join us in co-creating container for an individually and interpersonally generative experience, for connection and creative inspiration. we will be tilling and fertilizing with a cumulative sequence of introductory and intermediate games and exercises that bring ease and joy to collaborative vocal improvisation.
in this five session class, we will be cultivating:
• capacity for collaborative creation and holding of safe space through music
• connection with intuition /your creative🚰 /quiet voice
• fluency in the language of music
fusit
first unitarian society of ithaca
306 n aurora st. ithaca, ny 14850
gathering on thursdays at 6:45pm
for 7-8pm sessions
january 18th • creating container
january 25th • elements of composition
february 1st • the music of language
february 8th • inviting intuition
february 15th • what wants to be said
$111 (standard)
$165 (standard + donation) - helps make this class accessible to others and promotes proliferation of the Bloom
$55 (reduced cost) - pay at this level if the standard cost feels impossible or financially unwise.
• masks welcome, not required
• all experience welcome, no experience necessary
deep gratitude to Will Cabaniss and Isabel Kret for help with graphic design and logistics, FUSIT for holding space for these and so many other Vocal Bloom events, and Bobby McFerrin, Joey Blake, and Rhiannon for such rich modeling of methods for welcoming forward prayers of the soul.
facilitated by Tracy LJ Robertson
Vocalist, educator, and vocal percussionist Tracy LJ Robertson enjoys working in a variety of musical settings. While studying at Berklee College of Music he performed in ensembles of global influence, from Balkan to contemporary Indian, to Latin, to western classical and jazz. He's since performed and recorded with a range of artists including Bobby McFerrin, Valerie Simpson, Justin Timberlake, Sabrina Carpenter, Andy Grammer, Michael Bublé and Billie Eilish. Meanwhile the acappella community has offered opportunity to tour and educate with groups like Pitch Slapped, Overboard, Vocalosity, m-pact, The Magnets, and The House Jacks. He is also supremely grateful to work and facilitate for organizations like the Urban Voices Project, his newest project - Vocal Bloom, and in more and more spaces where music and improvisation is explicitly supporting/instigating healing and empowerment. Tracy enjoys spreading his passion for life through music and ever deepening appreciation of mother nature.