Capilano College - Students' Union
Celebration of First Nations People
Jessi Nicholson
Workshop Description
Thursday, April 1, 2004
2:15 - 3:15 pm
Students' Union Maple 116

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W o rkshop Titl e: " Freedom Is A Vo ice !"
(foc us: vo ice im prov isa ti o n and ex perim entati o n)
D urati o n: 1 ho ur
* Thi s w o rks hop is des igned fo r A LL pa rti c ipa nts wh o wi sh to take part. Mu sica l level o r ab ility is not
im po rtant.
Part ici pants of thi s w o rk shop will enjoy a pos itive, non-co mpetitiv e and "safe" expe ri ence in whi ch th ey
will expe rim ent with th eir vo ices, utili z ing th e creative p rocess . Throu gh vo ice and "th eatreesq ue"exe rcises and activiti es, eac h ind iv id ual will have th e oppo rtuni ty to work with hi s o r her own
uni q ue so un d and creative ideas. A ctiviti es includ e individu al and gro up work. Pl ease co me prepared
to mo ve. Yo u may wi sh to brin g a w ater bottl e.

Artist's Biography
Jessi Nicholson ("Jessi More")
Singer/Songwriter & Arts Educator, Vancouver, BC

Jess i Ni cho lso n, wh o has acq uired th e stage name "Jess i M o re", is an accompli shed perforrnin g arti st and
arts ed ucato r, o ri gin all y fro m Regin a, Saskatchew an. She has recently made V anco uver her ho me and
has beco me actively invo lved in th e arts co mmunity. She ho ld s her Bac helo r o f Mu sic Ed uca ti on Deg ree
in V o ice and has perform ed and taught ac ross W estern Ca nada, th e Yuk o n and has vi sited th e United
States . She is ded icated to th e creativ e develo pm ent of hum an bein gs. H er spec iali zed w o rk shops,
camps, lesso ns and pe rfo rmin g o pportuniti es have taken her o n provin cial sc hoo l to urs, to co nferences,
festi va ls and fun d raisers and has includ ed teac hin gs in vo ice, im provi sati on, c lownin g, maskin g, story
creati o n, rh ythm creati ons, mu sic th eo ry, creati ve m ove ment, so ng creati o n and m usica l th eatre. She has
had th e p ri v il ege of teachin g stu dents rangin g fro m preschoo l age th ro ugh ad ult and fee ls th at each
pe rso n has so methin g spec ial to o ffer.
Fo r boo kin gs o r in fo rm ati o n contact:
www. jessini cho lso n.ca o r jess imo revoca li st@hotm ail. co m

Freedom Is A Voice! - Vocal Improvisation Worksh op
Length: 1 hour

A.

Opening - Gather In Circle

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Introducti o n of Jessi (in stru cto r)
Bri ef desc ripti o n of th e w o rkshop
Tru st
Ri sk Takin g (bein g a kid/ importance of pl ay)

8.

Warm Up Activities - group and individual

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N ame ga me
Yawnin g and Breathin g
"pass th e so und"
greetin g with a so und and a hand shake

C.

Voice & Movement Activity

(5 minutes)

D.

Human Pile Sound Pit

(5 minutes)

E.

Human Machine

(10 minutes)

F.

Group Songwriting Improvisations (get ready to be si Ily!)

(15 minutes)

G.

Group Chant

(10 minutes)

H.

Wrap Up & Jessi's Special Performance
(with th e help o f all parti c ipants)

(5 minutes)

(5 minutes)