Berlin, Germany

Breath-Voice-Sound

Breath, body, movement, sound and language combine in music to form a symbiosis in which one depends on the other and can serve each other in the most beautiful way. In this workshop, on our way to the stage, we work out these interconnections and make them tangible.

In order to do this, we take a closer look at the mutual influence: How does breath movement influence my instrument, the voice and the flute? How does the breath move when I read aloud? In which ways does it move when I consciously declaim (tongue movement, lip curl, inner spaces)? Which movements of breath arise when I let subtexts, images and feelings flow into text and sound? How do these sound spaces affect my sensation in making music?

What happens when I raise my elbows following the melody in a rising cantilena? What happens to the sound when I let them sink? How do pelvis and joints affect the sound? What colours can be found, where? How does the internal connect with the external space and our addressees? How can I translate movement into interpretation, include it in the interpretative process? How can I counteract nervousness and performance anxiety with the help of breath? How can I strengthen my individual expression and incorporate my presence with confidence? What gives me stability? How can I experience freedom?

The aim of our work is relaxed, economical music making, in which the resources and natural conditions of the intended interpretation, of the expression, are available without blockages.

In individual lessons, we will elaborate physical methodological basics. In our group sessions on breath, movement and vocal space, we will explore our breath in its spaces and the ways in which it works.

Doerthe Maria Sandmann and Christina Fassbender have been intensively engaged in this field of research for several years. During a training at the Institute for Experiential Breath (Institut für Erfahrbaren Atem), founded by Ilse Middendorf (1910-2009), they exchanged ideas and the desire to work together across disciplines took shape.

Course leader

Christina Fassbender

and

Doerthe Maria Sandmann

Course aim

The aim of our work is relaxed, economical music making, in which the resources and natural conditions of the intended interpretation, of the expression, are available without blockages.

Fee info

EUR 390: course fee