday evening shortly before the festival opens; the opening event can be attended immediately afterward.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
One part of this workshop explores harmonies ranging from simple to more complex and aims to demystify vocal harmony as one of the most powerful building blocks of music. Using the first few measures of a familiar song, various forms of harmony are explored to uncover the broad range of harmonic possibilities within it. This process enables singers to sing, arrange, and harmonize with greater creative intention and control—often by shifting their perspective: discovering new harmonies that propel an arrangement forward, and working backward to prepare and layer a more foundational harmony.
Collaborative arranging plays a central role throughout. Arrangements are co-created in real time through playful, hands-on collaboration. Guided by clear prompts and frameworks, ideas emerge through experimentation, singing, and collective discovery, celebrating arranging as a shared act of creativity and connection.
As a non-binary person, part of James’ journey involves sharing and exploring different, fluid, and more neutral understandings of vocal parts. These approaches foster a sense of freedom and inclusivity and invite singers of all kinds to discover new sounds, roles, and ways of belonging through singing.
No prior knowledge required. Course language: EN
JAMES ROSE (they/them) is an international choir facilitator and vocal harmony educator who creates harmonious spaces for people of all kinds. In addition to directing at A Cappella Academy (LA) and ICMP (London), James recently released their book on choral exploration, *Journeys In Voice*, published by Singergy. James is a veteran a cappella performer who has toured with the acclaimed internet sensation group “Accent.” James is also a contributing arranger for prominent international vocal groups, including The Real Group, Voces8, Take 6, and Naturally 7.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
A delicious vegetarian lunch in the festival lounge on Saturday and Sunday is included in the workshop fee. On both Saturday and Sunday mornings, there will be a joint warm-up session with all workshop participants. An initial get-to-know-each-other meeting with your workshop group will take place on Friday evening shortly before the festival opens; the opening event can be attended immediately afterward.
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.