Events
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Community Singing Circles
Upcoming dates: Summer Solstice 2023, Winter Solstice 2023
Locations: The Bow Valley near Canmore, details TBA
Cost: $40 advance (profit% goes towards local kids’ music education)
A gathering for community song, chant, spontaneous sounding and silence, that begins with a single note and ends with tea and social time. (psst. . . Pamela will debut some new songs for the occasion). First-timers welcome and encouraged!
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VoiceShops & Courses
Telling Our Stories: An Un-Workshop Afternoon
Upcoming dates: 2023 TBA, 3-hour event
Location: Magical Spots in the Bow Valley
Cost: $75 pre-registration (email transfer or Paypal)
Come, come, however you are. Whether you are in a period of great weariness or crisis, a time when the mundane of life threatens to overcome you with its tedium, or in the midst of a great joy. . .you are invited to share in a circle of story. Together, we will build a safe container of listening to share our stories through spoken word, give them voice through song, and lean into the song beyond the story, that primal voice that hovers and dances near the essence of who we are. Along the way, I hope that you will be nurtured, moved, delighted and renewed. No experience with spoken word, singing, chanting or storytelling is necessary. All that is required is your curiousity, a set of listening ears, and an open heart.
Body Song VoiceShop: Day of Song in the Foothills with Jennifer Berezan & Pamela Alexander
Upcoming dates: October 14, 2022
Location: Ritam Wellness Retreat, ritam.ca
Cost: $140 upon registration
We are happy to invite you to our daytime retreat featuring Jennifer Berezan. Known for her capacity to move the heart and uplift the spirit, Jennifer has a unique ability to create transformative experiences. We will begin our day with Pamela Alexander guiding us into vocal sounding and chanting, followed by a wholesome nourishing lunch and then deepen into our time with Jennifer.
Our gathering will include song, chanting and silence in a light-hearted and stunning sacred environment. In addition, Jennifer will share music from her new album Belonging. No musical experience is necessary. You are welcome as you are.
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The Art & Science of OM (AUM): Ancient Song for Modern Medicine (Yoga Within the Heart, Bragg Creek)
Upcoming dates: (COMPLETED)
Cost: $30 before Feb 1, $40 after Feb 1
Registration: amarin@yogawithintheheart OR 403.998.1124
More Info: http://www.yogawithintheheart.ca/workshops-retreats-bragg-creek.html
Imagined by some to be the sound of all creation, the OM has been the focus of yogic practice, modern science, ancient sound healing and new age comedy. What is this simple syllable, really, and what relevance dos it have for a 21st century yoga practice? Come experience how this sound resonates in your own body as we work with it in the context of modern practice, ancient science, and healing medicine. See my recent blog on AUM for a sample.
The Yoga of Voice with Pamela & Alice Hong (for Yoga Teachers and all Teachers, Coaches, Facilitators, Practitioners)
Upcoming dates: (COMPLETED)
Location: Yoga Salon, #212, 819 – 17 Avenue SW Calgary AB (entrance through back door)
Cost: $40 + GST
Registration: Please pre-register through Alice Hong, Alice Hong Yoga
Your unique voice is a key to relationship with yourself, and the gateway to relationship with your students and clients. Your voice can be powerful medicine for self-nourishment. It can also magnetize students to your classes, facilitate unity and communicate healing intention. In this light-hearted, “there-are-no-weird-sounds” group experience, you will be encouraged to:
-develop vocal resonance and endurance, for teaching and life
-find or refine your unique sound for speaking and chanting
-release physical and emotional impediment to letting your essence shine through your voice
-explore practices like toning, word play, singing sounds improvisation, and chanting
-weave new elements into your asana practice through the medicine of sound
-discover why resonant listening is the key to all of the above
No previous vocal experience is required! More details about Voiceshops
Pamela always creates a safe and loving space to allow one’s “inner” voice to emerge. Whether it’s singing, speaking, sounding, or silence….all is welcome in her community of shared voices. —Vickie MacArthur, Spirit in Motion Yoga
Performances and Other Community Sound Events
Unplugged Living Room
Upcoming dates: TBA
Location: TBA
Cost: By donation to cover venue costs
Kindly reminder: You MUST pre-register, as space is limited
An ever-evolving line-up of local artists shares their songs, spoken word, improvisation and other performance art forms in a supportive circle of deep listeners (you!). The fundamental guidelines for the artist’s offerings are that they either: a) involve the audience in participation, b) the artist is debuting a new piece or a work in progress, OR c) the artist is experimenting with a new genre—if you’re a folk singer, maybe you’re belting out some opera? (or not?)
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World Sound Healing Day Calgary
Upcoming date: (COMPLETED)
Location: Self Connection Books, #125, 4611 – Bowness Road NW
Cost: There is no charge for this event.
Kindly reminder: If you arrive after 9:30am or leave early, please do so in silence
The intention is to join our hearts and voices for planetary healing. The sound ceremony will be very simple, consisting of vocal toning for the entire morning to a backdrop of instrumental drone music which Pamela will provide. We will likely complete with a few simple chants. You are free to arrive/leave as you need to (silently, please), to tone or harmonize with the group, and to take breaks from toning as you need to. There will be enough voices to keep the toning going. Once we begin at 9:30am there will be no talking.
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Big Beat Studio Party
Upcoming dates: (COMPLETED)
Location: One World Drum Company
Cost: $30
Join Gary Diggins, Roger Duncan, and the OWD House Band in an intimate gathering of kindred spirits to dance, drum & dream. Music with a world flare, supported by special musical guests. (including Pamela and a few other local musicians you may recognize).
For tix & info:
Sounds of the Soul
Upcoming dates: (COMPLETED)
Location: Local Community Centre, details upon registration
Cost: $20 advance, $25 at the door
Featuring local artists: Tracy Gawley, Pamela Alexander, Lisa Weleschuk, Fiona McGinn, Utpal Mazumdar, Prashant John, Ravidass
Please join us for a festival of songs and chants from various world traditions. This musical tapestry will weave vocal harmonies with the sounds of guitar, tabla, world percussion, harmonium and bansuri flute. The songs are especially healing and inspiring for the whole community when many voices participate, so come ready to journey into sound with us and sing along. . .and those who prefer to simply listen are welcome, too!
For more info & registration: www.tracysvision.com
Thank you so much for a wonderfully creative & relaxing evening! I slept very well last night. You are a warm, generous & inspiring facilitator. You have a beautiful way of inviting participants into playing with the materials & space… I am even more curious now to explore the voice as another creative option of expression. —D. D., Sound Work Circle Participant